Podcast Transcript The American Civil War wasn’t just a military conflict. There was also a major political and legal struggle that took place alongside the military campaigns. In the last months of the war, President Abraham Lincoln knew that if the war was to truly be the end of the conflict, it was necessary to …
Podcast Transcript Cricket is the world’s second most popular spectator sport, behind association football or soccer. However, it is played almost nowhere outside of former British Colonies. It is a game that can be confusing to those who are uninitiated and, if played in its traditional manner, can take an extremely long time to complete. …
Podcast Transcript In the year 312, two claimants to the Roman imperial throne met outside the walls of Rome near a bridge that crossed the Tiber River. The subsequent battle that followed was not that different from many other Roman battles which had been fought over the centuries. However, the implications of that battle have …
Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, humans have been using the power of the wind to do useful work. At first, the wind was just used for sailing ships, but eventually, the wind’s power was harnessed to do mundane tasks like milling grain and pumping water. Unlike many ancient energy sources, wind power is still …
Podcast Transcript Most people are familiar with the ancient Egyptian civilization, which arose along the banks of the Nile River. However, the Egyptians were not the only major civilization that existed on the Nile. Just south of Egypt was a culture that was very similar yet very different, who was Egypt’s sometimes enemies, sometimes trade …
Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, humans knew that certain foods could treat certain ailments. However, why or how the foods did this was totally unknown. It wasn’t until the early 20th century that researchers discovered exactly what chemicals were in food that prevented and cured many diseases. Today, that knowledge has led to an …
Podcast Transcript Centuries ago, if you were a ruler, you needed to protect yourself and your realm. You’d obviously need an army and soldiers, but you would also need some sort of defensive fortification to protect yourself from attack. The solution to this problem in the middle ages was the development of massive structures which …
Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, humans have looked up at the night sky and wondered, “are we alone?” For the longest time, it remained nothing more than a philosophical question, but in the 20th century, some researchers thought it was time to finally start looking. One of the big questions was how do you …
Podcast Transcript In 1854 an unusually severe outbreak of cholera occurred in London. While cholera was not an uncommon disease, physicians at the time weren’t sure what caused it. This time, one doctor took a completely different approach, stopping the epidemic and ushering in a new field of medicine. Learn more about John Snow and …