Martha Mitchell Was Right

Martha Mitchell Was Right

Transcript Have you ever thought something and everyone else said you were crazy? Have you ever been called crazy and then have the thing you were called crazy for turn out to be absolutely true? This not only happened to one woman, but she was discredited in the media had a psychological condition named after …

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Spanish Foods

Spanish Foods

Transcript Whenever lists of the world’s great cuisines are published, there is one country which is always at or near the top: Spain.  Yet Spanish cuisine is mostly a collection of regional cuisines from around the country which all fall under the umbrella of “Spanish”. Learn more about Spanish food, its history, and where it …

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Radiation 101

Radiation 101

transcript Radiation or radioactivity is one of the scariest words in the English language.  While radiation can indeed be very dangerous, most people don’t really understand how it works and it is often treated as magic death cooties which leads to unwarranted fear.  Learn more about radiation, how it works, and where it’s found in …

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The Holy Grail

The Holy Grail

Transcript For centuries the Holy Grail has been a metaphor for ultimate achievement.  The quest for the Holy Grail is likewise considered a metaphor for an unobtainable goal.  However, the Holy Grail might be more than a metaphor. It might really exist and you can go see it yourself. Learn more about the Holy Grail, …

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The Election of 1800

The Election of 1800

Transcript I’ve done several episodes on close and interesting US presidential elections throughout history. Mainly they were to put current events into perspective, so you can realize that the controversies of today are really not all that new. However, there was one election that might be considered the closest and most interesting in history, but …

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Unique Spanish Festivals

Unique Spanish Festivals

Transcript Many communities around the world hold local festivals. They might have some food stalls, a stage for musical acts, and some rides for the kids. Pretty standard stuff. But in Spain, they do things differently. Really different.  Learn more about the unique Spanish festivals which aren’t like those anywhere else in the world, on …

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Alan Francis: The Most Dominant Athlete Ever

The Most Dominant Athlete Ever

Question: Who is the most dominant athlete of all time? It’s an interesting question and one which has started endless pub debates. Is that a basketball player like Michael Jordan, a baseball player like Babe Ruth, or a soccer player like Lionel Messi?   Or maybe it’s an athlete in an individual sport like Tiger Woods, …

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The 1904 Olympic Marathon

The 1904 Olympic Marathon

The 3rd Olympic Games held in 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri was unquestionably the greatest train wreck of an Olympics ever held. In fact, the Olympics in ancient Greece were probably better organized and better attended than the 1904 Olympics.  Nothing quite exemplifies the hot mess which was the St. Louis Olympics quite like the …

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Broccoli, James Broccoli

Broccoli, James Broccoli

You probably couldn’t think of two things which are further apart than the character James Bond and the vegetable broccoli. Yet, in a not so roundabout way, there is a very direct connection between the two.  In fact, if it wasn’t for broccoli, we might never have had any James Bond movies.  Find out what …

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