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The Defenestrations of Prague - How throwing someone out a window sparked a religious war
Season 3 Episode 29
Defenestrate is a highly specific word. It means to throw someone out of a window. And it comes from the city of Prague where several people were tos…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
ParaBeavers - Idaho’s Parachuting Beavers
Season 3 Episode 28
By the 1940s, government officials were looking to re-introduce the beaver to a region of Idaho to help improve the health of the area’s wetlands. Bu…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
1975 LaGuardia Airport Bombing
Season 3 Episode 27
On Dec. 29, 1975, a bomb tore through LaGuardia Airport in New York City. The blast killed 11 people and wounded 74. No one claimed responsibility fo…
4 weeks ago
The History of Calvin and Hobbes
Season 3 Episode 26
One of the most beloved comic strips in history is Calvin and Hobbes. It is the adventures of a mischievous six-year old boy and his equally naughty …
4 weeks, 2 days ago
The life - and afterlife - of Henrietta Lacks
Season 3 Episode 25
Henrietta Lacks was an ordinary women who lived and ordinary life. However upon her death scientists discovered that she had a real life superpower. …
1 month ago
Madoc and Welsh Indians
Season 3 Episode 24
According to legend, in the 12th century a Welsh prince, Madoc, sailed to the west - looking for a place to settle his people. They would find the Am…
1 month ago
Hay Meadow Massacre
Season 3 Episode 23
While being the county seat is important, it is probably not worth fighting a war over. However, for the people of Stevens County, Kansas, the decisi…
1 month ago
Jesse Owens and the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Season 3 Episode 22
At the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Adolph Hitler hoped to demonstrate to the world the power, majesty and superiority of the resurgent German nation. Th…
1 month, 1 week ago
Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in history
Season 3 Episode 21
Wars can drag on for years. Others might last only a few months, a couple of weeks, or even a handful of days. And then there was the Anglo-Zanzibar …
1 month, 1 week ago
History of the QWERTY Keyboard
Season 3 Episode 20
Do you ever sit at your computer and look at the keyboard and wonder - how did we get here? Why are the letters laid out in such a jumbled mess? Why …
1 month, 1 week ago