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The History of Coffee (Encore)
Episode 1374
Sometime in the 15th century, a drink became popularized in the Arabian peninsula. It was dark, bitter, and people couldn’t get enough of it.
From it…
1 year, 11 months ago
Songkran (Encore)
Episode 1373
Songkran is a traditional festival celebrated in Thailand that marks the start of the Thai New Year. It is also known as the Water Festival, as it in…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Telemark Raids (Encore)
Episode 1372
During World War II, one of the biggest concerns of the Allies was the development of a German atomic bomb.
As such, the allies and various partisan …
1 year, 11 months ago
The Kidnapping of Charley Ross (Encore)
Episode 1371
Most children growing up are admonished not to take candy from strangers.
It is good advice, but it isn’t advice that comes from nowhere. It comes fr…
1 year, 11 months ago
Solar Eclipses
Episode 1370
Every few years, somewhere on Earth, is witness to one of the planet's greatest sights: a total eclipse.
A total solar eclipse is rare, but it can be …
1 year, 11 months ago
Questions and Answers: Volume 17
Episode 1369
You have questions and I have answers
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Jackie Robinson
Episode 1368
On April 15, 1947, a young, promising second baseman took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
All eyes in the world of baseball, and indeed the Unite…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Legend of Bigfoot (Encore)
Episode 1367
Long before Europeans arrived in North America, native people told stories of large hairy men who lived in the woods.
For the last several centuries,…
1 year, 11 months ago
Planet X
Episode 1366
Ever since the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846, astronomers have noticed that something was not right. The orbit of Neptune was being gravita…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Vestal Virgins
Episode 1365
One of the most important gods in the Roman pantheon was the goddess Vesta.
Vesta was the goddess of the hearth and home, and her temple was one of t…
1 year, 11 months ago