Tupac Shakur: Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real"
Lesane Crooks was born to Afeni Shakur (née Alice Faye Williams), a member of the Black Panther Party, and she renamed him Tupac Amaru Shakur—after Peruvian revolutionary Túpac Amaru II—when he was a ...
23 Aug 202327min
Apollo 13: If they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it.
On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. On board were astronauts James Lovell, John “Jack” Swigert and Fred Haise. Their mission was to reach the Fra Mauro highlands of the...
16 Aug 202326min
Watergate (The idiot's version of Oceans 11)
Watergate scandal, interlocking political scandals of the administration of U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon that were revealed following the arrest of five burglars at Democratic National Committee (DNC) ...
9 Aug 202344min
Abraham Lincoln: "sic semper tyrannis". (100th Episode)
Abraham Lincoln, (born Feb. 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Ky., U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.), 16th president of the U.S. (1861–65). Born in a Kentucky log cabin, he moved to Indiana in 181...
1 Aug 202331min
John Ritter: "I never feel frustrated. I really feel fulfilled and very lucky".
Johnathan Southworth "John" Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor, voice-over artist, and comedian perhaps best known for playing Jack Tripper and Paul Hennessy in the...
26 Juli 202317min
The Cold War: Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.
THE COLD WAR After World War II, the United States and its allies, and the Soviet Union and its satellite states began a decades-long struggle for supremacy known as the Cold War. Soldiers of the Sovi...
19 Juli 202318min
The attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan (I'm in charge here)
The Reagan Assassination Attempt was made by John Hinckley, Jr. on March 30, 1981 as President Ronald Reagan left the Hilton hotel in Washington D.C. During the assassination attempt John Hinckley, Jr...
12 Juli 202336min
The Space Challenger: "The result would be a catastrophe of the highest order — loss of human life".
The NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986, just 73 seconds after liftoff, bringing a devastating end to the spacecraft’s 10th mission. The disaster claimed the lives of all seven ...
5 Juli 202327min
