The Voyages of Admiral Zheng He

The Voyages of Admiral Zheng He

Transcript In the early 15th century, just before Europe began its Age of Exploration, China was embarking on a series of voyages that put to shame anything anyone in Europe would do for centuries.  These voyages were led by a man who was the greatest admiral in history up to that point and the ships …

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A History of Computer Games

A History of Computer Games

Transcript Video games have become ubiquitous in today’s world. Most of us probably have some sort of computer game on our smartphone, as well as games on our desktop computer, and you might even have one or more dedicated computing devices dedicated solely to playing games hooked up to your TV.  The massive $100 billion …

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What is Absolute Zero?

What is Absolute Zero?

Transcript One of the interesting things about temperature is that no matter how cold you’ve ever been, or how low of a temperature anyone has ever achieved, you can always get colder, if only by a little bit. That is because temperature has an absolute barrier that can never be broken.  Learn more about absolute …

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The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille

The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille

Transcript In 1990, filmmaker Peter Brosnan set out to find a legendary Egyptian city that was lost to time and buried under sand dunes. After years of battling local officials, he finally was given the approval to begin an archeological dig.  What he found were 35-foot tall statues of the Pharoah Ramses II and enormous …

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Tuvalu: The Least Visited Country in the World

Tuvalu: The Least Visited Country in the World

Podcast Transcript Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is one of the smallest countries in the world. The country has only one proper hotel and that has just 9 rooms.  Once you visit the country, there is no car rental service, there isn’t an ATM machine anywhere in the country, and the entire …

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Everything Everywhere Daily One Year Anniversary Show

Everything Everywhere Daily One Year Anniversary Show

Podcast Transcript On July 1, 2020, a world traveler who was grounded by an international pandemic made the business and personal decision to launch the podcast he wanted to listen to.  One year later, he’s celebrating the one-year anniversary of his podcast.  Learn more about years, anniversaries, and the Everything Everywhere Daily podcast on the …

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The Legend of Prester John

The Legend of Prester John

Podcast Transcript In the middle ages, a legend persisted among Europeans that there was a Christian ruler in Asia, or Africa, who would come to join with European Christians to help fight Moslems in the crusades. The only problem was, that this distant Christian ruler didn’t exist. Yet, while the ruler was a fable, the …

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10 Ways You Can Know That the Earth is a Sphere

10 Ways You Can Know That the Earth is a Sphere

Podcast Transcript One of the saddest things in the modern world is that with all of our technology, and with all of the information in the world at our fingertips, there are more people today who think the Earth is flat than there were 20 years ago.  While most people don’t subscribe to this, thankfully, …

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Was Jeanne Calment Really The World’s Oldest Person?

Was Jeanne Calment Really The World's Oldest Person?

Podcast Transcript On August 4, 1997, Jeanne Louise Calment passed away in Arles, France. At the time, it was reported that she was 122 years and 164 days old. No one else has ever been verified to have ever even lived to the age of 120.  However, in the years since her passing, many people …

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