The rise of the Ottoman Empire - Mostafa Minawi
AdultsHistoryHumanWorld Explore the early days of the Ottoman Empire, as shrewd political rulers grew the principality into an intercontinental empire.
Wildlife Disappearing at the Border | National Geographic
AdultsAnimalsHistoryNature The San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge marks the convergence of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts in a grassland valley at the base of the Peloncillo mountains.
The strange history of the world's most stolen painting
AdultsArtHistoryJusticeCulture... Discover Jan van Eyck’s masterpiece, the Ghent Altarpiece, and explore how it became the world’s most stolen artwork.
These SCP’s Could End The World
AdultsBiotechnologyHistoryHumanScienceCulture... The SCP Foundation has been responsible for keeping not only our world, but our universe safe. They contain some of the most deadly SCPs known to man, because if just one of these vicious SCPs got loose, it could spell the end of the world!
The Search for History’s Lost Slave Ships | Podcast | Overheard at National Geographic
AdultsEnvironmentHistoryHumanJusticeSociety... On the bottom of the world’s oceans lie historic treasures—the lost wrecks of ships that carried enslaved people from Africa to the Americas. Only a handful have been identified so far, but National Geographic explorer and Storytelling Fellow Tara Roberts is documenting the efforts of Black scuba divers and archaeologists to find more, hoping to finally bring their stories to light.
The dark history of bananas - John Soluri
AdultsHistoryHumanNatureEconomyCulture... Explore the history of the notorious United Fruit Company and how its influence over the banana industry impacted Central America.
How Kodak Detected the Atomic Bomb
AdultsEducationHistoryHumanScience... Kodak detected the first atomic bomb before anyone else figured it out. Then they made a deal not to tell anyone. Thanks to HBO Max, and their new show raised by Wolves for sponsoring this video!
The Japanese folktale of the selfish scholar - Iseult Gillespie
AdultsHistoryHumanWritingCultureMythology... Dive into the Japanese folktale of a scholar’s quest to purify his body and mind, and the spiritual secret he discovers along the way.
A brief history of plastic
AdultsConstructionHistoryIndustry Trace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in what became known as the plastics century.
The Mummy's Curse | Lost Treasures of Egypt
AdultsLifeNatureWorldHistoryCulture... Archaeologists find a looted tomb and begin excavating the mummy inside, but there is a problem.
A brief history of plastic
AdultsEnvironmentHistoryHumanScience... Trace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in what became known as the plastics century.
The last living members of an extinct species - Jan Stejskal
AdultsAnimalsHistoryNatureScienceWildlifeBiology... Dig into how scientists are attempting to revive the functionally extinct northern white rhino through artificial reproduction.
Can you outsmart the fallacy that fooled a generation of doctors? - Elizabeth Cox
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanPsychologyScience... Dig into the false cause fallacy, which assumes that one event causes another, and learn how to distinguish between correlation and causation.
Last Wild Places: Iberá | National Geographic
AdultsHistoryHumanNatureEnvironmentWildlife... Iberá National Park in northeastern Argentina is part of one of the largest wetlands in South America, but much of its wildlife went extinct in the 20th century due to widespread hunting and habitat loss.