Empires, Anarchy & Other Notable Moments

This is the third in a series of five episodes on the original Renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci.  This episode covers a number of the side-projects pursued by the artist.  This includes his habits …

This is the second in a series of five episodes on the original Renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci.  This episode follows along with Leonardo as he travels to Milan.  There he will sell himself as th…

This is the first in a series of five episodes on the original Renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci.  This episode dives into the conditions that resulted in the Italian Renaissance as well as Leonardo…

This is the second of two episodes which attempt to explore Australia's unique environmental challenges.  In this outing, we examine one of the strangest "wars" in human history - the Australian Emu …

This is the first of two episodes which attempt to explore Australia's unique environmental challenges.  In this outing, we examine the ecological disaster that came with the introduction of the Euro…

This is the fourth and final episode in a series which details the life and legacy of England's uncrowned Queen Matilda.  The crown has just been usurped, but Matilda remained defiant, waging a war f…

This is the third of four episodes in a series which details the life and legacy of England's uncrowned Queen Matilda.  We pick up our heroine's story as her father puts the pieces of his Kingdom bac…

This is the second of four episodes in a series which details the life and legacy of England's uncrowned Queen Matilda.  Our heroine had returned to England, a widow, destined to live an unfulfilled …

This is the first of four episodes in a series which details the life and legacy of England's uncrowned Queen Matilda.  This first episode sets the stage for her political rise after she is engaged a…

This is the fourth and final episode in a series which details the life and legacy of Jamaican musician Bob Marley.  It examines the role that soccer played in his life before going into the circumst…

This is the third of four episodes in a series which details the life and legacy of Jamaican musician Bob Marley.  It picks up with Marley fleeing to London in the aftermath of the assassination atte…

This is the second of four episodes in a series which details the life and legacy of Jamaican musician Bob Marley.  This episode's focus is on the political violence that has plagued Jamaica; culmina…

This is the first of four episodes in a series which details the life and legacy of Jamaican musician Bob Marley.  This first episode sets the stage for the rise of the third world's greatest perform…

This is the sixth and final episode in a series covering the life of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra.  Confident in her power, Cleopatra makes a play for the entire Roman Empire by announcing the Donati…

This is the fifth episode in a series of six which covers the life of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra.  Today's understanding of Cleopatra is that of a femme fatale, a woman who used her looks to seduce…

This is the fourth episode in a series of six which covers the life of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra.  Our main character is called to task for actions undertaken in the aftermath of the Ides of March…

This is the third episode in a series of six which covers the life of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra.  After successfully seduced the newly crowned Dictator of Rome, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra leaves the…

This is the second episode in a series of six which covers the life of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra.  Finding herself on the outside looking in, Cleopatra, the co-regent of Egypt, decides to embark o…

This is the first episode in a series of six which covers the life of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra.  I briefly discuss Alexander the Great's expeditions to Egypt on his unceasing quest to become 'Kin…

This is the final episodes in a series which details colonization and subjection of the Indian subcontinent by the British East India Company.  Napoleon's march on Cairo looms large.  With the French…