Podcast Episodes

Back to Search
Zheng He's Treasure Odyssey
Zheng He's Treasure Odyssey

Episode 889

Rerun: China’s greatest naval explorer, Zheng He, set sail on the first of seven epic voyages on 11th July, 1405. He led a fleet of 255 ships, with a…

1 year, 6 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Evolution on Trial
Evolution on Trial

Episode 888

The Scopes Monkey Trial - one of the most famous show trials in U.S. history - began in Dayton, Tennessee on 10th July, 1925. 

Though it centred on Jo…

1 year, 6 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Mozart's Grand Tour
Mozart's Grand Tour

Episode 887

Mozart’s grand tour of Western Europe, began on 9th July 1763, when the boy wonder was just 7 years old.

Taking in Germany, France, and England, Wolfg…

1 year, 6 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Kim Il-Sung: Good Mourning
Kim Il-Sung: Good Mourning

Episode 886

When North Korean dictator Kim Il-sung died unexpectedly of a heart attack on 8th July, 1994, his nation went into ten days of mourning, reflecting t…

1 year, 6 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Birth of the Bikini
Birth of the Bikini

Episode 884

Rerun: Swimwear never made more of a splash than when designer Louis Réard unveiled his daring new two-piece at the Piscine Molitor in Paris on July …

1 year, 6 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Here Comes The Hamburger
Here Comes The Hamburger

Episode 883

Rerun: Who invented the hamburger? It’s almost impossible to know, given that mincemeat has been consumed all around the world, and for centuries - b…

1 year, 6 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Sailing Alone Around The World
Sailing Alone Around The World

Episode 882

Captain Joshua Slocum set sail from Nova Scotia in The Spray, his revamped oyster sloop, on 3rd July, 1898: the first solo circumnavigation of the wo…

1 year, 6 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Death of Hypercolor
Death of Hypercolor

Episode 881

Generra Sportswear, the Seattle-based company that distributed Hypercolor - the T-shirts that changed colour with heat - and declared bankruptcy on 2…

1 year, 6 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
When Sharks ATTACK!
When Sharks ATTACK!

Episode 880

The real-life ‘Shark Week’ that inspired Peter Benchley's novel Jaws kicked off with the shocking mauling of 23 year-old Charles Vansant off the coas…

1 year, 6 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Before There Was 'Crufts'
Before There Was 'Crufts'

Episode 878

Rerun: The first modern dog show took place in Newcastle on 28th June, 1859. Essentially a sideshow to the annual exhibition of cattle, it featured j…

1 year, 6 months ago

Short Long
View Episode

Love PodBriefly?

If you like Podbriefly.com, please consider donating to support the ongoing development.

Support Us