World War I
1914–1918 global conflict
Episodes
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#5500: Eight Consulates That Answer to No OneEight countries keep consulates in Jerusalem that bypass their own Tel Aviv embassies. The reason goes back four centuries. -
#5499: Jerusalem's Russian Compound: 17 Acres, Three ChurchesA 68-dunam walled district in central Jerusalem has been a pilgrimage campus, a prison, and a city hall. Here's how it became Russian. -
#5340: The Rise and Fall of the AristocracyAristocracy meant rule by the best—a legal class, not just wealth. Why did the word vanish into "the one percent"? -
#5333: How Screws Conquered the WorldThe screw spent 2,000 years as a machine before it held anything together. Here's how it became the hardware aisle we know. -
#5747: Jamming Drones: The Physics of the Wearable Skylock KitHow does a vest-sized jammer take on frequency-hopping drones? The inverse-square law, spread spectrum, and why jamming reaches farther than detect... -
#5580: Before the Word Spy Existed: Venice's Intelligence MachineVenice ran a centralised spy service with an archive, a spy network, and a counterintelligence body — in the 1400s. -
#5494: How Ancient Jerusalem Outgrew Its Own WallsJerusalem's Old City walls are Ottoman, not ancient — and the original city sits outside them. Tracing 4,000 years of expansion and contraction. -
#5231: Uranium: From Yellow Glass to Little BoyConnecticut well water, Roman glass, and the isotope that changed the world — the strange story of element 92.