Christian's choice - this episode will cover the unique legacy of the super guppy aircraft, an aircraft that Christian had the pleasure of working in for a brief period of time.

https://jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov/guppy.html#photogallery

http://www.allaboutguppys.com/

https://www.air-and-space.com/guppies.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYl8zPW9Gho

https://books.google.com/books?id=D5hUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA302&lpg=PA302&dq=Norman+Mansdorf&source=bl&ots=tvp-HyC8nI&sig=ACfU3U3ItFwmvu6rvwl3_ZxroAokGV7zAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDub2pg7TqAhVEba0KHXIBAh8Q6AEwA3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Norman%20Mansdorf&f=false

http://www.allaboutguppys.com/pg/377pgf.htm

https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4206/ch10.htm

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2019/orion-spacecraft-arrives-in-ohio-aboard-the-super-guppy

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDNCvCGf9DEuWntC5Pkq0wA/videos

Alexis' choice of a topic, The Batavia was a Dutch ship in the 1600s that shipwrecked off the coast of Australia with 340 people onboard. What followed was nothing short of a horror story which involved murder and mutiny.

The majority of the episode content comes straight from the Commander's journal:

http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/sites/default/files/no._136_pelsaertjournal.pdf

Other Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dutch-East-India-Company

https://www.sea.museum/2016/06/04/barbarism-and-brutality-surviving-the-batavia-shipwreck

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Pages/media_archive/Restoration-under-way-at-Abrolhos-Batavia-site.aspx

The daunting and mysterious mountain with an infamous past.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Everest

https://explorerspassage.com/chronicles/history-mount-everest/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahalangur_Himal

http://www.surveyhistory.org/sir_george_everest1.htm

https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/tallest-mountain-world/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo

https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Everest

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/14/599417489/one-third-of-everest-deaths-are-sherpa-climbers

http://www.alexlowe.org/projects/kcc/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Troubled-2014-Everest-Climbing-Season-The-1994985

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2013/may/23/mount-everest-first-successful-ascent-in-pictures

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/death-on-mount-everest

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sherpa-facts/index.html

https://basecampmagazine.com/2016/12/31/the-1996-everest-disaster-the-whole-story/

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/14/599417489/one-third-of-everest-deaths-are-sherpa-climbers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phurba_Tashi

https://www.redbull.com/us-en/everest-world-records

Captain James cook was an ambitious explorer who is famous for his three voyages which included him travelling to places Britain had never been before. 

https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/charles-green-astronomer-1

https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/learning-center/articles/wheat-rust-diseases#phcontent_4_divAccordion

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Banks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cook_captain_james.shtml

https://www.bl.uk/the-voyages-of-captain-james-cook/articles/the-second-voyage-of-james-cook

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/furneaux-tobias-12932

https://cdn.britannica.com/21/144721-050-88F2E4A9/James-Cook-Pacific-voyages.jpg

https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/library_exhibitions/schoolresources/exploration/southerncontinent

http://zeehaen.tripod.com/pub_4/did_clauptolemy_ab_australia.htm

https://www.bl.uk/the-voyages-of-captain-james-cook/articles/the-third-voyage-of-james-cook

https://mythology.wikia.org/wiki/Laka

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Montagu-4th-Earl-of-Sandwich

One of the oldest operating prisons in the world, this prison has a rich history starting in the early 1600s up until its closure in 2013. With such a long history, there are so many stories to tell and so many skeletons to uncover.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-I-king-of-England-and-Scotland

https://tinyurl.com/yxygv5eq

https://tinyurl.com/rmduyyx

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Howard-British-philanthropist-and-social-reformer

Disney, Francis (1992). Shepton Mallet Prison (2nd Ed). Published by the author. ISBN 978-0951147023.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Pierrepoint

http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/hanging2.html

http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/sheptonm.html

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1417744

http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/sheptonm.html

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1058425

https://tinyurl.com/rfw8mf7

https://tinyurl.com/svvzczk

https://peoplepill.com/people/richard-carver-architect/

https://tinyurl.com/rmduyyx

https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20111221130823603

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-33518071

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9959808/Shepton-Mallet-Prison-If-these-walls-could-speak....html

http://fireheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/spring-2016.pdf

https://www.sheptonmalletprison.com/history

The man who fought for Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR) and played a critical role in the Apollo missions

Sources:
https://wehackthemoon.com/bios/john-c-houbolt

https://www.nasa.gov/langley/hall-of-honor/john-c-houbolt

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/vonbraun/bio.html

https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4308/ch8.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_orbit_rendezvous

https://www.space.com/25570-nasa-moon-pioneer-john-houbolt-obituary.html

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/739934923/meet-john-houbolt-he-figured-out-how-to-go-to-the-moon-but-few-were-listening

https://www.nasa.gov/content/john-c-houbolt-unsung-hero-of-the-apollo-program-dies-at-age-95

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atM5lmX5tPk

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19880069339.pdf

The long history behind military camouflage and the men who studied it

https://www.army-technology.com/features/feature109521/

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2012/07/02/how-not-to-be-seen-the-art-science-and-history-of-camouflage/

https://www.army.mil/article/40245/west_point_explores_science_of_camouflage

http://www.imperium-romana.org/uploads/5/9/3/3/5933147/vegetius-roman-army.pdfhttps://worksthatwork.com/7/the-art-and-science-of-military-camouflage

https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/sky-simulated-white-flamingoes-study-book-concealing-coloration-animal-kingdom-23949

http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/4/hiddentalents.php

https://daily.jstor.org/teddy-roosevelt-evolution-camouflage/

https://arthistoryunstuffed.com/the-dazzle-camouflage-of-norman-wilkinson/

https://grahamshawcross.com/2012/05/31/abbott-thayer-countershading-and-camouflage-theory/

https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/a-brief-history-of-camouflage/

Eratosthenes (which we WILL mispronounce a few times) was a well-rounded researcher. He made significant contributions to society, including creating a new field of study, and helped shaped the way we see the world today.

1"Eratosthenes." Famous Scientists. famousscientists.org. 21 Jun. 2014. Web. 10/11/2015 .

4“Eratosthenes and the Size of the Earth.” Astronomy 101 Special Webpages. Bucknell University. Web

2"Eratosthenes of Cyrene". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2015. Web. 11 Oct. 2015

3“Eratosthenes of Cyrene (276-194 BC).” http://www.eranet.gr/eratosthenes/html/eoc.html

5“Measuring the Circumference of the Earth.” Cynthia Stokes Brown. Ways of Knowing: Our Solar System and Earth. Web.

6“Maps and Geography.” Ken Jennings. Simon and Schuster, 2014.

7“Eratosthenes.” Famous Mathematicians. http://famous-mathematicians.org/eratosthenes/

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-9091-1_23 

https://www.ancient.eu/Eratosthenes/

https://www.ancient.eu/article/207/what-happened-to-the-great-library-at-alexandria/ 

Known as King Charles the beloved or King Charles the Mad. This episode dives into the life of Charles VI and his time as the ruler of France in the late 1300s.

Sources:
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Charles_VI_of_France

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-VI-king-of-France

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-V-king-of-France

http://www.ancientpages.com/2016/01/22/charles-vi-france-king-made-glass/

https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11741/2/alger_whole_thesis.pdf

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Charles_V_of_France

https://daily.jstor.org/french-king-who-believed-made-glass/

An introduction to the podcast