Otto Rahn: The Real-Life Indiana Jones Villain (Encore)
In the Indiana Jones movies, Indiana is usually searching for a rare artifact with mystical powers while some other nefarious archeologist, usually a Nazi, is trying to find the artifact before Indy. ...
20 Aug 20239min
Gladiators
You’ve probably seen a movie or a TV show that took place in ancient Rome where gladiators fought in the coliseum or an amphitheater. At the end of the fight, the emperor or some other official would ...
19 Aug 202316min
The Silk Road
Despite having very different cultures and being separated by thousands of kilometers, Asia and Europe have been connected for thousands of years. Through a series of overland and sea trade routes, g...
18 Aug 202312min
The Queen of Sheba (Encore)
All three of the holy books from great monotheistic faiths share a similar story about a Queen from a land in the south who traveled to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon. This queen, who is said to have...
17 Aug 202311min
Antimatter
It is the most expensive substance in the world by a wide margin. When it was first proposed, it was actually done as a joke. However, decades later, the joke turned out to have been true. It is a fu...
16 Aug 202314min
The Kingdom of Tonga
Located in the South Pacific, squarely within the Polynesian Triangle, lies the Kingdom of Tonga. While there are many islands and several countries within that region, Tonga has a unique history amo...
15 Aug 202313min
Project Orion
In the years immediately following the end of the Second World War, several of the scientists who took part in the Manhattan Project had an explosive idea. They wondered if we could harness the incre...
14 Aug 202314min
Prester John (Encore)
In the middle ages, a legend persisted among Europeans that there was a Christian ruler in Asia, or Africa, who would come to join with European Christians to help fight Muslims in the Crusades. The o...
13 Aug 20238min
