Enjoy this sample of my newest Bonus Episode.  The full version (35 minutes) is on the Bonus & Archives Podcast for Silk+ Members.  Summary: Experience an immersive visit to a Rubber Plantation in 1910.  You will meet the local workers and learn how they are hired, how they harvest the rubber trees, how they dress, where they live, what they eat, how they get paid, and even what they do in the off-season.  You will also learn about the journey of rubber, from tree to smokehouse to oceanliner to foreign port to factory to consumer product.
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*Sample* | Visit to a Rubber Plantation [1910 AD] (Bonus Episode #15)

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#32 | The History of Coal [300 BC – 2024 AD]: Geology, Discovery, Industrial Revolution, Mining Dangers, Miner Strikes, & Many Curious Facts

Enjoy this sample of a new Bonus Episode (access the FULL 80-minute version, & every episode of Calm History, by becoming a Silk+ Member – It’s FREE for a limited time!). Summary: Learn how salt is prepared for human use, how salt has impacted history, and why Nazis loved salt mines.
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*Sample* | 1-Hour about Salt [6000 BC – 1996 AD]: Geology, Preparation, Uses, Historical Moments, Salt Mines, & Hidden Nazi Loot (Bonus Episode #38)

Relax as you learn about the historical pioneers who developed and tested the first hot air balloons & hydrogen gas balloons (enjoy EVERY episode of Calm History by becoming a Silk+ Member – It’s FREE for a limited time!).*
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#31 | History of Balloon Flight [220-1852 AD]: Dramatic stories of the first Hot Air Balloons & Hydrogen Gas Balloons

Enjoy this ad-supported FULL version of a Bonus Episode (access ALL of my Calm History episodes, without any 3rd party ads or promos, by becoming a Silk+ Member, It’s FREE for a limited time!).  Summary: A true adventure story about a famous treasure hunt, that results in…treasure!! 
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*Full* | The True Adventures & Treasure Hunt of William Phips [1651-1695 AD] (Bonus Episode #2)

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#30 | Quiz Quest #5: 30 New Trivia Questions (Klondike Gold Rush, Salt, Salt Mines, Kublai Kahn, Jesse Owens, Easter Island, Gilligan’s Island, Joan of Arc, Nazi Loot, Titanic, Henry Ford, Prison Esca

Sample | Visit to a Rubber Plantation [1910 AD] (Bonus Episode #15)

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