Podcast Transcript The surface of the Earth is 70 percent water.  If you just looked at a map and saw a sea of blue, you might think that the water is just sitting there, but it’s not.  The oceans are constantly moving, and it isn’t just waves and tides that move. There are enormous rivers ..read more

Podcast Transcript In 1760, George III succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom at the age of 22, becoming the third king in the House of Hannover dynasty.  His reign would become one of the longest in British history, and he was monarch during some of the most important events in history, including the ..read more

Podcast Transcript Aircraft carriers are some of the most fearsome weapons in the world. They are enormous platforms that can travel around the globe, projecting power over an enormous part of it.  However, aircraft carriers have a rather humble origin that actually predates the invention of the airplane. Throughout the 20th century, they saw many ..read more

Transcript What do lasers, photovoltaic cells, the transistor, digital cameras, cell phone technology, the communication satellite, computer networking, radio astronomy, and the UNIX operating system have in common? They were all invented or developed at the same place by the greatest collection of scientists and engineers ever assembled. Learn more about Bell Labs, the greatest ..read more

Transcript The rise of civilization is sometimes defined as the urbanization of humanity. The transition from hunter-gatherers to living in settlements was a fundamental transformation of human society and allowed for advanced social institutions such as kings, priesthoods, and standing armies.  Since then, our settlements have gotten larger and larger, resulting in the megalopolises we ..read more

Transcript In 1941, a young artistic prodigy released his first motion picture. It had enormous anticipation, received incredible reviews, and earned nine Academy Award nominations. However, the film was a financial failure because the vast majority of theaters refused to show it.  In the 80 years since its release, it has been named the greatest ..read more

Transcript In the year 52 BC, the Roman General Julius Caesar fought the last major battle in the conquest of Gaul.  The implications of the battle have reverberated throughout history and can still be felt in the world today.  But the real story isn’t the implications of the battle, but how it was won. It ..read more

Transcript When Europeans began sailing the high seas on extended voyages, the most deadly thing they encountered wasn’t enemy navies, starvation, or even shipwrecks.  It was a painful disease where your body would literally start falling apart and it killed more than 2,000,000 sailors between the voyage of Columbus to the middle of the 19th ..read more

Podcast Transcript On April 15, 1947, a rookie infielder took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.  All eyes in the world of baseball, and indeed the United States, were focused on this player and this game. However, this wasn’t the normal debut of a rookie player.  This game marked the breaking of the long-standing color ..read more

Podcast Transcript There is an old saying that April showers bring May flowers. However, that saying doesn’t really address where the April showers come from in the first place.  I believe they come from the questions of curious people. When they are answered, they bring tears of joy which manifests in the form of rain.  ..read more