Mount Athos (Encore)
In northern Greece, lying off the larger Chalkidiki peninsula is a place that is unique on planet Earth. It only has a population of about 2,400 people scattered across 20 settlements and some random...
21 Dec 20228min
NASA's Human Computers
Today computers are ubiquitous. You are listening to this podcast right now on some sort of computing device. However, before computers were machines, the name computer was given to people. Computers...
20 Dec 202213min
The Tombs of the Unknown Soldiers
After the horrors of the first world war, many of the nations in the conflict sought to build memorials to honor their dead. While there were many memorials built, often large and grandiose, the most...
19 Dec 202213min
Isaac Newton: The World's Most Famous Alchemist
Most people know of Isaac Newton as one of the world’s foremost mathematicians and physicists. Listeners of this podcast might also know that he was inadvertently responsible for the creation of the ...
18 Dec 202211min
The Spanish Reconquista
After the rise of Islam in the 7th century, it spread rapidly, establishing a foothold in Asia, Africa, and in Europe. In Europe, it established a foothold on the Iberian Peninsula. For almost 800 ye...
17 Dec 202210min
Salvator Mundi (Encore)
In 2005, a small auction house in New Orleans sold a painting at auction labeled at Lot 664. The description of the item was simply, “Christ Salvator Mundi. Oil on cradled panel.” The painting was sol...
16 Dec 202210min
Operation Valkyrie and the Plot to Kill Hitler
Adolf Hitler single-handedly started the Second World War in Europe. While the allies were desperately trying to end the Third Reich and Hitler personally, they weren’t the only ones trying to bring ...
15 Dec 202212min
Apollo 13
On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the third mission to land on the moon. It never achieved its mission objective. Despite having failed in its goal, it still...
14 Dec 202212min
