Podcast Transcript The Sundarbans is the world’s largest mangrove forest and a UNESCO World Heritage site spanning the border of India and Bangladesh. This landscape is home to nearly ten million people who live alongside some of Earth’s deadliest predators. Driven by chronic poverty, residents of the region are forced to extreme lengths to survive …
My three month North America road trip is over. This was by far the most driving I’ve ever done in a single period in my life. The final tally for what I saw and experienced was more than what I initially expected. It was a busy three months and in the end it was something …
Podcast Transcript Area 51 is a place where secrecy became legend and speculation turned into modern mythology. Tucked away in the Nevada desert, it has been the alleged site for alien autopsies, hidden spacecraft, and technologies decades ahead of their time, all while the US government insisted it barely existed at all. The reality is …
In the dark skies over the Eastern Front of World War II, the Soviet Union deployed one of the most unusual and effective combat units of the war: the Night Witches. Officially the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, this unit flew outdated, fragile biplanes on nighttime harassment missions against German forces, cutting their engines to glide …
Podcast Transcript Approximately 55 times a day, or 20,000 times a year, an earthquake occurs somewhere on Earth. Of those, the vast majority go unnoticed and cause no damage whatsoever. Nonetheless, earthquakes are commonly considered among the most feared natural disasters due to their sudden, unpredictable nature and their potential to unleash incredible devastation. Learn …
Transcript There have been 5 acknowledged presidential elections in US history where the winner of the popular vote did not win in the electoral college. However, there is a very good argument to be made that there is a sixth election that should be added to that list. The conventional wisdom holds that John F. …
Transcript Jessie Ownes was the world record holder in the men’s 100m dash and won the gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. He is famous for winning 4 gold medals in one Olympics and foiling Hitler’s plans for the Berlin games. His 100m world record stood longer than anyone else’s in the event. Usain Bolt …
Transcript This episode is about nothing. Not in the sense that Seinfield was a TV show about nothing, but rather this is literally about nothing. It is about the number zero. A number that few people bother to give much thought to, yet without it, modern mathematics wouldn’t exist, and neither would any of the …
Transcript Bluffing is one of the most important aspects of playing poker. In any strategic game, in fact, deception can be critical to success. Warfare is no different. Deceiving an enemy can often mean the difference between winning and losing. Between life and death. During WWII, the allied forces unleashed the largest and most complicated …