April 27, 1951. The United States has been putting pressure on Denmark for a long time. Because the small European kingdom has something the Americans really, really want: Greenland.
Today, they sign a treaty that will basically let the U.S. military build whatever it wants on this frozen island. They end up constructing an air base, but then turn to a muc ... Show More
Sep 22
When Nintendo (and Mario) Rescued Video Games
September 27, 1986. You’re a kid in the mid-80s. You get home from school, flip on the TV, and see something strange: a commercial where a giant egg hatches behind a family’s console, revealing a toy robot. His name is R.O.B. — the Robotic Operating Buddy — but he's just an acces ... Show More
30m 15s
Feb 2025
22. Why Trump Wants Greenland: Secret Bases, The Arctic Circle, and Project Iceworm (Ep 1)
Donald Trump has made it clear that he wants Greenland, but why? What is it about this largely barren, ice-covered island that extends well into the Arctic circle that he so desires? And how far back does this interest go?
Filled with rare minerals that are becoming increasingly ... Show More
40m 24s
Dec 2017
Sam White, “A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America” (Harvard UP, 2017)
Sam White’s brand new book A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America (Harvard University Press, 2017) turns the tales we learned in grade school about early European colonization of North America upside-down. In the last decades of the 16th and ... Show More
54m 9s
Feb 2024
533: Hidden Beneath the Ice: The Secrets of Antarctica
Beneath Antarctica's icy expanse, secrets from ancient times lie preserved, waiting to unravel tales that span millennia. This journey takes us through the icy labyrinth, where each discovery offers a new puzzle piece to the complex history of our planet.
From lost civilizations ... Show More
40m 15s
Dec 2024
Will Trump Take Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal? The News in Slow English
If you like learning about the current news and improving your English for your next English conversation, this English lesson is for you. While watching a news report about President-Elect Trump wanting to take Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal, you will learn English phras ... Show More
19m 29s
Dec 2024
Quelle ville secrète vient d’être révélée par la NASA ?
En avril 2024, lors d'une mission de recherche aérienne au-dessus du Groenland, des scientifiques de la NASA ont redécouvert une base militaire secrète de l'époque de la guerre froide, connue sous le nom de Camp Century. Cette installation, construite en 1959 par l'armée américai ... Show More
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