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The World's Next Countries
Episode 1678
Depending on how you define it, there are about 193 to 200 countries in the world today.
Over the last 100 years, that number has been constantly inc…
1 year, 9 months ago
Kim Philby and the Cambridge Five
Episode 1677
In the 1950s and 1960s, the British Intelligence community was shocked by a series of high-profile defections to the Soviet Union.
These defections p…
1 year, 9 months ago
Route 66 (Encore)
Episode 1676
In the early 20th century, as automobiles became more and more popular, the need for a national system of roads in the United States became more evid…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Prime Meridian
Episode 1675
Located in East London is the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
Passing directly through the observatory is an imaginary line that extends from the North …
1 year, 9 months ago
The Battle of Stalingrad
Episode 1674
From August 1942 to February 1943, the Germans and the Soviets engaged in what would become the most brutal and bloodiest battle in human history.
The…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Origins and History of the Abolitionist Movement
Episode 1673
The most significant event in American history was undoubtedly the Civil War.
The Civil War was, of course, the result of the institution of slavery,…
1 year, 9 months ago
How Hawaii Became a State (Encore)
Episode 1672
The United States consists of 50 states, each of which is represented by a star on the American flag.
Most of those states consist of some section of…
1 year, 9 months ago
Questions and Answers: Volume 27
Episode 1671
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The Five Families and How Organized Crime Became Organized
Episode 1670
Organized crime wasn’t always so organized.
In the early 20th century, in New York, what we would call the mafia was rather unorganized. There were c…
1 year, 9 months ago
The OMG! Particle (Encore)
Episode 1669
On October 15, 1991, a cosmic ray detector in Utah observed something that had never been seen before or since.
It was a cosmic ray with more energy …
1 year, 9 months ago