The dial painters for the United States Radium Corporation and Dial Company who sacrificed their lives to teach us that not every scientific advancement is for the best. Radium: Discovered by Marie Curie would take the world by storm by the turn of the century. By the 1920's, everyone was obsessed with this new "radical" element. What no one truly knew was how deadly Radium would be. 

Dedicated to David Helmers. A very loved friend recently departed. Forever loved and forever missed. I hope you'd be proud of this episode too. 

Its a two part episode. The lost men in the arctic, trapped in the sub zero temperatures in 1845 to explore the Northwest Passage for their Queen Victoria. But was it really worth it? Probably...had they listened to Crozier.

Typhoid. Its gross! But it has its place in in connection to contact tracing and the methods we use today to handle COVID. How much do you wash your hands? 

Content Warning: There are some swears....

Most of us grew up learning about the Salem Witch Trials. We visit the town during the Halloween season, watch Hocus Pocus every year and fall in love with the mysterious hysteria of the 1600's. But a generation before the infamous Salem Witch Trials, Connecticut pursued their own witches.  

If you're like me, you probably wonder who or what a viking was. Looking back in history, we see them as savage barbarians. Pillaging and destroying all in their path just for gold. Though their vicious methods of land grabbing and exploration was indeed barbaric, we have a lot to be thankful for.

Music from Free Music Archive 

The transition from short wave to long wave radio, diversifying the entertainment industry in radio and the DJ's who got it started: This is the brief history of what we hear today and how we got there. And we cant forget how Rock and Roll got its start

More than ever, it is important to remember our history. With so many protests and riots around the country, we need to remember that history repeats itself.

 Black Lives Matter...

Reverse psychology and the potato. You wouldn't think that the friendly, inconspicuous spud could save countless lives, right? Well Frederick the Great of Prussia knew otherwise...

The kidnapping of the pope: intrigue, betrayal and excommunications. 

Heart Island has seen a lot of history. Once used as a simple grave for unclaimed bodies in the 1800's, it quickly turned into a mass grave for Influenza victims. Now, 100 years later, we are seeing a rise in deaths from yet another pandemic: Covid-19. Here is the history of the island, some of its inhabitants and today's use.