The Nuremberg Personality Tests
At the end of the second world war, the allies captured 21 top, surviving Nazi leaders, and put them on trial in Nuremberg, Germany. With these high-ranking Nazi officials incarcerated, psychologist...
27 Juni 202212min
Geothermal Energy
Wherever you happen to be listening to this show, at some level beneath your feet the rocks in the Earth reach a temperature hot enough to boil water and create steam. With steam, you can turn a turb...
26 Juni 202211min
How Accounting Changed The World (Encore)
There are some subjects that are perceived to be mind-numbingly dull and boring. One such subject is accounting. Yet, believe it or not, accounting and bookkeeping have not only have been around sinc...
25 Juni 202210min
The Noble Gases
Located on the far right side of the periodic table are the Noble Gases. These elements, six of which can be found in nature, are unlike any other elements. They don’t play well with the other eleme...
24 Juni 202213min
Universe 25
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create a utopia? A place where all your wants and needs were taken care of and there was never any fear of harm? Creating such a world for humans may ...
23 Juni 202213min
Never Give Up, Never Surrender
On September 2, 1945, on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri, the Japanese Empire formally and unconditionally surrendered. With that, the second world war was over and everyone stopped fighting...
22 Juni 202211min
Morse Code
In 1838, an American portrait painter by the name of Samuel Morse developed a system whereby signals could be sent down an electrical wire. This system allowed for information to be sent almost inst...
21 Juni 202213min
Life in Ancient Rome
For over 2,000 years, stories have been passed down about the famous and infamous people from ancient Rome. While many of these names still are familiar to most people today, it doesn’t really tell ...
20 Juni 202213min
