The first notes of the samba and the tango instantly capture ones attention, transporting the listener to Bahia and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and the River Plate …
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Episode 108: A History of the U.S. Marine Corps
The US Marine Corps may now proudly boast to be the home of the few and the proud, but this wasn’t always the case. In the early part of the 20th century, it …
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Episode 107: The Yazid Inscription
Like digging through archaeological layers, documenting the development of language and writing provides important clues about historical events. Recent …