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The White House
Episode 1613
Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC, is the home of the president of the United States.
The idea of a home for the president dates …
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The Electrical Grid
Episode 1612
The modern world runs on electricity. That isn’t a throwaway statement. If we take away electricity, our modern civilization will quickly fall apart.…
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The War of the Roses
Episode 1611
For thirty years between 1455 and 1485, England suffered its greatest civil war at that point.
The war was ultimately over succession to the throne a…
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The History of Tea (Encore)
Episode 1610
Sometimes over 3000 years ago, somewhere in Southwestern China, a leaf from the Camellia sinensis plant may have accidentally found its way into a po…
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Questions and Answers: Volume 25
Episode 1609
December is upon us, and we should be cognizant of the fact that December is based on the Latin word Decem, meaning tenth, which is why December is t…
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Representative Riffs
Episode 1608
Music is a very powerful thing. It can invoke a wide variety of emotions and moods.
Particular songs we've heard might invoke memories of when we fir…
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The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation (Encore)
Episode 1607
In 1897, the visionary Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky discovered an equation that governed how rockets worked.
His equation, which w…
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The North American Turkey (Encore)
Episode 1606
For about a month, from the end of November to the end of December every year, one of the most popular animals in North America is the turkey.
Turkey…
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The Islamic Caliphates
Episode 1605
After the Prophet Mohammed's death in 632, his followers faced a dilemma. Mohammed was not only their spiritual leader but also their political leade…
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Fermat's Last Theorem
Episode 1604
For more than 350 years, a single problem stumped the world of mathematics.
The problem was extremely simple to state, yet it proved fiendishly diffi…
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