Hi, I'm Steve Gwera, host of Beyond the Big Screen, a podcast about the true stories behind the movies you love.

In each episode we will talk about history, philosophy, religion, art, sports, literature, and much more.

Movies and media only tell you a small part of the story.

And beyond the big screen we look into a wide variety of topics on the big screen and beyond.

Listen now at pathanonpodcast.com or search Beyond the Big Screen on your favorite podcast platform.

They were some of the most powerful men who've ever lived.

They waged war, forged peace, and altered the fates of billions of people.

And yet they were just as human, just as flawed as you and me.

They were the presidents of the United States, and they are the subjects of the history podcast, this American president.

In each episode of this American president, we explore how flawed men have managed this awesome responsibility.

To listen now, go to pathanonpodcast.com or search this American president on your favorite podcast platform.

Everyone's got here, quick note before we begin this episode.

This is the first in a multi-part series I'm doing called Age of Discovery 2.0.

I make the argument that no decade transform Western civilization like the 1490s.

That's because before then Europe was a continent split into factions.

It was right for conquest and hadn't made many significant advances in science or literature for a century.

You one could argue.

But when Columbus returned, they brought with him news of his startling discovery

that fan the dying numbers of Europe back to light.

Shipbuilding began a deferious rate.

Trade routes to Africa, India, and China opened.

At the same time, pretty impressive, spread new ideas about science, religion,

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