Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
The St. Scholastica Day Riot
Episode 1427
A common occurrence at many universities is that they have contentious relationships with their local community.
This is not a recent development. It…
2 years, 5 months ago
Questions and Answers: Volume 19
Episode 1426
The month of June was originally called Iunius by the Romans. It originally had 29 days and was the fourth month of the year.
Today, it has 30 days, …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Episode 1324
In August of 1964, an event occurred off the waters of North Vietnam that would have repercussions that would echo in US foreign policy for decades. …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Real Story of Cowboys
Episode 1424
One of the most iconic images of America is the cowboy. Cowboys have defined entire genres of literature and movies and are the basis for entire styl…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Destruction and Rediscovery of Pompeii (Encore)
Episode 1423
In the year 79, Mount Vesuvius, a volcano located east of the modern-day city of Naples, erupted.
Vesuvius had erupted before, but this eruption was …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Wonderful World of Bees
Episode 1422
There are millions of different insect species in the world. All of them fill some niche in the ecosystem in which they live.
However, some species ar…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Law of the Sea
Episode 1421
The world as we know it is made up of 193 countries, Antarctica, and a host of territories.
However, between all of those places are the high seas or …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Bataan Death March
Episode 1420
On December 8, 1941, as the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor, they were simultaneously attacking other Allied positions around Asia.
One of the big…
2 years, 5 months ago
How Barbed Wire Shaped the West and the World (Encore)
Episode 1419
When Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act of 1862, there was a rush of people who moved west to claim the free land that was offered.
However, th…
2 years, 5 months ago
Joan of Arc
Episode 1418
In 1428, a young girl from the village of Domrémy, France, audaciously set out to meet the heir apparent to the French throne, the Dauphin, and told …
2 years, 5 months ago