Banned Techniques That Would Smash World Records in Track and Field
In 1968, American high jumper Dick Fosbury introduced a new way to compete in the high jump. His new technique worked so well that he won an Olympic gold medal, and within a few years, everyone used h...
2 Nov 202213min
The Presidential Line of Succession
Many movies and television shows have as their plot some disaster that eliminates the United States government. As a result, some low-level cabinet official becomes president, who then has to solve t...
1 Nov 202213min
The Panic of 1893
It was the worst economic depression that the United States had ever seen. The stock market crashed. Thousands of businesses went bankrupt. The unemployment rate hit 20% There were soup lines and an ...
31 Okt 202213min
Vinland, Vikings, and Lactose Intolerance (Encore)
Despite what you might have been told, Christopher Columbus and his expedition were not the first Europeans to reach the Americas. Almost 500 years earlier, a small group of Norse settlers arrived on...
30 Okt 202210min
Philip II of Spain
Philip II of Spain was one of European history’s most important yet underrated monarchs. He had more titles and kingships than almost anyone and was behind some of the biggest events in the history o...
29 Okt 202213min
The Maldives
Located just southwest of the southern tip of India lies one of the only countries in the world consisting soely of coral atolls. Unlike similar countries which are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean...
28 Okt 202212min
Operation Felix
Early in the second world war, the Germans found themselves with a metaphorical pebble in their shoe. The pebble was actually a rather large rock that happened to guard the entrance to the Mediterrane...
27 Okt 202213min
The History of Recorded Sound
One of the landmark inventions in human history was the ability to record sound. This technology allowed music to go from something only appreciated by a small number of people to something which cou...
26 Okt 202216min
