The Siege of Masada
Around the year 36 BC, the King of Judea, Herod the Great, built a fortress in the Judean desert overlooking the Dead Sea. Almost 100 years later, that fortress became the scene for what was one of th...
11 Aug 202212min
The Gunfight at the OK Corral
On October 26, 1881, one of the most defining moments in the history of the American west took place. That shootout between nine men defined the popular perception of what the old west was about, eve...
10 Aug 202212min
The Aurochs: The Once and Future King of Cattle
Tens of thousands of years ago, early paleolithic humans painted on cave walls things that were important to them and with which their entire lives revolved. One of the most prominent images which hav...
9 Aug 202212min
White Feather Girls
The First World War wasn’t just fought on the fields of France and Belgium. There were lesser battles fought on the homefronts of the nations which were fighting. In the United Kingdom and other Comm...
8 Aug 202214min
Did Vermeer Use A Camera Obscura? (Encore)
Johannes Vermeer was one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. Unlike many of his contemporary painters, however, he didn’t leave a large body of work behind. The paintings he did create ...
7 Aug 202212min
Everything Is Made of Atoms
The Great Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman was once asked to convey in a single sentence the most important scientific knowledge that humans possessed. His answer was short and simple: “...
6 Aug 202211min
A History of Champagne
Located in Northern France is one of the most well-known wine-producing regions on Earth. In fact, it is so well known that it has legally protected the name of its signature product around the world....
5 Aug 202212min
"Let Them Eat Cake"
Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France prior to the French Revolution. She and her husband were executed by guillotine during the Regin of Terror, which soon followed. Over the years, she has ...
4 Aug 202210min
