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Zombies (Encore)
Episode 1941
One of the most popular forms of fiction today involves zombies. There are TV shows, movies, and books that all envision life during a zombie apocaly…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Black Tuesday and the 1929 Stock Market Crash (Encore)
Episode 1940
On October 28, 1929, a day known as Black Monday, the New York Stock Exchange suffered its greatest one-day loss in history.
The next day, known as …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Challenger Deep and the Mariana Trench
Episode 1939
Located in an arch sweeping to the east and south of the Marina Islands and Guam is the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench.
Running over …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Shroud of Turin
Episode 1938
In the 13th century, a French knight came forward and displayed what he claimed was the burial cloth of Jesus Christ.
Almost immediately, its authent…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Winter War
Episode 1937
On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Finland.
The Soviet Union forced the Finns to sue for peace after three months of fighting, and on pa…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The History of NATO
Episode 1936
In the years following the end of the Second World War, the post-war world that many in the West hoped for never materialized.
Their former ally, th…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The 1989 Romanian Revolution
Episode 1935
In November 1989, the world changed when the Berlin Wall came down, marking the beginning of the unraveling of the Iron Curtain.
Almost a month later…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Younger Dryas
Episode 1934
Around 12,900 years ago, the last ice age was ending. Things were warming up, and the glaciers were starting to recede. …and then something happened.…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Popcorn
Episode 1933
Almost everyone has had popcorn and some of you have even probably had some recently.
Popcorn can be made at home, can be purchased pre packaged in s…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Starship Update
Episode 1932
One of the biggest advances in space flight right now is happening with the development of Starship.
Starship is the largest rocket ever flown, but i…
4 months, 3 weeks ago