Podcast Episodes

The US Invasion of Grenada

The United States invasion of Grenada began at dawn on 25 October 1983. The U.S. and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the island nation o…

4 years, 11 months ago

James Hogue

James Arthur Hogue (born October 22, 1959) is an American impostor who most famously entered Princeton University by posing as a self-taught orphan.

4 years, 11 months ago

The Assassination of RFK

Kennedy scored major victories when he won both the California and South Dakota primaries on June 4. He addressed his supporters shortly after midnig…

4 years, 11 months ago

Carl Akeley

Carl Ethan Akeley (May 19, 1864 – November 17, 1926) was a pioneering American taxidermist, sculptor, biologist, conservationist, inventor, and natur…

4 years, 11 months ago

Unusual Foods

Unusual foods are foods that some people would consider unusual.

Sorry... sometimes the title does all the heavy lifting.

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5 years ago

The Texas City Disaster

The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the Port of Texas City, Texas, at Galveston Bay. It was t…

5 years ago

Robert Hanssen

Robert Philip Hanssen (born April 18, 1944) is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) double agent who spied for Soviet and Russian…

5 years ago

The Free Town Project

The Free Town Project was a project that sought to move to a very small town and advocate for legal changes there. Two towns were involved: Grafton, …

5 years ago

The Zimmerman Telegram

The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note or Zimmerman Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in Januar…

5 years ago

The Suez Canal

The Suez Canal (Arabic: قَنَاةُ السُّوَيْسِ‎, Qanātu s-Suways) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the …

5 years, 1 month ago