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Everything Everywhere Daily
Learn something new every day! Everything Everywhere Daily is a daily podcast for Intellectually Curious People. Host Gary Arndt tells the stories of interesting people, places, and things from around the world and throughout history. Gary is an accomplished world traveler, travel photographer, and...
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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...
The Inca Empire
The Inca Empire was the largest and most sophisticated state ever created in the pre-Columbian Americas, stretching along the Andes from present-day s...
The History of Tobacco
When Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, members of his crew observed the Taíno people offering them dried leaves as gifts.
The...
The Young Turks
The 19th-century Ottoman Empire was in decline and was called the “sick man of Europe”.
The Ottoman Empire, like Qing China and Imperial...
Questions and Answers: Volume 40
March is upon us. Here in the northern hemisphere, the days are getting longer, temperatures are getting warmer, and people are about to go nuts over...
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most influential and haunting voices in American literature, a writer whose imagination reshaped horror, detective fict...
The American Basketball Association
One of the most compelling stories in American professional sports is the rise of the American Basketball Association or the ABA.
Founded...
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics has been one of the most prolific comics publishers over the last century.
Not only have they been one of the biggest comic...
Did George Mallory Climb Mount Everest First?
Almost everyone knows that the first people to climb Mount Everest were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, who reached the summit and returned in 1953...
The Danish Resistance
As Germany conquered countries in WWII, in many nations, they found willing volunteers to help them identify Jews to send to concentration camps.
The Ultraviolet Catastrophe (Encore)
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was a problem that stumped even the best minds in physics.
Eventually, one man, Max...
Curling
Every four years, we are captivated by the remarkable athletes who compete at the Olympics.
But while most Olympic events inspire a sort...
Stateless People
Over 99.9% of the world’s population is a citizen of some country.However, approximately 0.06% lack citizenship in any country. The United Nations es...
The Loomis Fargo Heist
In the evening of October 4, 1997, a large cash haul of about $17.3 million was stolen from the Loomis Fargo & Co. vault in Charlotte, North Carolina....
The Battle of Kasserine Pass
In February 1943, the United States Army saw its first major battle of World War II.They confronted the German Afrika Korps in the mountains of Tunisi...
The Darien Scheme
During the 17th century, European nations dominated the world by aggressively establishing colonies across the globe.
Late that century,...
Andersonville Prison
During the American Civil War, numerous camps were established to hold prisoners of war from both sides.
Of these, the most notorious wa...
Home Runs
One of the most dramatic events in sports is the home run. In a single instant, leads can change hands and games can be won or lost.
Yet...
The Rise and Fall of Lin Biao
From the outside, the Chinese Communist Party appears to be a unified entity, devoid of external dissent.
However, history suggests that...
Beavers
When you think of animals that have impacted history, your first thought may be of dogs, cows, pigs, or horses. Yet another animal has played an overs...
Emperor Caligula
was born.
By the time he was 25, he was the ruler of the Roman Empire and the most powerful man in the world.
As with other...
The Dust Bowl
The Great Depression inflicted an apocalyptic financial struggle on American cities, driving unemployment to a staggering 25%.
While urb...
The Song Dynasty
Chinese civilization has endured for more than 3,500 years, driven by a succession of kings, emperors, and sophisticated bureaucracies.
T...
Ice Cream
Ice cream is a delicious, popular treat served around the world. Yet it hasn’t been around forever.
The creation of ice cream can be tra...
The History of Science Fiction
One of the most popular genres of literature, film, and television is science fiction.
Science fiction is relatively new, and by its very...
The Late Bronze Age Collapse
Approximately 3,200 years ago, one of the most momentous events in human history took place.
Multiple major civilizations during the Bron...
Soccer in South America
Ranking the “greatest soccer players of all time” often leads to a top three dominated by South Americans: Lionel Messi, Pelé, and Diego Maradona.
The Revolutions of 1848
In 1848, a series of Revolutions occurred against European Monarchies across the continent.
The revolutions were not part of an organized...
The Indus Valley Civilization
In 1922, archeologist Howard Carter stunned the world by discovering King Tut’s tomb in Egypt.
Two years later, his contemporary John Mar...
The Science of Swimming
Swimming was one of only four sports to have appeared at every Summer Olympic Games, beginning in 1896.
The sport has been among the most...
The Iranian Revolution
The story of modern Iran is a collision between a monarchy with a history dating back to the Persian Empire and a frustrated nation with massive oil r...
Everything You Never Really Cared To Know About Groundhog Day
Every February 2nd, a small ceremony takes place in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
A crowd will gather to see if a rodent can s...
Questions and Answers: Volume 39
February is upon us. It is a time when we in the United States predict the weather on the basis of a rodent seeing its shadow, and we celebrate Americ...