Podcast Transcript From 1950 to 1975, the world had seen 25 years of radical change. The changes seen in the first half of the 20th century accelerated even faster. Energy, inflation, and civil rights, which had always been issues, were now front and center. Empires ended, there were social and technical revolutions, new nations were …
Podcast Transcript The country of Panama is best known as the location of the Panama Canal, the waterway that revolutionized international sea transportation. However, there is a lot more to the country. Its history is unlike any other nation in the Americas, and its path to independence was unusual to say the least. Given its …
Podcast Transcript Fascism is one of the most notorious political ideologies of the 20th century. Fascism is typically only thought of in tandem with Nazi Germany, but it wasn’t the only country that adhered to the ideology, and, in fact, they weren’t even the first. It originated in Italy. Despite many similarities between fascist Italy …
Podcast Transcript For well over a century, people have enjoyed the thrill of visiting an amusement park and riding roller coasters. The very first thing we can point to and call a proto-roller coaster had neither rollers nor did it coast. It was more of a slide. Over time, Roller coasters have evolved into massive …
Podcast Transcript One of the most important empires in history was the Ottoman Empire. It wasn’t the biggest empire, but it had an outsized impact on the world due to its strategic location and its moment in history. The Ottomans shocked the world by capturing the city of Constantinople and later almost conquered much of …
Podcast Transcript In July 1942, Japanese forces landed on the north shore of the island of New Guinea Their goal was to cross the island by land and take the strategic city of Port Moresby. If they had been successful, the entire fate of the war in the Pacific would have altered. They didn’t take …
Podcast Transcript There are several rules that should be followed when going to war: There is also one other rule that should be added to that list: Don’t count on Switzerland as an ally. For over two centuries, Switzerland has remained staunchly neutral, even when wars were being fought just over its borders. Learn more …
Podcast Transcript In 1953, a newspaper delivery boy in Brooklyn, New York, made an odd discovery. One of his customers gave him a nickel that seemed lighter than the others. When he dropped it, it popped open, exposing a small piece of microfilm. It was the bizarre beginning of the exposure and discovery of a …
Podcast transcript The Second World War saw the development of many new weapons. Perhaps none was more terrifying than the development of long-range strategic rockets. Rockets had been used in combat for centuries, dating back to their development in ancient China; however, the rockets developed by Germany were a different matter altogether. They terrorized civilians …