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Questions and Answers: Volume 34
Questions and Answers: Volume 34

Episode 1883

September is upon us. It means going back to school and the autumnal equinox. 

The days get shorter in the north and longer in the south.
The name Sep…

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The Pseudo-Neros
The Pseudo-Neros

Episode 1882

In the first century, Rome underwent a major political transition when the Emperor Nero died after being declared an enemy of Rome by the senate. 

Wi…

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The Republic of Pirates
The Republic of Pirates

Episode 1881

Between 1706 and 1718, a group of pirates established a haven in the Bahamas. 

Using a code and system of rules that they developed themselves, the p…

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The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre
The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre

Episode 1880

In 1972, the Olympics returned to Germany for the first time since being hosted in Berlin in 1936.

The Games were intended to present a new image of …

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Starlite: The Miracle That Never Was
Starlite: The Miracle That Never Was

Episode 1879

In the 1980s, an Englishman by the name of Maurice Ward developed a  material which he claimed could withstand temperatures of thousands of degrees C…

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The Unabomber
The Unabomber

Episode 1878

Starting in the late 1970s and lasting for seventeen years, a series of bombings terrorized the American public. 

Primarily targeting technology comp…

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Francisco Macías Nguema
Francisco Macías Nguema

Episode 1877

In 1968, the colony of Spanish Guinea was granted independence and became the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. 

In its first open election, which turne…

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Emperor Nero (Encore)
Emperor Nero (Encore)

Episode 1876

In the year 54, the Roman Emperor Claudius died, and his adopted son Nero became the Emperor of Rome at the age of 16. 

His reign was one of the most…

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European Exclaves
European Exclaves

Episode 1875

We have all looked at a map and seen all of the different countries represented by different colors. A country has some sort of border, and everythin…

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The Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition

Episode 1874

At the end of the 15th century, Spain had almost completed the Reconquista and the removal of the Caliphate in the Iberian Peninsula, ending centurie…

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