Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchYves Rossy: Rocketman
Episode 1257
Pushing the boundaries of human flight to hitherto unknown extremes, Swiss aviator Yves Rossy entered the record books on 26th September, 2008, becom…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Falcon Clause: Dividing Britain
Episode 1256
Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland met in York to settle the whole "where does England end, and where does Scotland begin?" question o…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
America's Transgender Celebrity
Episode 1255
Christine Jorgensen began gender reassignment surgery in Copenhagen on 24th September 1951. The New York Daily News later heralded the event with a h…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
See Facts? Ceefax!
Episode 1254
The BBC’s teletext information service, Ceefax, launched on 23rd September, 1974 - providing the British public with a way to look up headlines, foot…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Candy Bomber of Berlin
Episode 1253
Operation Little Vittles" - an initiative during the Berlin Airlift to drop Allied sweets and chocolates from planes as a gift to the German children…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Discovering The Iceman
Episode 1251
When German hikers Erika and Helmut Simon stumbled upon a dead body in the Oertzel Alps on 19th September, 1991, they believed it to be a recently fa…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Welcome To Tiffany's
Episode 1250
Tiffany, now a $16 billion jewelry empire, opened their first store at 259 Broadway, New York, on 18th September, 1837. Their first day’s sales total…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Vanessa Williams vs. Miss America
Episode 1249
The first Black Miss America, Vanessa Williams, was crowned in Atlantic City on 17th September, 1983, with the usual fanfare. But within ten months, …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The First Student Newspaper
Episode 1248
The Cornell Daily Sun - the oldest continuously independent college daily newspaper in the United States - published its first issue on 16th Septembe…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Digging the Trenches
Episode 1247
The start of World War I featured officers in white gloves, leading troops in neat lines, and cavalry charges complete with sabres and lances. But t…
3 months, 4 weeks ago