Many wanted to claim its discovery—but only one could be the first. In The Quest for the North Pole, a new podcast from Mental Floss and iHeartRadio, we'll dive into the adventure, excitement, and danger surrounding our obsession with the North Pole. In each weekly episode, we'll analyze the motives and celebrate the triumphs of the people who sought the northernmost point on the globe, from the questionable methods of early explorers to a century-old controversy that's yet to be settled. In our story, we'll look at Sir John Franklin's brave but disastrous attempt, Fridtjof Nansen's innovations for polar travel, and Robert E. Peary's expeditions with Matthew Henson—and the way Peary robbed Henson of the credit he deserved.
| Title | Date published | ||
| Bonus Episode 4: Live from Greenland | 2022-01-12 | ||
| Bonus Episode 3: Family Reunions | 2021-08-21 | ||
| Bonus Episode 2: Minik and the Meteorites | 2021-07-30 | ||
| Bonus Episode: The Arctic’s Biggest Mystery | 2021-07-16 | ||
| Polar Past, Present, and Future | 2021-03-13 | ||
| Triumph by Snowmobile | 2021-03-05 | ||
| A Gold Brick | 2021-02-26 | ||
| Third Time’s the Charm | 2021-02-19 | ||
| Meet Peary and Henson | 2021-02-13 | ||
| Inuit and the Explorers | 2021-02-05 | ||
| The Turning Point | 2021-01-29 | ||
| Go North, Young Man | 2021-01-22 | ||
| Why Go to the North Pole? | 2021-01-15 | ||
| Mental Floss Presents: The Quest for the North Pole Trailer | 2021-01-07 | ||
| Fact Checking TR | 2020-10-23 | ||
| TR and the Perdicaris Affair | 2020-08-28 | ||
| The Statue | 2020-06-26 | ||
| TR vs. Houdini | 2020-05-29 | ||
| Theodore Roosevelt and the Round-Robin Letter Incident | 2020-04-16 | ||
| The Case of the Missing Colt .38 | 2020-04-03 |