Episode: 2356 Hebrew and Yiddish struggle for ascendancy after WW-II.  Today, scholar Richard Armstrong considers the world of language textbooks

Episode: 1274 The Maxim Gorky, largest airplane of its time. Today, Stalin builds a big airplane.

Episode: 1273 Some surprises in the 1852 Annual of Scientific Discovery. Today, an old book takes stock of science and art in 1852.

Episode: 1271 In which automobiles race around the world in 1906. Today, an incredible, and nearly-forgotten, race!

Episode: 1270 Wallace's line and the evolution of modern humans. Today, we cross Wallace's line.

Episode: 2354 Women and Astronomy in the Late 19th Century. Today, Pickering's Harem.

Episode: 2808 Plastic encapsulation of microchips, protection from environment and loads. Today, the encapsulation story.

Episode: 2231 Of cuckoos, cuckoldry and brood parasitic cupidity. Today, our guest, classicist Richard Armstrong goes cuckoo over brood parasites.

Episode: 1268 Finding your limelight. Today, let us find our light.

Episode: 1267 The secret American Navy of the War of 1812. Today, a secret American navy for the War of 1812.