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Episode 1617
In 1982, the Phillips and Sony Corporations jointly released the compact audio disc to the world.
The technology involved was originally just used to…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Plans for a US/Canadian War
Episode 1616
The United States and Canada share the world's longest undefended border. The United States and the United Kingdom have shared what has been called a…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Julio-Claudian Dynasty
Episode 1615
The Roman Empire was ruled by a single family for its first century. The family was actually a merger of two of the most distinguished clans in Roman…
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Black Holes (Encore)
Episode 1614
Gravity is the weakest of the fundamental forces of nature, yet, if you have enough of it, it can create the most powerful thing in the known univers…
1 year, 8 months ago
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 …
1 year, 8 months ago
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.…
1 year, 8 months ago
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…
1 year, 8 months ago
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…
1 year, 8 months ago
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…
1 year, 8 months ago