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Ytterby: The Swedish Village That Completed the Periodic Table
Episode 2288
Throughout history, scientists have made great discoveries in laboratories, universities, and research institutions.
However, some of chemistry’s mos…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
The History of Helicopters
Episode 2287
For centuries, inventors dreamed of creating a flying machine that could rise straight into the air, hover in place, and move in any direction.
While…
3 weeks ago
The New Deal
Episode 2286
In 1933, the United States was in the midst of the worst economic crisis in its history. Millions were unemployed, banks were collapsing, and America…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar
Episode 2285
European powers, missionaries, and foreign merchants seeking influence over her kingdom.
She responded by closing much of her country to outsiders, …
3 weeks, 2 days ago
The History of Ben-Hur
Episode 2284
In the late 19th century, one novel became one of America’s biggest literary sensations.
Its story was so ambitious that bringing it to the stage req…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
The History of Sausages
Episode 2283
For thousands of years, people have taken some of an animal's least desirable parts and turned them into a culinary tradition found almost everywhere…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
The Long Telegram (Encore)
Episode 2282
On February 22, 1946, George F. Kennan, a career diplomat working in the American embassy in Moscow, sent an 8,000-word cable to the State Department…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Simón Bolívar
Episode 2281
In the early 19th century, the Spanish Empire in the Americas began to fracture.
From the chaos emerged a wealthy young aristocrat with little formal…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Monster Study
Episode 2280
In 1939, researchers at a prominent American university began an experiment involving children at an orphanage in Iowa.
The children were divided int…
4 weeks ago
The World's Worst Predictions
Episode 2279
Throughout history, experts, executives, scientists, and journalists have tried to predict what the future would look like.
Some of those prediction…
4 weeks, 1 day ago