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On this day in history, the Algerian War of Independence, which began in 1954, ended after nearly 10 years of conflict b...
03/18/2023

On this day in history, the Algerian War of Independence, which began in 1954, ended after nearly 10 years of conflict between the Algerian National Liberation Front and France, which had controlled the region since 1830.

Stream The Middle East in the 20th Century on Wondrium and learn more about the complicated geopolitics of the region.
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! The story of the patron saint of Ireland is full of twists, turns, and drama. In fact, St. Patr...
03/17/2023
Who Was St. Patrick of Ireland?

Happy St. Patrick's Day! The story of the patron saint of Ireland is full of twists, turns, and drama. In fact, St. Patrick wasn't even Irish. Grab your favorite green beverage and learn about the origins of this holiday today.

https://www.wondriumdaily.com/who-was-st-patrick-of-ireland/

Today, St. Patrick's Day is a secular celebration of Irish culture. Where did St. Patrick's Day originate and who is its namesake?

03/17/2023

You don’t want to get on Saint Patrick’s bad side. When the warlord Coroticus went on a slave raid—and captured some of Patrick’s newly baptized converts—he dropped the 5th-century equivalent of a diss track:

“So where will Coroticus and his villainous rebels against Christ find themselves—those who divide out defenseless baptized women as prizes, all for the sake of a miserable temporal kingdom, which will pass away in a moment of time. Just as a cloud of smoke is blown away by the wind, that is how deceitful sinners will perish from the face of the Lord.“
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03/15/2023

Who was Genghis Khan before he became a mighty conqueror? A little outcast boy named Temujin.

Discover Genghis Khan's astonishing origin story on our YouTube channel, and follow his journey to conquering the largest contiguous land empire the world had ever seen.
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03/14/2023

How do economists calculate inflation? They take the change in price level over time, often measured using the CPI, or Consumer Price Index—the price of a standardized basket of household goods and services.

Dig deeper into the fascinating (and practical) world of macroeconomics with Professor Weerapana's brand-new course on Wondrium.
http://ow.ly/JtnN50NeHQH

The single deadliest one-day battle in American history was the Battle of Antietam during the Civil War, causing 23,000 ...
03/13/2023
Civil War Series Analyzes America's Deadliest One-Day Battle

The single deadliest one-day battle in American history was the Battle of Antietam during the Civil War, causing 23,000 casualties. Relive the battle and what led to so much carnage with this insightful look at "America's Deadliest Day."

https://www.wondriumdaily.com/civil-war-series-analyzes-americas-deadliest-one-day-battle/

The Battle of Antietam was a key point in American Civil War history. What made the Battle of Antietam so deadly?

03/13/2023

Fresh off of a big win in Virginia, Lee marched his army into Maryland in September, 1862. He hoped for a decisive win on Northern soil. Instead, his troops walked into the bloodiest battle of the Civil War: Antietam.

Watch the full story of Antietam unravel on our YouTube channel.
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03/10/2023

From the gourd banjos made by enslaved Africans to the contemporary banjos used in bluegrass music, this humble instrument reflects centuries of cultural shifts.

Follow along with musician Rhiannon Giddens as she traces the fascinating story of the banjo—which is, in many ways, the story of America. The Banjo: Music, History, and Heritage, is now streaming on Wondrium.
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Starbucks has announced plans to add olive oil to its menu as an optional addition to its coffee. But how is olive oil m...
03/10/2023
How Is Olive Oil Made?

Starbucks has announced plans to add olive oil to its menu as an optional addition to its coffee. But how is olive oil made, from start to finish? Take a peek at the olive oil production process today!

https://www.wondriumdaily.com/how-is-olive-oil-made/

Olive oil is a staple ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine and found all over the world. How does it get made?

03/09/2023

Experiencing stress in early life can actually make you more sensitive to stress as an adult. Learn why with Epigenetics: How Environment Changes Your Biology, now streaming on Wondrium.
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Recently observed whale feeding habits may actually explain some "sea monsters" in Norse mythology. Aside from this, how...
03/08/2023
How Do Whales Eat?

Recently observed whale feeding habits may actually explain some "sea monsters" in Norse mythology. Aside from this, how do their different species usually eat? Get your life jacket, sailor; we're going whale watching.

https://www.wondriumdaily.com/how-do-whales-eat/

Bowhead whales can weigh as much as 200,000 pounds and stretch over 60 feet long. What do whales eat and how do they go about doing it?

Using qualitative studies of Jane Austen’s books, critic Ben Blatt discovered that Austen “never wrote a book” that used...
03/08/2023

Using qualitative studies of Jane Austen’s books, critic Ben Blatt discovered that Austen “never wrote a book” that used the pronoun “he” more than “she”—numerical evidence that Austen was up to something different in terms of whose stories were told, and how.
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03/06/2023

Airborne mold and fungus spores sound scary, but they're more common—and less deadly—than you might think.

Understand the real science of infectious diseases with a free episode on our YouTube channel.
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03/04/2023

Why do people keep believing theories once they’re disproven?

The Heaven's Gate Cult is an example of how confirmation bias can make us shut out evidence and information that doesn’t align with our beliefs. Learn more about this phenomenon, and how to combat it, on our YouTube channel.
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The concept of public health has been around for centuries, but what does it look like in the 21st century? Gain some pe...
03/02/2023
What Is Public Health?

The concept of public health has been around for centuries, but what does it look like in the 21st century? Gain some perspective on the network of public health services implemented in today's society right here.

https://www.wondriumdaily.com/what-is-public-health/

The mass response to diseases can be predictive or reactive. How does society care for the public's medical well-being?

03/02/2023

What is guilt, really? According to Nietzche, it’s simply a debt that needs to be repaid. In fact, the German word for “guilt” and “debt” are the same: schuld.
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It’s a wonderland of geysers and hot springs nestled in the massive caldera of a supervolcano. And on this day in histor...
03/01/2023

It’s a wonderland of geysers and hot springs nestled in the massive caldera of a supervolcano. And on this day in history, this region of hydrothermal features became a national treasure of the United States—and an eventual hot spot for millions of tourists each year.
http://ow.ly/qWU950N5oQj

02/28/2023

The next big thing in data storage could be … DNA!

This isn’t science fiction—Columbia University and the New York Genome Center have actually stored a French film in synthetic DNA and successfully retrieved it.

Learn more about this mind-blowing science in Synthetic Biology, streaming only on Wondrium.
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02/27/2023

What would it look like if we could completely detach ourselves from the material world? Philosophers have asked that question for centuries—and some actually tried it.

Revisit the famous parable of Diogenes the Cynic and Alexander the Great with Alexandra Hudson. Her new series, Storytelling and the Human Condition, is now streaming exclusively on Wondrium.

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02/27/2023

Relive the real-life drama of the Romanovs—watch The Rise and Fall of the Romanovs, for free, on our YouTube channel!
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02/24/2023
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Even with the hundreds of billions of stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, supernovas are still a rare sight. We only expect to see one or two supernovas every century! So, you can imagine the excitement when, on this day in 1987, a Chilean engineer spotted one with the naked eye.

Discover the stunning science of exploding stars, with Emily Levesque’s Great Heroes and Discoveries of Astronomy, streaming only on Wondrium.
http://ow.ly/BtBE50MMj53

Ira Hayes, an Akimel O’odham man from Arizona’s Gila River Reservation, was one of the soldiers in the iconic photograph...
02/23/2023

Ira Hayes, an Akimel O’odham man from Arizona’s Gila River Reservation, was one of the soldiers in the iconic photograph of the flag raising at Iwo Jima. Like a true hero, he rejected the idea that he was a hero.

Learn more about the critical role Native Americans played during World War II on Wondrium Daily.
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Take it from America’s first chief executive: Knowledge makes you happy. (Thanks for the unintended plug, President Wash...
02/22/2023

Take it from America’s first chief executive: Knowledge makes you happy. (Thanks for the unintended plug, President Washington!)

Celebrate Washington's birthday by learning a little more about his life, on Wondrium Daily.
http://ow.ly/c7oz50MMiQ0

02/22/2023

It's the end of the world as we know it! Well, depending on who the "we" is. The Jewish apocalyptic tradition predicts bloody wars and natural disasters at the end of the world. But what about other cultures?

Take a look at how different cultures perceive the apocalypse, death, and the afterlife, with a new episode of Perspectives on our YouTube channel.
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A brutal fight like no other began on this day in 1916.In World War I: The “Great War,” now streaming on Wondrium, go in...
02/21/2023

A brutal fight like no other began on this day in 1916.

In World War I: The “Great War,” now streaming on Wondrium, go inside the vicious Battle of Verdun and other moments from the first “total war.”
https://www.wondrium.com/world-war-i-the-great-war

The connection between dinosaurs and modern birds was first made in 1861 with the discovery of Archaeopteryx. Dig into t...
02/20/2023
New Series Delves into Relationship between Dinosaurs and Birds

The connection between dinosaurs and modern birds was first made in 1861 with the discovery of Archaeopteryx. Dig into the dinosaur renaissance here to see what we've learned about the two animal groups since.

https://www.wondriumdaily.com/new-series-delves-into-relationship-between-dinosaurs-and-birds/

The closest living relatives to dinosaurs aren't lizards, but birds. A new Wondrium series shines a light on their link.

02/20/2023

You probably wouldn't look at a city pigeon and think, "That's a dinosaur." But, in fact, all birds are dinosaurs! Their ancestors squeaked through the massive extinction event that wiped out the larger dinos, evolving into the colorful variety of avian species we see today.

(Fun fact: This makes hummingbirds the smallest-known dinosaurs to have ever lived.)
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Banneker was a childhood math prodigy with a penchant for astronomy. He began work surveying the District of Columbia in...
02/19/2023

Banneker was a childhood math prodigy with a penchant for astronomy. He began work surveying the District of Columbia in Febuary 1791 as the assistant of Andrew Ellicott, who had surveyed the Mason-Dixon line.

Read more about this remarkable life on Wondrium Daily.
http://ow.ly/p8gj50MK2Lr

A year on Pluto lasts 248 Earth years. That means we’ve known about Pluto for less than half a Pluto year—and it was onl...
02/18/2023

A year on Pluto lasts 248 Earth years. That means we’ve known about Pluto for less than half a Pluto year—and it was only considered a planet for 1/3 of that year.

Learn more about this small but mighty dwarf planet on Wondrium Daily.
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We actually do need to talk about Bruno—as in, his important role in astronomy.Stream The Great Trials of World History ...
02/17/2023

We actually do need to talk about Bruno—as in, his important role in astronomy.

Stream The Great Trials of World History and the Lessons They Teach Us, only on Wondrium.
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02/17/2023

I spy, with my little eye, the lateral geniculate nucleus! Take a peek inside your brain and discover the science behind how you see—now on our YouTube channel. http://ow.ly/arpK50MUYfi

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Wondrium's HOW THE N***S LOST THE WAR is one of the best, if not THE best, episodic World War II documentaries I have ever seen. Highly recommend, 10 out of 10.
: On March 13, 1861 - 162 years ago today - Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre Imperial de l'Opéra.

The Paris production of Tannhäuser remains one of the greatest operatic flops of all time: a scheduled ten-performance run that was reduced to three disastrous performances before the opera was withdrawn. Aside from its fabulous gossip value, it’s a story that must be told because it is this Paris version of Tannhäuser – which was such a flop at its premiere - that continues to be the version performed today.…

Continue reading on Patreon: patreon.com/posts/79969407

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We all have a story. As time passes by, we experience things that change our outlook, hope, and drive for the days ahead.

When talking about civic engagement, stories play a huge role in the way we look at humanity as a whole as well as relate to one another. This idea has me thinking, how can we use the tales of the past to make for a better future?

This week on the Trust Your Voice Podcast, I sit down with Civic Renaissance with Alexandra Hudson, Founder of Civic Renaissance and storyteller for Wondrium to discuss how we can all use ancient stories to deepen our understanding of the human condition, inspire more civility, and other ways in which stories are teaching us to be better.

Tune in to this episode of the podcast to reshape the way we tell and interpret stories of all kinds. Click the link in my bio to listen to the full episode!

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SOLD OUT!!! Our Power of Storytelling Summit sold out earlier today... we have been working hard to increase capacity - so if you didn't get your ticket before, you can do so NOW. We do have a capacity limit at 5000 however, so you need to get your tickets right away!!

Check out our amazing speakers and register for tomorrow's event starting at NOON EST (even if you can't join us live, you can get the recording afterwards) Here:

https://power-of-storytelling.eventbrite.ie

Featuring: Harvey Mansfield of Harvard University, Natalie Haynes: Stand Up Classicist, Anika Freeindeed Prather of Howard University, Philip Freeman of Pepperdine University, Melissa Roxburgh, Julian Treasure, Matthew Mehan of Hillsdale College, Joel Bowman, Caroline Breashears of University of Virginia, and Cesar Balcazar

Hosted by Classical Wisdom Weekly, Alexandra Hudson & Wondrium
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Wondrium je spletna platforma, kjer najdemo tisoče predavanj in dokumentarnih filmov. Gre za zelo kvalitetne in dodelane vsebine z različnih področij, ki jih predstavljajo izbrani strokovnjaki. Ko napišemo, da gre za predavanja, jim delamo krivico, saj so vsebine nadgrajene z odličnimi grafikami, video in fotomateriali - tako je na koncu to vsebinsko bogata in umetniško dodelana poglobljena videastična modrost. Teme in predavatelji so skrbno izbrani in skrčeni na prebavljivo dolžino. Skratka, Rusaalka te dni v Kamniku snema serijo teh predavanj z dr. Noah Charneyem, best seller avtorjem številnih knjig in piscem v uglednih tujih časopisih ter revijah. Noah bo predstavil 12 razlogov, zaradi katerih tekom časa izgubljamo umetnost - kar je strnil pod naslovom Izgubljena umetnost "Lost Art". Kar je posebej zanimivo je, da nekatere vsebine lokalizira - tako bodo gledalci s celega sveta pogosto slišali za Slovenijo in njeno mesto Kamnik
What is the POWER of Storytelling via Photography? From Celebrities to Colombian Prisons Cesar Balcazar tells an amazing story. This Sat Mar 4 @ https://power-of-storytelling.eventbrite.ie

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Want to be a better and owner? Check out my Wondrium Great Courses on for everyone!

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The new podcast is up, with special guest Alexandra Hudson on her new Wondrium series about Storytelling. Listen, learn, repeat!
This week's was inspired by Barbara Streisand (and her dog Samantha) to explore the hobbies of beloved musicians. From model trains to golf, tennis, dolls, mushrooms, and more: patreon.com/posts/79254734

P.S. There will not be an MHM Podcast available today

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My new televisual series, Storytelling and the Human Condition is available for streaming on Wondrium and Audible NOW!

Enjoy for FREE with my compliments via the link below today!
I just finished the Wondrium course on Hieroglyphs and tried some translating. There's some mistakes but not bad for my first real solo attempt. The source is from the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
When I was four, I was hit by a truck. Doctors said I might never walk or run normally again.

Viktor Frankl’s story about the human condition—that we can CHOOSE how we respond to circumstance—helped me redeem this trauma & find empowerment through it, a central theme for my new series for Wondrium

Read more at the link in comments!

Photo is of me storytelling to my children ❤️
Growing up, every evening before bedtime my father would tell my brothers and I stories of his childhood. Now, I'm carrying on the tradition. My son, age three, now pleads for a story from mom every evening before bed-and throughout the day as well!

Storytelling is generational, and stories are an inheritance. They are how we keep our memories, tradition, wisdom, and history alive.

Stories also make us more resilient, adaptive, and psychologically flexible.
We're storytelling, and story-listening, animals from day one, and always have been.

You, too, can enjoy this rich inheritance of stories, and revive the tradition of stortelling in vour own family.

It’s appropriate that, on the launch day for my series with Wondrium on storytelling, I spent the morning with my children telling them stories.

I hope that the series, Storytelling and the Human Condition, can help inspire you to do so.

Enjoy it for FREE now in the link in comments!

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