A dive into historical topics from an elevated perspective. New episodes will be out every Wednesday
In 1492 this freakin guy Christopher Columbus took his ass across the ocean blue looking for a weste
We left off with the shot heard round the world and we ate coming back into Lexington and Concord. W
By the mid 1700's the British in North America had established 13 colonies and a large populati
Surprise Surprise Prof Chris is taking us back to the Pacific Theater of World War 2. This week were
This is Sparta! Spartan Race, Sparty the Spartan, god knows how many CrossFit gyms. The culture of a
The Automobile is one of those inventions that we tend to take for granted. Most people can't e
A more apt title for this should be The Battle for Stalingrad, because that exactly what this was in
Even if you don't know what the man's about you've probably heard the name Charles Da
Reaching the moon is arguably humanity's greatest accomplishment. When Kennedy promised we woul
Back in good ol 1803 a little transaction occurred that saw the newly christened United States of Am
In what still stands as the worst nuclear disaster to take place on this planet, the explosion at th
In a land far to the East and at a time not all that long ago Britain decided it needed a whole bunc
Disney...a name that can stir emotions, excite the senses, and bring memories flooding back from any
After ol Robert Bruce takes a dirt nap, Scottish Independence is threatened before his body's e
There's something about Scotland that holds a special place in our hearts here at the Institute
Charles Manson was a monster. Spending over half of his first 32 years on the planet in an instituti
Some things are bigger than sports. Every once in awhile that phrase is used to describe an event th
The Italian American Mafia was born out of the Castellamarese War. The Mafia was very much a thing i
World War 2 earned its World War moniker more so that its predecessor. It was truly a globe spanning
If Howard Hughes is the Father of Modern Aviation. The Wright Brothers are the Granddaddies of Human
