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Ep. 119 Magellan: How Ferdinand Magellan Claimed the Credit Without Actually Circumnavigating the Earth
Episode 119
In keeping with the nautical theme I accidentally adopted this month, I'll be exploring the rather misleading story of sixteen century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan this week. Magellan's cla…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 118 Shipwrecks Part 2: How Time Capsules of the Sea Have Provided Important Discoveries and Posed Difficult Questions
Episode 118
I'm back this week with four more shipwreck stories. We'll start with the horrific explosion of the Mississippi river steamboat, the Sultana in 1865. Next, we'll tackle the Titanic which famously san…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 117 Shipwrecks Part 1: How Time Capsules of the Sea Have Provided Important Discoveries and Posed Difficult Questions
Episode 117
This week, we'll uncover the stories of four different shipwrecks. I'll start with an ancient Roman ship found near the Greek island of Antikythera which sank around 60 to 70 BC with mind blowing tre…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 116 UNESCO: How the Preservation of Our Collective History Became a Global Mission with Gary Arndt
Episode 116
This week I teamed up with fellow podcaster and prolific world traveler, Gary Arndt, from the "Everything Everywhere Daily" podcast to talk about UNESCO, an organization with a mission to save natura…
Published on 3 months ago
Ep. 115 Vietnam: War Through the Lens of a Conscientious Objector with Bruce Wasser
Episode 115
This week we're talking about the Vietnam War, one of the most unpopular wars in US history. Tomorrow is Memorial Day and while I very much want to honor and remember the over 58,000 Americans who lo…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 114 The Found Colony of Roanoke?: How New Evidence Uncovered on Hatteras Island May Put the “Lost Colony” Myth to Bed Once and For All
Episode 114
This week I’m very excited to share with you some recent developments in the story of the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke. I’m joined by Scott Dawson, who runs the Lost Colony Museum in the town of Buxton, …
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 113 Infant Feeding: How Breastfeeding Has Been a Challenge and a Controversy Throughout Time
Episode 113
This episode is all about the history of feeding babies which has been necessary and yet surprisingly difficult since the beginning of mankind. In fact, it's so necessary that to forgo it, up until v…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 112 Adolf Hitler Part 2: How a Monster Is Made - Lessons to Learn From the Rise of Germany's Infamous Dictator
Episode 112
This week, we'll continue digging into the story of infamous Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, beginning where we left off last week with the Reichstag Fire, a suspicious incident that led to the destructi…
Published on 4 months ago
Ep. 111 Adolf Hitler Part 1: How a Monster Is Made - Lessons to Learn From the Rise of Germany's Infamous Dictator
Episode 111
Throughout all of history there is one name that rises above all the others possibly as the most depraved, heinous, vile human being ever to have walked the planet. Humans worldwide almost unanimousl…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 110 Easter Island: How the Remote Pacific Island of Rapa Nui Became An Unnecessary Mystery
Episode 110
In April of 1722 Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen and his crew stumbled upon a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. They sailed for the Dutch West India Company in search of Terra Australis …
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago