History Dispatches

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska was a Polish scientist and the first woman to lead a dinosaur excavation expedition. On her explorations of the Gobi Desert, she discovered many famous animals, including Deinocheirus—a dinosaur that, for decades, was known only by its enormous, terrifying claws. But when we finally found the rest of its body, it turned out to look more like Jar Jar Binks. This is the story of Zofia, and the dinosaur that surprised us all - as told with our guests - Sabrina and Garret from the I Know Dino podcast. Sources Thanks to Sabrina and Garret from the I Know Dino Podcast. Listen to them. It's a great show. I Know Dino Website: https://iknowdino.com I Know Dino Book: https://books.disney.com/book/i-know-dino/ (The book is awesome - we highly recommend it). https://archive.org/details/inpursuitofearly0000kiel/page/n5/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/huntingfordinosa00kiel https://iknowdino.com/deinocheirus-episode-527/ https://www.nature.com/articles/520158a https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.16203 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13874 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13930 Image: Photo by Garret Kruger History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the most popular and enduring science fiction television shows is Doctor Who. First premiering in 1967, it has aired over 600 episodes. And yet, despite its cult status, almost 100 of the early episodes are totally missing. This is the story of the lose - and recovery - of these lost episodes. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/11/lost-doctor-who-episodes-found-owner-reluctant-to-hand-them-to-bbc Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tardis_BBC_Television_Center.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 1400s ushered in the classic Age of Discovery. In the span of just a few decades, Europeans rounded Africa, crossed the Atlantic to find a New World, and circumnavigated the globe. And a major reason for this was a small ship - the caravel - which will be the backbone of ocean-going exploration for a century. This is the story of that innovative vessel. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravel Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caravela_de_armada_of_Joao_Serrao.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1900, a woman named Carry Nation was inspired by a vision - she claimed - from God. She had seen how alcohol destroyed families. It had killed her first husband. And so a few days later she entered a nearby saloon and started smashing whatever she could. And that was the start of her crusade to rid the nation of alcohol. This is the story of one of the most controversial and colorful people of the temperance movement - Carry Nation. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Nation https://www.alcoholprofessor.com/blog-posts/carry-nation-books Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carrie_Nation_by_White_Studio.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For over a hundred years the Periodic Table of Elements has shaped and organized every naturally occurring element in a surprisingly simple and elegant manner. But this was not always the case, and it took centuries of understanding to organize the Periodic Table into what it is today.  Sources he Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance" by Eric R. Scerri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_periodic_table Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Periodic_table_large.png History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On December 4, 1872, the merchant ship Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores. Her lifeboat was missing. The last entry in her log was dated ten days earlier. She had plenty of provisions, and her cargo was intact. The captain's and crew's belongings were undisturbed. None of those who had been on board were ever seen or heard from again. This is the mystery of the Mary Celeste. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/ Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Celeste_as_Amazon_in_1861.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2,000 years ago in the mists and forest of Britain, the Celtic warrior Queen Boudica led a revolt against the mighty Roman Empire, almost throwing them out of Britain for good. This is the story of Boudica. Sources "Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen" by Richard Hingley and Christina Unwin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Boudicca Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boudicca-or-Boadicea.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1957, Carol Kaye, a 22-year old mother and musician, was invited to a recording session with the legendary Sam Cook. What followed was a 65+ year career in which she would be one of the most accomplished bass players in rock and popular music - appearing on over 10,000 records. This is the story of bass player extraordinaire Carol Kaye. Sources "https://www.premierguitar.com/artists/forgotten-heroes-carol-kaye https://www.vulture.com/2016/04/carol-kaye-sets-record-straight.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Kaye https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/07/business/famous-on-the-web-this-working-mom-played-bass-for-the-best-of-them.html Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/carol.kaye.1840/" History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the past 80 years the United States has built tens of thousands of nuclear bombs. The problem is that several of them have simply gone missing, without a trace. These six weapons are the United States' broken arrows. Sources https://www.atomicarchive.com/almanac/broken-arrows/index.html; https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/command-and-control-broken-arrows-how-many-nuclear-accidents-have-we-had/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220804-the-lost-nuclear-bombs-that-no-one-can-find Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon#/media/File:Little_Boy_bomb.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On December 22, 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the curator of a museum in East London, South Africa, came upon a large fish caught in the net by a trawler. It was unlike anything she had ever seen. And it wasn’t long before the strange fish with vivid blue scales was an international sensation. And that’s because the strange fish was supposed to be extinct - having disappeared from the earth 66 million years earlier. This is the story of the Coelacanth. Sources "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Courtenay-Latimer https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/coelacanths-the-fish-that-outdid-the-loch-ness-monster.html" Image:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marjorie_Courtenay-Latimer_and_Coelacanth.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices