1507 Episodes

  1. Camouflaging Leningrad

    Published: 9/17/2024

  2. The invention of the CT scanner

    Published: 9/16/2024

  3. When Italy gave back Ethiopia’s stolen obelisk

    Published: 9/13/2024

  4. Abebech Gobena: Africa's 'Mother Teresa'

    Published: 9/12/2024

  5. Ardi: The oldest skeleton of a human ancestor

    Published: 9/11/2024

  6. Emperor Haile Selassie in Bath

    Published: 9/10/2024

  7. Emperor Haile Selassie overthrown

    Published: 9/9/2024

  8. Giant Gonzalez: from NBA star to WWE wrestler

    Published: 9/6/2024

  9. Apollo 13

    Published: 9/5/2024

  10. The end of the Irish marriage bar

    Published: 9/4/2024

  11. Ramesses II's 'mummy makeover'

    Published: 9/3/2024

  12. I led the 'Umbrella' protests

    Published: 9/2/2024

  13. The woman who spoke to the space station

    Published: 8/30/2024

  14. Guatemala's disappeared

    Published: 8/29/2024

  15. Waris Dirie

    Published: 8/28/2024

  16. The writer of Mary Poppins

    Published: 8/27/2024

  17. Canada’s first UFO landing pad

    Published: 8/26/2024

  18. Spain's La Tomatina

    Published: 8/23/2024

  19. Argentina's five presidents in two weeks

    Published: 8/22/2024

  20. India’s first female bartender

    Published: 8/22/2024

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