Everything Everywhere Daily
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Everything Everywhere Daily
Everything Everywhere Daily is a daily podcast that explores a wide range of topics in history, science, geography, and culture, delivering concise, engaging explanations designed to make complex subjects accessible and interesting to a broad audience. Every day, Everything Everywhere Daily explore...
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition
When Thomas Jefferson concluded the Louisiana Purchase, it was one of the greatest land deals in history. For a relatively small sum, the young countr...
The Occupation and Liberation of Paris (Encore)
Of all the cities that experienced the Second World War, one of the most interesting stories is that of Paris.
Paris was not the scene o...
The Greatest National Parks in the Southern Hemisphere
The world has many amazing places, but not all are equal. Some are better than others.
Countries around the world have set aside some of...
The Norse Pantheon: Gods, Giants, and the Legends of Asgard
Long before Marvel turned them into superheroes, the Norse gods were something far more mysterious and far more human.
They were flawed,...
The Cuban Revolution
In 1959, a small band of guerrilla fighters marched out of the mountains and toppled a government backed by one of the most powerful nations on Earth....
Las Vegas: The City That Shouldn’t Exist
In the middle of one of the harshest deserts in North America sits a city that, by all rights, shouldn’t exist.
What began as a watering...
Flags of Convenience: The Hidden System Behind Global Shipping
Every day, thousands of ships crisscross the oceans, carrying the goods that power the global economy.
But flying at the stern of those s...
The Year 1000
A thousand years ago, the world was a radically different place. Europe was fragmented and struggling, while China and the Islamic world stood at the...
The African Great Lakes: Ancient Waters That Shape Modern Africa
They are some of the largest bodies of freshwater on Earth, yet they weren’t carved by ice, but by a continent literally tearing itself apart.
...
The Icelandic Althing: The World's Oldest Parliament
Long before modern democracies, before constitutions or elections as we know them, a society of Viking settlers gathered in a windswept valley to crea...
Radium Girls: The True Story That Changed Workplace Safety Laws
In the early 20th century, a glowing new element promised progress, prosperity, and even health.
It lit watch dials, captivated the publ...
Akhenaten: The First Monotheist
Approximately 3,400 years ago, Egypt was at the height of its power during the 18th Dynasty.
In the midst of this period came a Pharoah...
Questions and Answers: Volume 41
April derives from the Latin Aprilis, traditionally linked to aperire, meaning “to open,” referring to the opening of buds and flowers in spring.
The Rise, Fall, and Possible Rise of Maslin Agriculture
For thousands of years, farmers didn’t plant just one crop; they planted many together in the same field.
This practice, known as maslin...
The Element Iodine: Its Discovery, Health Benefits, and Why It’s in Salt
Iodine is far more important than you might think. It was discovered accidentally, yet it can be found almost everywhere.
It’s something...
The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
In August 1945, a single decision changed the course of history and introduced a weapon unlike anything the world had ever seen.
The cho...
The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Victory That Saved Ancient Greece
In 480 BC, the most powerful empire on Earth set out to crush a collection of small, divided Greek city-states.
On land, defeat seemed i...
Satellite Internet: How It Works
When the Internet was first launched, it was only available on a few computers at a few research institutions.
Over the last 50 years, i...
Geronimo: The Last Great Native American Resistance Leader
Few figures in American history embody resistance and resilience quite like Geronimo.
A leader of the Apache who defied both Mexican and...
The Dark Origins of Fairy Tales, Part 2
Walt Disney Animation Studios has crafted dozens of the most popular children’s movies ever made.
These stories shimmer with whimsical ma...
The Great Stink: How a Horrific Smell Changed London Forever
In the summer of 1858, London was brought to a standstill by something you couldn’t see but definitely couldn’t ignore: the overwhelming stench of the...
Waco Siege Explained: What Happened in 1993
In 1993, a standoff between federal agents and a small religious sect outside Waco, Texas, ended in fire, death, and lasting controversy.
March Madness: The History of the NCAA Basketball Tournament
Every March, the United States experiences a period known as March Madness. It is the time when college basketball teams compete for a national champ...
Uninhabited US Territories: America's Crumbs
In 1856, the United States passed a law allowing American citizens to claim islands in the country’s name, provided that no other country claimed them...
Maori Settlement of New Zealand: How Polynesians Reached Aotearoa
For millions of years, the islands of New Zealand remained a pristine wilderness, untouched by human footsteps. That changed in the 13th century when...
The Chicxulub Impact
Sometime around 66 million years ago, a meteor smashed into what is today the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
The impact of that event chan...
The Persian Gulf
For thousands of years, a narrow body of water between Arabia and Persia has shaped the fate of empires, economies, and the modern world.
Vincent Van Gogh
Few artists are as instantly recognizable as Vincent van Gogh.
In just a single decade of work, he created some of the most famous paint...
The Globalization of Baseball
Today, baseball is played at the highest levels on nearly every continent. Stars come from the United States, Japan, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela...
The Greatest Oscar Snubs
Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hosts the biggest celebration of movies and moviemaking: The Oscars.
Thousand...
The North American Bison
For thousands of years, one animal shaped the ecology, culture, and history of an entire continent.
In vast herds that once numbered in...
North Sentinel Island
In the Indian Ocean lies an island notorious for its extreme isolation from the outside world: North Sentinel Island.
The Sentinelese, w...
The Purple Heart
Among all the decorations awarded by the United States military, one stands apart.
It is not given for bravery, leadership, or extraordi...
The Harlem Renaissance
In the early decades of the twentieth century, a neighborhood in New York City became the center of an extraordinary cultural explosion.
...
Skylab
In the early 1970s, after the triumph of landing on the Moon, NASA faced a question: what comes next?
The answer was Skylab, America’s f...
Ivan Pavlov and His Dogs
At the turn of the 20th century, a Russian physiologist made a discovery that would fundamentally change how we understand learning and behavior.
The Mexican Revolution
After Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, hopes for democracy gradually gave way to decades of instability and dictatorship.
...
Who is Alan Smithee
If you look at the Internet Movie Database, one of the most prolific directors over the last 70 years has been Alan Smithee.
He has been...
The East African Slave Trade
Most people are familiar with the transatlantic slave trade, which enslaved over ten million people over a period of centuries.
Fewer peo...
The Plot to Steal the Body of Abraham Lincoln
The 1876 plot to steal the body of Abraham Lincoln is one of the strangest and most audacious crimes in American history.
The scheme aime...