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The Australian Outback
Episode 2147
From the oldest rocks on Earth to underground towns, vanished rivers, red deserts, cattle stations, opal fields, and skies filled with stars, the Aus…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest American Showman
Episode 2146
P.T. Barnum was one of the most famous entertainers of the 19th century, a man who turned curiosity, spectacle, and promotion into an art form and mo…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The 1967 Anguilla Revolution
Episode 2145
In 1967, the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla launched one of the strangest revolutions in modern history.
Its people were not fighting to escape t…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Genghis Khan: The Man Who Built the Mongol Empire
Episode 2144
Born into hardship on the Mongolian steppe, a boy named Temujin rose from exile, betrayal, and captivity to unite the fractured tribes of Mongolia un…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Failed Physical Media Formats
Episode 2143
For over a century, companies have tried to invent the next great way to listen to music or watch movies.
Some became household standards that were …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The English Reformation
Episode 2142
For centuries, England was one of Europe's great Catholic kingdoms.
Then, in the span of a single generation, it broke from Rome, closed its monaster…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Spanish Flu Pandemic
Episode 2141
In 1918, as the world was nearing the end of the First World War, another disaster was already spreading across the globe.
It was so lethal that som…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Stablecoins: What They Are and How They Work
Episode 2140
One of the most talked-about topics in finance today is stablecoins.
Stablecoins have the potential to totally upend the world of banking and financ…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Larry Doby and Breaking the American League Color Barrier
Episode 2139
If you ask anyone to name the athlete who broke the color line in baseball, they will immediately answer Jackie Robinson.
If you ask who broke the co…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Colorado River: The River That Built the American West
Episode 2138
Over 1,400 miles, the Colorado River has carved some of the most dramatic landscapes on Earth and enabled life across the American Southwest.
It shap…
5 months, 3 weeks ago