The First Battle of the Marne (Encore)
If you think of the First World War, your mind probably turns to images of trench warfare and thousands of men losing their lives to try and gain just a few meters of land. However, in the first few ...
2 Sep 202411min
Questions and Answers: Volume 22
Thirty days hath September, and on 29 of those days, I’ll run normal episodes. But for one day, I will turn the microphone over to you and answer your questions…..and that day is today. So stay tune...
1 Sep 202415min
Dome of the Rock (Encore)
Located in the middle of the Old City of Jerusalem lies one of the most famous structures in the world. In addition to being the visible symbol of the city, it lies on a plot of land that is one of t...
31 Aug 202412min
Once Upon A Time in Shaolin
In 2015, the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan released an album that was unlike any other in the history of recorded music. It simultaneously set the record for the highest amount of money ever spent on a ...
30 Aug 202414min
The Prime Minister Who Was Eaten
On August 20, 1672, one of the most shocking moments in Dutch political history took place. Actually, it is one of the most shocking moments in world political history. The man who was perhaps the mo...
29 Aug 202413min
The Crisis of the Third Century
The Roman Empire, at its height, was a juggernaut. However, during the third century, almost everything fell apart. In fact, for a brief period of time, it arguably did. It suffered from invasions, ...
28 Aug 202414min
Exercise Tiger and the Disastrous Dress Rehearsal for D-Day
The Allied invasion of Normandy was one of the most complex military operations ever conducted. Thousands of ships and planes had to work in conjunction with tens of thousands of soldiers who had to d...
27 Aug 202414min
Exoplanets (Encore)
Ever since astronomers figured out that the stars in the sky are just like our sun, they began wondering if those stars had planets just like our sun. For centuries this remained an unanswerable ques...
26 Aug 202413min
