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3000 Years of Rome
Episode 2242
Rome has been called the Eternal City, but its history has been far from linear.
It went from being the largest, most important city in the world to …
2 months, 1 week ago
The Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund
Episode 2241
On Christmas Eve 1989, Norway received a massive Christmas present. After years of failed drilling attempts, Norway announced they had discovered one…
2 months, 1 week ago
All About Flags
Episode 2240
Flags are among the oldest and most successful systems of visual communication ever devised.
Long before they became symbols of countries, flags and…
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The Doctor's Riot of 1788
Episode 2239
In the years after the American Revolution, New York City was growing rapidly, and so was the demand for trained physicians.
But medical education r…
2 months, 1 week ago
German Americans
Episode 2238
According to the US Census, the single largest ethnic group in the United States are Germans. More than 40 million Americans identified German as the…
2 months, 1 week ago
The History of Banks and Banking (Encore)
Episode 2237
One of the biggest and most important industries in the world is banking.
Banks control an enormous amount of money and are often the most influenti…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Florence. Cathedral
Episode 2236
For more than a century, one of Europe's richest cities worked on a building it did not yet know how to finish.
Its designers created an enormous spa…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Surprising History of the Plow
Episode 2235
For most of human history, growing food depended on one deceptively simple piece of technology.
Over thousands of years, it evolved from little more …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Liberal Arts
Episode 2234
For thousands of years, educators have wrestled with the question: what knowledge does a person truly need?
The answer once included seven formal sub…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
John Dickinson: The Reluctant Revolutionary
Episode 2233
He was one of the most influential political writers of the American Revolution, helped shape the argument against British taxation, drafted major do…
2 months, 2 weeks ago