Kim Philby and the Cambridge Five
In the 1950s and 1960s, the British Intelligence community was shocked by a series of high-profile defections to the Soviet Union. These defections proved to be devastating to British intelligence du...
7 Feb 202516min
Route 66 (Encore)
In the early 20th century, as automobiles became more and more popular, the need for a national system of roads in the United States became more evident. One of the suggested roads connected the city...
6 Feb 202512min
The Prime Meridian
Located in East London is the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Passing directly through the observatory is an imaginary line that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole. This line is significant ...
5 Feb 202515min
The Battle of Stalingrad
From August 1942 to February 1943, the Germans and the Soviets engaged in what would become the most brutal and bloodiest battle in human history. The battle took place in a city that probably had gre...
4 Feb 202516min
The Origins and History of the Abolitionist Movement
The most significant event in American history was undoubtedly the Civil War. The Civil War was, of course, the result of the institution of slavery, which had existed for generations by that time. B...
3 Feb 202517min
How Hawaii Became a State (Encore)
The United States consists of 50 states, each of which is represented by a star on the American flag. Most of those states consist of some section of North America divided by lines on a map that sepa...
2 Feb 202513min
Questions and Answers: Volume 27
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1 Feb 202514min
The Five Families and How Organized Crime Became Organized
Organized crime wasn’t always so organized. In the early 20th century, in New York, what we would call the mafia was rather unorganized. There were competing groups, and while the individual groups h...
31 Jan 202516min
