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Presidential Inaugurations: The Peaceful Transition of Power (Encore)
Episode 1658
Every four years on January 20th, the United States holds a ceremony for the inauguration of the President of the United States. There are traditions…
1 year, 9 months ago
Operation Market Garden (Encore)
Episode 1657
After the Allied landing in Normandy in World War II, the Allies made progress pushing back the Germans.
However, by September, things had slowed down…
1 year, 9 months ago
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the 1812 Overture (Encore)
Episode 1656
In 1880, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was commissioned to compose a work in honor of the completion of a new cathedral.
What he wrot…
1 year, 9 months ago
Caesar, Pompey, Crassus: The First Triumvirate (Encore)
Episode 1655
In the year 60 BC, a very unlikely alliance was formed between three of Rome’s most powerful men.
Gaius Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, and Ma…
1 year, 9 months ago
Chasing the Impossible: The Enigma of Perpetual Motion (Encore)
Episode 1654
Imagine a device that could supply an unlimited amount of energy. It would solve many of the world’s problems in one fell swoop.
Unfortunately, such …
1 year, 9 months ago
Famine
Episode 1653
One of the most devastating disasters that has afflicted humanity are famines.
Unlike other natural disasters, famines do not have a single cause. Th…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Schlitz Mistake
Episode 1652
In the early 20th century, the Schlitz Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was the largest brewery in the world.
However, by 1980, the company h…
1 year, 9 months ago
The History of the Tomato (Encore)
Episode 1651
One of the most popular foods in the world is tomatoes.
Tomatoes are grown almost everywhere in the world today, and they have become the basis of se…
1 year, 9 months ago
Gnosticism
Episode 1650
In the first and second centuries, a Christian sect found a wide following throughout the Roman world.
They weren’t your normal run-of-the-mill Chris…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Ultraviolet Catastrophe and the Creation of Quantum Mechanics
Episode 1649
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was a problem that stumped even the best minds in physics.
Eventually, one man, Max Planck, solve…
1 year, 9 months ago