The Library of Alexandria (Encore)
Sometime during the reign of Ptolemy I or Ptolemy II, the Egyptian state decided to build an institution dedicated to accumulating all human knowledge in the City of Alexandria. As the city grew, this...
1 Dec 202313min
Gerrymandering
Winston Churchill once said, “Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…” Churchill was on to something. While I’m sure the vas...
30 Nov 202314min
Uranus
Located approximately 1.8 billion miles or 2.9 billion kilometers from the sun is the seventh planet in the solar system, Uranus……or Uranus. Uranus is unlike any other planet in the solar system in s...
29 Nov 202314min
Ocean Currents
The surface of the Earth is 70 percent water. If you just looked at a map and saw a sea of blue, you might think that the water is just sitting there, but it's not. The oceans are constantly moving,...
28 Nov 202313min
Was King Arthur Real? (Encore)
King Arthur is one of the most popular and widely known characters in literary history around the world. Tales have been told about him for almost 1,000 years. However, many people have wondered if K...
27 Nov 202311min
The Opium Wars
In the 19th century, the British and the Chinese went to war on two separate occasions—the reasons why they went to war are both simple and complicated. The more complicated reason has to do with the...
26 Nov 202315min
French Overseas Departments
Back in the 19th and early 20th centuries, several European countries had colonies all around the world. Today, all of the empires have broken up, but some countries still have tiny remnants that can...
25 Nov 202315min
The Donner Party
In the Spring of 1846, a group of intrepid pioneers set out from Springfield, Illinois, to cross the Oregon Trail to seek a better life in the fertile Oregon Territory. However, almost nothing went a...
24 Nov 202315min
