This is the third in a series of six episodes on the physicist Albert Einstein.  With World War I looming over Germany, Albert Einstein confronts difficult truths regarding the goodwill of his fellow scientists at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute.  The outbreak of the war cancels' Einstein's expedition to gather the data required to prove his Theory of Relativity. 

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This is the second in a series of six episodes on the physicist Albert Einstein.  This episode focuses on Einstein's development of the Theory of Relativity, the launching of which will eventually propel him to superstardom within the scientific community.  At the time of its formation, however, Einstein was merely a lowly patent clerk trying to make ends meet.  His dreams of Professorship had been dashed by his inability to rise to the challenges of a college campus, something that this episode examines in depth.  

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This is the first in a series of six episodes on the physicist Albert Einstein.  This episode gate-keeps the term Genius, while walk through Albert's family life and his early schooling experience at the much maligned Luitpold Gymnasium.  Throughout the episode, you'll bear witness to Einstein's struggle to fit within outside expectations as well as lucid moments of thought about the unseen world around him.  Both would contribute to his academic rise.

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This is the fifth and final episode in a series on the original Renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci.  This episode covers the final years of the artist's life, focusing in on his obsession, the Mona Lisa.

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This is the fourth in a series of five episodes on the original Renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci.  This episode covers the year that our artist spent with Niccolo Machiavelli and Cesare Borgias.  This period would go on to serve as the inspiration for Machiavelli's seminal work on Power, "The Prince."  Borgias, the corrupt son of one of the history's most corrupt Popes, is an odd choice for Da Vinci, whose fame had now spread beyond the borders of the Italian city-states.  We'll examine the artists' thought process as well as the infamous banquet of chestnuts and the spread of syphilis across the peninsula.  

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This is the third in a series of five episodes on the original Renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci.  This episode covers a number of the side-projects pursued by the artist.  This includes his habits of human dissection, his sleep patterns, and optic studies.  Each would inform his work.  Art discussed in this episode includes the last supper, Il Cavallo, the Vitruvian Man, and Madonna of the Yarnwinder.   We also look at Leonardo's relationship with two other 'geniuses' of the time: Michelangelo and Raphael.

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This is the second in a series of five episodes on the original Renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci.  This episode follows along with Leonardo as he travels to Milan.  There he will sell himself as the greatest military mind of his time, unfortunately few of his inventions will be possible during his time.  Despite his failure to fulfill his promises to the court via elegant pageants; granting him enough money and free time to explore his interests in flight, storytelling, and art.

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This is the first in a series of five episodes on the original Renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci.  This episode dives into the conditions that resulted in the Italian Renaissance as well as Leonardo's dubious birth status, both of which combined to lay the foundation for the one of the greatest artists of all time.  We also explore his time as an apprentice in Verrocchio's studio, including his controversial work on The Baptism of Christ as well as Leonardo's sexuality, a subject that was at the heart of Sigmund Freud's biography of the man.

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This is the second of two episodes which attempt to explore Australia's unique environmental challenges.  In this outing, we examine one of the strangest "wars" in human history - the Australian Emu War.  Along the way, we'll touch on "the dreaming" (the First Nations' origin mythology), Australia's difficulty recovering from World War I, and its western secession movement.   

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This is the first of two episodes which attempt to explore Australia's unique environmental challenges.  In this outing, we examine the ecological disaster that came with the introduction of the European Bunny Rabbit, an invasive specie in the land down under.  We'll explore the introduction of the furry creature, their effect on the environment, and the absurd lengths that Australia has gone towards eradicating the cute, but foul beast.  Along the way, we'll examine the colonial origin of modern Australia, the beginning of organized policing, and an ongoing war with the environment.

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