Episodes
Feb. 7, 2024
1769 Transit of Venus
A transit of Venus across the takes place when the passes directly between the Sun and a , becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the . During a , Venus can be seen...
Jan. 31, 2024
Isabella of France
Isabella of France (: Louve de France), was as the wife of King , and de facto of England from 1327 until 1330. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of and ....
Jan. 24, 2024
Celestial Seasonings and Other Culty Companies
Celestial Seasonings Mo Siegel, Peggy Clute, Wyck Hay, and Lucinda Ziesing started gathering and flowers in the mountains around Boulder and selling them to local in 1969.
Jan. 17, 2024
Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά Φιλοπάτωρ lit. Cleopatra "father-loving goddess"; 70/69 BC – 10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the of from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. A member of the , she was...
Jan. 10, 2024
Julius Cesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (, ; Latin: ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a general and statesman. A member of the , Caesar led the Roman armies in the before defeating his political...
Jan. 3, 2024
The Amish
The Amish (; : Amisch; German: Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist with and origins. They are closely related to churches, a...
Dec. 27, 2023
Poisoned Booze
Several stories including: In 1927, most of the industrial alcohol in the United States had been poisoned under the order of the government. The government had created a blend that contended with the bootleggers’ chemists.
Dec. 20, 2023
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 by American writer . Set in the on , near New York City, the novel depicts narrator 's interactions with mysterious millionaire and Gatsby's obsession to...
Dec. 13, 2023
The Terra Nova Expedition,
The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain , the expedition had various scientific and geographical objectives. Scott wished to continue the...
Dec. 6, 2023
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy . It was built by the (CERN) between 1998 and 2008 in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists and hundreds of universities and laboratories...
Nov. 22, 2023
Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, businessman, filmmaker, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. He was best known during his lifetime as one of the most influential and richest people in...
Nov. 15, 2023
Failed Products, Part 2
The Museum of Failure is a museum that features a collection of failed products and services. The touring exhibition provides visitors with a learning experience about the critical role of in and encourages...
Nov. 8, 2023
The Divorce Colony
The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier is a nonfiction book by April White. Published by in 2022, The Divorce Colony examines the role of as a destination...
Oct. 25, 2023
Pete Evans
Peter Daryl Evans (born 29 August 1973[]) is an Australian chef, and former television presenter, who was a judge of the competitive cooking show . Evans has been heavily criticised for about , promoting conservative...
Oct. 18, 2023
Weird Measurements
An unusual unit of measurement is a that does not form part of a coherent , especially because its exact quantity may not be well known or because it may be an inconvenient multiple or fraction of a base unit. Many of the unusual units of...
Oct. 11, 2023
Terrible Realty Television
Reality television is a of that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with...
Oct. 4, 2023
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on . Crawford was signed to a motion...
Sept. 27, 2023
Paul Bunyon
Paul Bunyan is a and in and . His revolve around his labors, and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox, his pet and working animal. The character originated in the of loggers, and was later popularized by freelance writer William...
Sept. 20, 2023
Francis Marion
Francis Marion ( and the . During the , Marion supported the and enlisted in the , fighting against forces in the from 1780 to 1781. Though he never commanded a or served as a...
Sept. 13, 2023
Yevgeny Prigozhin
(: Евге́ний Ви́кторович Приго́жин, IPA: ; 1 June 1961 – 23 August 2023) was a mercenary leader and . He led the private military company and was a close confidant of...
Sept. 6, 2023
HMS Wager
HMS Wager was a square-rigged sixth-rate ship of 28 guns. She was built as an in about 1734 and made two voyages to India for the before the Royal Navy purchased her in 1739. She formed part of a squadron...
Aug. 30, 2023
Rudy Giuliani
Rudolph William Louis Giuliani ( , Italian: ; born May 28, 1944) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 107th from 1994 to 2001. He previously served as the from 1981 to 1983 and...