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Episode 1125
As I do every month, I went to the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus to meet with the Augurs. I met an old priest, and I asked him, “Quo die est feliciss…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ancient Colors (Encore)
Episode 1124
When people from prehistory created the first works of art on the walls of caves, they used the colors that they found around them. Almost all of the…
2 years, 7 months ago
Singapore
Episode 1123
Located at the narrowest point in the Strait of Malacca, one of the most strategically important points on Earth is the nation of Singapore.
Singapore…
2 years, 7 months ago
Permutations and Combinations
Episode 1122
Whenever there is a lottery, the odds of winning are given.
If you go to a pizzeria, they might tell you the number of possible pizzas that can be ma…
2 years, 7 months ago
Space Elevators
Episode 1121
You’ve probably seen footage of a rocket launch. There is a bunch of smoke and fire as the rocket lifts off to begin its flight to achieve an altitud…
2 years, 7 months ago
Alma Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel
Episode 1120
In the movie Forrest Gump, one man finds himself at the center of historical events, encountering famous people over the course of decades.
While Forr…
2 years, 7 months ago
Betamax vs. VHS
Episode 1116
Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a war erupted in the world of video technology.
Two competing video tape formats fought to gain supremacy in t…
2 years, 7 months ago
Mount Fuji
Episode 1118
Located on the island of Honshu, in the middle of the Japanese archipelago, lies one of the most important and iconic places in all of Japan, Mount F…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Battle of Thermopylae (Encore)
Episode 1117
In the year 480 BC, one of the most famous battles in history took place on the shore of the Malian Gulf in the Aegean Sea.
Several thousand Greeks he…
2 years, 7 months ago
Soyuz 11
Episode 1116
Having lost the race to the Moon, the Soviet space program decided to go in a different direction. If they couldn’t be first on the moon, then they c…
2 years, 7 months ago