Episodes

  • What was the Eruption of Vesuvius?
    Dec 1 2025

    A devastating end to an ancient city, and the most perfect time capsule for our modern age.

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    6 mins
  • Who was Robin Hood?
    Nov 25 2025

    The man in green. The legend of Sherwood Forest. A story and a figure who is ever-changing, yet remains constant in English mythology.

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    7 mins
  • What was the Defenestration of Prague?
    Nov 9 2025

    When pushing someone out of a window leads to a continental conflagration...

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    8 mins
  • What was the fall of the Berlin Wall?
    Nov 7 2025

    The Berlin Wall stood for 28 years, physical manifestation of the division between the USSR and the West. Its fall paved the way for German reunification, and dramatically signaled the peaceful end of the Cold War.

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    10 mins
  • Who was Genghis Khan?
    Nov 5 2025

    Today, let's take a brief look at the man from a nomadic tribe on the Mongolian steppe who created the largest contiguous land empire in history.

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    10 mins
  • Who was Isaac Newton?
    Oct 28 2025

    When he died in 1727, Sir Isaac Newton was buried with full honors in Westminster Abbey. His theories stood unchallenged for over 200 years and even today, whenever an engineer launches a rocket or a physicist solves a problem of motion, they are using the foundation laid down by this quiet, prickly genius who changed the world.

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    7 mins
  • Who was Augustus?
    Oct 23 2025

    Arguably the most consequential figure in Roman history, Augustus took the Roman Republic and turned it into an Empire, all while telling everyone he was actually bringing the Republic back.

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    8 mins
  • Who was Stephen Hawking?
    Oct 12 2025

    A man trapped in a failing body, yet whose mind explored the boundaries of space and time. Stephen Hawking was a groundbreaking theoretical physicist, a cosmologist who transformed our understanding of black holes and the origins of the universe, and a global icon.

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    8 mins