The Highly Improbable Flight of Mathias Rust
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ In 1987, a German teenager and novice pilot named Mathias Rust set out on a two-week flight where he visited several countries in...
21 Dec 20219min
The James Webb Space Telescope
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Sometime within the next week of my recording this episode, hopefully, a rocket will be launched from the European Space Agency’s...
20 Dec 20219min
Why You Can’t Resign From the British Parliament (Encore)
The British House of Commons has been called the Best Club in Town due to the fact that there is a 1,000-gallon vat of Scotch whiskey located in the cellar. However, I prefer to think of it as a roach...
19 Dec 20219min
Tsunamis
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ They are some of the most devastating natural disasters on Earth. They can strike without warning, or sometimes you might have se...
18 Dec 202110min
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
On March 25, 1911, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in American history took place. In the middle of Manhattan, a fire broke out in a garment factory that killed 146 people. Most of the death...
17 Dec 202110min
All About Chess
It is arguably the world’s oldest game, yet it is one of the most popular cybersports. It has been called the game of kings, and yet it can be mastered by children. Its origins are truly global having...
16 Dec 202113min
Moon Rocks
From 1969 through 1972 six Apollo missions landed on the moon and returned a total of 840 pounds of moon rocks to the Earth. Geologists were able to study them and learned an enormous amount about the...
15 Dec 202113min
The History of World Fairs
A world’s fair used to be a very big deal. They would draw tens of millions of visitors and they would showcase some of the most cutting edge advancements in science and technology. They were also res...
14 Dec 202112min
