The Quiz Fix
The Quiz Fix turns real stories from history, science, and culture into bite-sized episodes you'll actually remember — because every one ends with a quiz.
Two formats: Deep-Dive conversations (15–20 minutes) for when you want to sink into a single subject, and Quick-Fire trivia sprints (under 10 minutes) for when you've only got a coffee break. Educational, conversational, never dry. Subscribe and turn dead time into smart time.
The Quiz Fix
Latest Episodes
Los Alamos and the First Atomic Test: The Manhattan Project in New Mexico
What happens when cutting-edge science, wartime urgency, and a remote New Mexico desert all collide? In this episode, we head to Los Alamos to explore how the Manhattan Project became the secret heart of the race to build the first atomic bomb. W...
Seward’s Icebox: The Alaska Purchase and America’s Northern Frontier
What looked like a punchline in 1867 turned into one of the most important land deals in American history. The Alaska Purchase was mocked as “Seward’s Folly” at the time, but the story gets much bigger when you look at Russia’s motives, U.S. strat...
The Homestead Strike of 1892: Battle for America’s Steel Heart
The Homestead Strike of 1892 was more than a factory fight — it was a showdown over labor, power, and the future of American industry. In this episode, we head to a steel town on the Monongahela River where wages, union rights, and corporate contr...
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Day a Nation Heard Its Conscience
If you know the March on Washington mainly through one iconic speech, this episode will widen the lens. We dig into the organizing, the coalition-building, and the bigger goals behind the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — because the...
Sputnik 1: The Beep That Launched the Space Age
On October 4, 1957, the world heard the first artificial satellite as a series of simple radio beeps — and nothing about global history was quite the same afterward. Sputnik 1 didn’t just circle Earth; it rattled Cold War nerves, ignited public im...