Last week, we met the Presocratics: despite having by any reasonable standard invented science in Europe, these thinkers are lumped together today as simply “not Socrates.” So who was this smarty ...

Experience the full sweep of American history in just 10 minutes, from the earliest colonies to modern times. This fast-paced overview covers the key events, figures, and milestones that shaped the ...

Today Craig finishes up our series on U.S. Government and Politics with Foreign Policy Today Craig finishes up our series on U.S. Government and Politics by talking about both the least and most ...

In which John Green teaches you, at long last, about the most exceptional bunch of empire-building nomads in the history of the world, the Mongols! How did the Mongols go from being a relatively small ...