Introduction to Rocks and Minerals
Under your feet and all around you are rocks and minerals. Many times in your life, you have probably picked up a rock and looked at it. You might have climbed over rocks and mountains and never give...
25 Sep 202313min
The History of Chocolate (Encore)
Around 3,500 years ago, the people of Central America discovered something marvelous: the cacao bean could be used to create a fermented beverage that was unlike anything they had experienced. For ce...
24 Sep 202312min
The Incredible Life of Nellie Bly
In 1864, Elizabeth Jane Cochran was born in Cochran Mills, Pennsylvania. At the age of 18, she began a career as a journalist writing under a pen name. During her career, she became a pioneer in both...
23 Sep 202312min
Emperor Maximillian I of Mexico
In 1864, Maximilian, the son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and a member of the Hapsburg dynasty, arrived in Mexico. He had never been in Mexico before and, for that matter, had never even been any...
22 Sep 202314min
The Battle of Milvian Bridge (Encore)
In the year 312, two claimants to the Roman imperial throne met outside the walls of Rome near a bridge that crossed the Tiber River. The subsequent battle that followed was not that different from m...
21 Sep 202313min
Operation Market Garden
After the Allied landing in Normandy in World War II, the Allies made progress pushing back the Germans. However, by September, things had slowed down. One allied commander devised a plan that he thou...
20 Sep 202313min
Paella
Every country has a national dish, and Spain is no exception. The dish that most people associate with Spain is the rice dish known as paella. Paella is, on the one hand, very simple, and on the othe...
19 Sep 202313min
The Big Year
Many people have hobbies—pastimes that they enjoy and maybe even spend a lot of money on. However, there are some people whose hobbies become an obsession. This is particularly true in the world of ...
18 Sep 202313min
