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Krakatoa
Episode 1352
On the morning of August 27, 1883, one of the most destructive natural disasters of the 19th century occurred on the island of Java, in what is today…
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The Grand Canyon
Episode 1351
Cutting across the state of Arizona is one of the wonders of the national world: The Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon draws attention not only for its …
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The Election of 1860 (Encore)
Episode 1350
In 1860, the United States was as divided as it ever had been. The issue of slavery had been growing more and more contentious over the decades and b…
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The History of Stocks and Stock Exchanges
Episode 1349
A little over 400 years ago, a group of Dutch investors had a revolutionary idea.
They were embarking on an incredibly risky endeavor, and to spread …
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Young Julius Caesar
Episode 1348
Before the Ideas of March, before he crossed the Rubicon, and before he became Rome’s dictator for life, Julius Caesar had led a very interesting lif…
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Pi Day (Encore)
Episode 1347
Every year on March 14, the world celebrates one of the most important mathematical constants: pi.
It is a number which appears all over nature, even…
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Homing Pigeons
Episode 1346
Before the development of electricity and electrical communications, the fastest information could travel was the speed of a horse. Maybe a ship migh…
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The History of the CIA
Episode 1345
The United States federal agency charged with gathering foreign intelligence is the Central Intelligence Agency or the CIA.
The CIA is tasked with gat…
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The Domain Name System
Episode 1344
Behind almost every web page, email, and podcast is a system that translates addresses understandable to humans to something which can be understood …
2 years, 1 month ago
The History of Military Ranks
Episode 1343
Every military in the world is a hierarchal organization. There are people at the top who make decisions, people down below who follow those orders, …
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