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Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)
Season 2 Episode 47
At the outset of World War II, the United States faced a shortage of pilots. As a result, a plan was launched to help ease the situation. This was th…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Eradication of the Guinea Worm
Season 2 Episode 46
How do you fight a disease with no known cure - and spreads by just drinking water? This disease is no fantasy but rather Dracunculiasis, or Guinea W…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Origins of Dungeons & Dragons
Season 2 Episode 45
In the early 1970s, in a small town in Southeastern Wisconsin, two young gaming enthusiasts, Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, would concoct an idea for a…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Rif War
Season 2 Episode 44
From 1921-1926, in the dry craggy mountains of northern Morocco, a brutal conflict would unfold. Claiming tens of thousands of lives, it would see gu…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Season 2 Episode 43
On Nov 10, 1975, a storm swept over Lake Superior. For hours and hours, the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald was tossed and battered. Then, a little after…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Spruce Goose
Season 2 Episode 42
During WWII, America was seeking a way to avoid the German submarine fleet that prowled the waters of the Atlantic. Businessman Henry Kaiser would te…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Sink the Bismarck
Season 2 Episode 41
On May 24, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck faced off against the pride of the British Navy - the HMS Hood. The Hood lasted eight minutes - sendi…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Amazing Life of Ima Hogg
Season 2 Episode 40
We all love a good silly pun name. There are the classics, such as Harry Pitts, or Seymour Butts. But one of the best was also a real person - Ima Ho…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Sterling Hall Bombing
Season 2 Episode 39
On Aug. 24, 1970, a bomb went off outside of Sterling Hall, the home of the Army Math Research Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The de…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Rafael Hernández Marín
Season 2 Episode 38
Born in 1892, Rafael Hernández Marín rose from humble origins to one of the greatest musicians in history. He started playing professionally at the a…
5 months, 4 weeks ago