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
The 13th Amendment
The American Civil War wasn’t just a military conflict. There was also a major political and legal conflict struggle that took place alongside the military campaigns. In the last months of the war, P...
25 Okt 202212min
Cricket for Dummies......and Americans
Cricket is the world's second most popular spectator sport, behind association football or soccer. However, it is played almost nowhere outside of former British Colonies. It is a game that can be co...
24 Okt 202214min
The Battle of Milvian Bridge
In the year 312, two claimants to the Roman imperial throne met outside the walls of Rome near a bridge that crossed the Tiber River. The subsequent battle that followed was not that different from m...
23 Okt 202214min
