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Questions and Answers: Volume 46
What do the element palladium, William Shakespeare, and this episode have in common? Palladium is the 46th element on the periodic table. Shakespeare was rumored to have secretly written the King James Bible at the age of 46. In Psalm 46, t
Neanderthals
For hundreds of thousands of years, another kind of human lived across Europe and western Asia. They hunted enormous animals, survived brutal Ice Age climates, made sophisticated tools, cared for the injured, and even left traces of themsel
The History of McDonald's
In 1940, two brothers opened a small restaurant near Route 66 in San Bernardino, California. After meeting an aggressive milkshake-machine salesman, they established a business model that sparked a revolution. What began as a more convenien
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
For decades in the Deep South, bus passengers had to sit in the back of the bus and give up their seats to white passengers. Despite making up the vast majority of riders, black passengers had no recourse. Any protest or refusal to surrende
Marcus Tullius Cicero
In the final decades of the Roman Republic, power increasingly belonged to men who commanded armies. Yet one man rose to the highest levels of Roman politics without conquering territory or leading legions. His weapons were words, law, and
The FBIs Most Wanted List
For more than 75 years, the FBI has maintained a list designed to put some of America’s most elusive fugitives directly in front of the public. It has included bank robbers, murderers, terrorists, organized crime figures, and people who rem
Matthew Fontaine Maury: The Man Who Revolutionized Ocean Navigation
For centuries, sailors crossed oceans using charts, experience, and accumulated wisdom. But in the 19th century, one naval officer realized that the logs of countless ships contained something far more valuable: data. By studying winds, cur
Chief Joseph
In the late 19th century, as the United States expanded across the West, one Native leader became famous not only for his resistance, but for the words he used after it ended. His people crossed mountains, fought battles, and traveled more
The New Madrid Earthquakes
In the winter of 1811, the American frontier was shaken by a series of earthquakes so powerful they were felt across much of the continent. The ground split open, forests were flattened, sand erupted from the earth, and the Mississippi Rive
Machu Picchu
High in the Andes lies one of the world's most famous archaeological sites. It was built by a civilization without iron tools, wheeled transportation, or a conventional writing system, yet its builders created extraordinary stonework, terra
How DNA Solves Crimes
For most of human history, identifying the person responsible for a crime depended on witnesses, confessions, fingerprints, and sometimes little more than suspicion. Then, in the late 20th century, scientists developed a technique that coul
The Never-Ending Voyager Missions (Encore)
In 1977, NASA took advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime alignment of the planets to send two probes to the outermost reaches of the solar system. They sent back the best images and data available at that time about Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and
The Rise and Fall of Vaudeville
Before radio, television, and the internet, Americans packed theaters to see comedians, singers, dancers, acrobats, magicians, animal acts, and just about anything else that could hold an audience’s attention. For several decades, this fast
The History of Whaling (Encore)
Whaling is something that humans have engaged in for thousands of years. For most of that time, indigenous groups conducted it on a small scale for subsistence purposes. Over time, whaling became commercialized, the annual whale harvest exp
A Brief History of Algeria
For thousands of years, one country has stood at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, Africa, and the Sahara. It has been ruled by Numidian kings, Romans, Arabs, Ottomans, and European. Its modern independence came only after one of the mos
Fluorine: The Most Reactive Element
There is an element so reactive that it was one of the last to be isolated, and chemists were injured or even killed trying to obtain it. Yet once tamed, it became essential to everything from aluminium production and nuclear technology to
The Avignon Papacy
For centuries, the pope was one of Europe's most powerful figures, ruling the Church from Rome and challenging kings and emperors alike. Then, in the early 14th century, a bitter struggle with the French monarchy changed everything. For nea
Cod: The Fish That Shaped History
For centuries, one seemingly ordinary fish helped feed armies, sustain empires, launch fishing fleets across the Atlantic, and shape the economies of entire nations. It could be preserved for months, transported enormous distances, and trad
The Cheyenne Mountain Complex
Buried deep beneath thousands of feet of granite in Colorado is one of the most famous military installations ever built. Designed during the Cold War to remain operational during a nuclear attack, it features massive blast doors, buildings
Ivan the Terrible
In the 16th century, one ruler transformed a growing principality into a powerful empire, crowned himself with a new title, conquered vast territories, and reshaped the political order of Eastern Europe. Yet, history doesn’t necessarily rem
The Immovable Ladder of Jerusalem
For centuries, one of the holiest places in Christianity has been governed by an extraordinarily delicate balance of tradition, property rights, religious rivalry, and international diplomacy. In this place, even the smallest physical chang
The Srivijaya Empire
For centuries, one of Asia's most powerful empires controlled the vital sea lanes connecting China, India, and the Middle East. It grew fabulously wealthy from trade, became a major center of Buddhism, and dominated much of maritime Southea
A History of Looney Tunes
For decades, audiences around the world have watched a collection of characters survive explosions, outwit hunters, fall from cliffs, and repeatedly bend the laws of physics. What began as inexpensive theatrical shorts became one of animati
Organ Transplants
For most of human history, when a vital part of the body failed, there was little doctors could do. Then a series of advances in surgery, immunology, and pharmaceuticals made something once considered impossible increasingly routine. It req
The Pirahã People
Deep in the Amazon rainforest lives a small society that has challenged some of our most basic assumptions about language, numbers, time, memory, and even how human beings organize their lives. For decades, researchers studying them have fo
The Great Awakening
In the early 18th century, religion in the American colonies was often orderly, formal, and deeply tied to established churches. Then a new generation of preachers began drawing enormous crowds, delivering emotional sermons, challenging tra
Mosquitoes
Throughout human history, a tiny insect has influenced wars, shaped settlement patterns, halted major engineering projects, and caused more deaths than almost any other animal. For most of history, no one understood why these creatures were
The 1920 Wall Street Bombing
At 12:01 PM on Thursday, September 16, 1920, a large explosion went off in the heart of America’s financial industry. 30 people were killed instantly, another eight people died later from wounds, and 150 others were seriously injured. No on
The Divided Island of Hispaniola
In the Caribbean, two nations share a single island, yet their histories, languages, economies, and political systems developed along dramatically different paths. Their border is more than a line on a map. It can actually be seen from spac
Watergate
On June 17, 1972, a seemingly minor burglary at a Washington, D.C. office building set off a chain of events that would shake the American political system to its core. What began with five arrests soon revealed secret campaign operations,
