Podcast Transcript Located in the Gulf of Guinea, off the west coast of Africa, lies the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. São Tomé and Príncipe have the distinction of being one of the smallest countries in the world by both population and area and as such, it is a country that many people …
Podcast Transcript In the United States Senate, there is a procedural rule which is very uncommon among legislative bodies. According to the Senate rules, senators may speak for as long as they wish on any subject until 3/5ths of the members of the body vote to end debate. While this might seem like a rather …
Podcast Transcript The United States consists of 50 states, each of which is represented by a star on the American flag. Most of those states consist of some section of North America divided by lines on a map that separate them from other states, Canada, or Mexico. But there is one state that is not …
Podcast Transcript There is an excellent chance that you know someone who has a twin sibling. In fact, there are some of you listening who have a twin brother or sister. Multiple births are something that isn’t common but also isn’t super rare, either. However, multiple births have actually become more common over time despite …
Podcast Transcript Ever since humans came out of the African savannah, they have had to work to survive. But the nature of work has changed dramatically since we had to hunt wooly mammoths for food. We’ve gone from hunting to farming to sitting in front of a computer making podcasts. Along the way, labor has …
Podcast Transcript There is a good chance that every day, you encounter bricks. You might drive on them, walk on them, and live inside them, and you’ve probably never even given them a second thought. However, bricks, brickwork, and bricklaying are some of the constants that have existed throughout history. We used bricks for construction …
Podcast Transcript In 1961, Michael Rockefeller, an heir to one of the greatest fortunes in the world, disappeared on an art-collecting trip off the coast of the island of New Guinea. For decades, the family simply assumed that he accidentally drowned off the coast in an attempt to rescue his anthropologist colleague. However, in the …
Podcast Transcript All around you, in the air and the ground, is the most common element on Earth: Oxygen. As you are certainly well aware, Oxygen is required for life on Earth as we know it. But you might realize that the Earth didn’t always have oxygen in its atmosphere. Oxygen has been responsible for …
Podcast Transcript Everyone listening to this is familiar with tattoos. All of you have at least seen someone with one, most of you know someone with one, and, statistically speaking, many of you have at least one of your own. The act of putting permanent illustrations on skin is actually one that goes back thousands …