Everything Everywhere Daily
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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 polymath.
Topics covered include history, science, mathematics, anthropology, archeology, geography, and culture.
Past history episodes have dealt with ancient Rome, Phoenicia, Persia, Greece, China, Egypt, and India. as well as historical leaders such as Julius Caesar, Emperor Augustus, Sparticus, and the Carthaginian general Hannibal.
Geography episodes have covered Malta, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Monaco, Luxembourg, Vatican City, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, the Isle of Man, san marino, Namibia, the Golden Gate Bridge, Montenegro, and Greenland.
Technology episodes have covered nanotechnology, aluminum, fingerprints, longitude, qwerty keyboards, morse code, the telegraph, radio, television, computer gaming,
Episodes explaining the origin of holidays include Memorial Day, April Fool’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, May Day, Christmas, Ramadan, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Canada Day, the Fourth of July,
Famous people in history covered in the podcast include Salvador Dali, Jim Thorpe, Ada Lovelace, Jessie Owens, Robert Oppenheimer, Picasso, Isaac Newton, Attila the Hun, Lady Jane Grey, Cleopatra, Sun Yat Sen, Houdini, Tokyo Rose, William Shakespeare, Queen Boudica, Empress Livia, Marie Antoinette, the Queen of Sheba, Ramanujan, and Zheng He.
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The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia
May 22, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesFrom 1929 to 1992, several governments ruled over the Balkans, all of whom used the name “Yugoslavia.” Yugoslavia was a country that began with a dream but was born out of war and ultimately ended in war. While the nation of Yugoslavia no longer exists, Its legacy can still be felt in the countries that formerly compromised it. Learn more about Yugoslavia, its rise, and its fall on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hill...
Why Does a Week Have Seven Days? (Encore)
May 21, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutesMost of our major divisions of time are based on some sort of natural event. A year is one orbit of the Earth around the sun. A month is one orbit of the Moon around the Earth. A day is one rotation of the Earth about its axis. However, one of the most commonly used units of time has no natural analog whatsoever. Learn more about why there are seven days in a week and where the names for the day of the week come from on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available natio...
All About Viruses
May 20, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutesInside you right now are most probably millions of, possibly even trillions of viruses. Some viruses are extremely deadly, but the vast majority are completely benign. They can be found in almost every type of life, including plants, animals, and bacteria. Yet viruses are completely different from any other type of life form. In fact, it is debatable whether they are even life forms at all. Learn more about viruses, what they are and how they work on this episode of Everything Everywhere D...
The Battle of Adrianople
May 19, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesOn August 9, 378, one of the most important battles in history took place. While largely forgotten today, it was a critical battle that contributed to the collapse of the Roman Empire. It wasn’t just a loss for the Roman army; it also resulted in the death of an emperor, and it also contributed to the rise of a group known as the Visigoths, who would go on to spread throughout much of Europe over the next several centuries. Learn more about the Battle of Adrianople and how it changed the c...
Smuggling Silk Out of China (Encore)
May 18, 2024 08:00 - 12 minutesThere was no product more important to the economy of the ancient world than silk. Silk was transported thousands of miles to be purchased by people so far away from its source that they had no clue where it came from. The source of silk, however, was China, and for centuries, they had a monopoly, which brought them tremendous wealth. That was until they didn’t. Learn more about how the secret to silk was smuggled out of China, and the silk monopoly was broken on this episode of Everythin...
The Anaconda Plan
May 17, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutesWhen the United States entered the Civil War, the Union needed a plan for conducting the war. Its senior military commander, General Windfield Scott, devised a strategy that would play to the Union's strengths and exploit the Confederacy's weaknesses. He hoped that it would bring about a swift end to the war and minimize the loss of human life. The plan didn’t bring about a swift end to the war, but it did play an instrumental role in the conflict. Learn more about the Anaconda Plan and th...
City Syndromes
May 16, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesPsychologists have identified hundreds of different psychological disorders and conditions. Some of them are rather common conditions that affect large segments of the population at one time or another. Others are quite rare and only come up in certain circumstances or even in certain places. Within that, there is a rare subset of psychological conditions that only tend to appear in certain cities, or were named after cities where first appeared. Learn more about psychological syndromes th...
The Phoenician Civilization (Encore)
May 15, 2024 08:00 - 12 minutesSometime around 3,200 years ago, a new civilization became ascendent on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This group wasn’t like the Empires that surrounded them. They weren’t focused so much on land acquisition and conquest so much as they were focused on commerce and trade. For centuries they ruled over trade and commerce in the Mediterranean until they finally succumbed to their more powerful neighbors. Learn more about the Phoenician Civilization and what set them apart from o...
Edward Teller and the Development of the H-Bomb
May 14, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesDuring the Second World War, the United States established the highly secret Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb based on nuclear fission. While the Manhattan Project was ultimately successful, some in the program were thinking bigger. They felt that the explosion from an uncontrolled fission reaction could be used to create an even larger explosion using nuclear fusion. One man, in particular, felt that such a device was necessary and spearheaded the efforts after the war to develop...
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori: 40 Years a Slave (Encore)
May 13, 2024 08:00 - 11 minutesIn 1788, the son of the leader of the Confederation of Futa Jallon in West Africa was commanding his 2,000 troops against a neighboring military force and was captured. He was sold into slavery and spent the next 40 years of his life living as a slave in Mississippi. That was until a chance meeting revealed his true identity, which eventually led to his freedom and the involvement of the President of the United States. Learn more about Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori, the prince who became a s...
All About Hair
May 12, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesIf you are listening to me speak these words and can understand what I’m saying, then you are a human being. If you are a human being, you are also a mammal, and if you are a mammal, you have hair….or at least the biological capability to produce hair. But why exactly do we have hair? What function does it serve? Why do we have less than other animals? And why do people have different types of hair? Learn more about hair, what it does and how it works on this episode of Everything Everywhere ...
Kamikaze
May 11, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutesIn the last year of the Second World War, things were not going well for the Imperial Japanese military. They had lost several major naval battles against the United States, they were losing territory, and they had no capability to rebuild the ships that they were losing. They were desperate to find something to turn the tide of the war. What they settled on was one of the most terrifying tactics of the entire conflict for participants on both sides. Learn more about the kamikaze pilots and...
The 1956 Suez Crisis
May 10, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesIn 1956, one of the most important geopolitical events of the post-war period took place in Egypt. Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal, one of the most important waterways in the world. In response, a coalition of several countries tried to take it back. However, it didn’t go as planned, and it signaled a major reshuffling of the geopolitical order. Learn more about the Suez Crisis and how it shaped the second half of the 20th century on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors...
The History of Camping
May 09, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesWe are all familiar with camping, and many of us go camping or camp regularly. Enjoying the great outdoors with friends and family can be an enjoyable experience. However, camping has a history that is unlike most things in humanity. The path from the ancient world to luxury glamping was not straight. Despite having very ancient roots, what we know today as camping is a relatively modern phenomenon. Learn more about the history of camping and how we went from the rugged outdoors to luxury e...
Plastics (Encore)
May 08, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesAt the 1862 London International Exhibition, an inventor by the name of Andrew Parkes introduced a new product based on cellulose that he called Parkesine. Little did he know that this material which could be made elastic when heated and molded into almost any shape imaginable would be the basis for an enormous percentage of the materials in common use in the 21st century. Learn more about plastics, how they were invented and how they are used in the modern world, on this episode of Everythi...
The Battle of Bannockburn
May 07, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesIn June of 1314, Scottish forces under the command of Robert the Bruce squared off against an English army led by King Edward II. The battle was the culmination of years of English intervention in Scotland after a succession crisis. Despite being vastly outnumbered, the Scots won the day, earned their independence, and firmly established Robert the Bruce as king of Scotland. Learn more about the Battle of Bannockburn and its role in Scottish history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Da...
The Plan Dog Memorandum (Encore)
May 06, 2024 08:00 - 9 minutesIn 1940, much of the world was at war, but the United States wasn’t. A strong isolationist sentiment kept the US on the sidelines while Germany and Japan ran roughshod over their neighbors. While the US wasn’t in the war, many people in the US military knew that it was only a matter of time before we got sucked in. Over a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, a plan was developed for just that eventuality. Learn more about the Plan Dog Memorandum on this episode of Everything Everywhere D...
Canadian Football
May 05, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutesIn 1903, the Ontario Rugby Football Union adopted a set of rules for their sport which were codified by Thrift Burnside, the captain of the University of Toronto football team. The rules were major changes to the game of rugby and were largely based on the rules created by Walter Camp for use in American football in the 1880s. However, with those rules, a new game developed that was neither rugby nor American football. Learn more about Canadian Football, its origins and how it is played on t...
Spartacus and the Third Servile War (Encore)
May 04, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutesIn the year 73 BC, Rome faced one of its greatest threats to its existence. An army of over 100,000 liberated slaves rose up in revolt and threatened the very fabric of the Roman Republic. The revolt was led by a gladiator slave who lead his motley army and, to the astonishment of Rome, managed to defeat many Roman legions. The end of this rebellion resulted in one of the most horrific displays in all ancient history. Learn more about Spartacus and the Third Servile War, on this episode of ...
The Piltdown Man Hoax
May 03, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesIn 1912, a discovery was announced that shocked the world. A British paleontologist announced what was perhaps the most important find in the history of paleontology. The announcement was about the discovery of a fossil, which was claimed to be the missing link between apes and humans. It was a groundbreaking discovery that, if true, would rewrite what we knew about early humanity. Unfortunately, it was all fake. Learn more about Piltdown Man and what was perhaps the biggest scientific hoax...
Questions and Answers: Volume 18
May 02, 2024 08:00 - 16 minutesListen to the Respecting the Beer Podcast! https://respect-the-beer.captivate.fm/ Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond at your local store. Find out more at heavenhilldistillery.com/hh-bottled-in-bond.php Sign up today at butcherbox.com/daily and use code daily to choose your free offer and get $20 off. Visit BetterHelp.com/everywhere today to get 10% off your first month. Use the code EverythingEverywhere for a 20% discount on a subscription at...
Asteroids
May 01, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesOur solar system is made up of a lot of things. The biggest thing is the sun, of course which makes up the vast majority of the solar system’s mass. Then, of course, there are planets, which come in various sizes, and many of them have moons of various sizes. However, that isn’t everything. There are other things in the solar system, things that amount to debris between the much bigger objects. Learn more about asteroids, how they were discovered, and how they might serve humanity’s future...
A History of the Crusades
April 30, 2024 08:00 - 16 minutesStarting in the year 1096, the Christian kingdoms of the Latin Church united to retake religious sites in the Holy Land. This war was known as a crusade. This was just the first in a series of nine official and several other unofficial crusades over a span of 200 years. These crusades impacted the kingdoms that took park, the Eastern and Western Christian churches, and relations between Christians, Muslims, and Jews in some ways that can still be felt today. Learn more about the Crusades, th...
White Feather Girls (Encore)
April 29, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutesThe First World War wasn’t just fought on the fields of France and Belgium. There were lesser battles fought on the homefronts of the nations which were fighting. In the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, this battle was fought on the streets of cities and towns between men who didn’t wear a uniform and women who tried to shame them into joining the military. These street conflicts got so bad that the governments eventually had to take action. Learn more about the White Feath...
Operation Valkyrie and the Plot to Kill Hitler (Encore)
April 28, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutesAdolf Hitler single-handedly started the Second World War in Europe. While the Allies were desperately trying to end the Third Reich and Hitler personally, they weren’t the only ones trying to bring Hilter’s reign to an end. Inside Nazi Germany, a small but committed group sought to remove Hitler from power, and they took action in July 1944. Learn more about Operation Valkyrie and the plot to assassinate Hitler on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally,...
Fifty-four Forty or Fight!
April 27, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesBy the early 19th century, the United States and Great Britain had already fought two wars with each other. Those two wars were not enough to resolve all of the territorial and border disputes between them. There was one massive open question that remained between the two countries. A large swath of land in the Pacific Northwest that both countries claimed and were ready to go to war over. Learn more about the Oregon Boundry Dispute and how it almost led to war on this episode of Everythin...
The 1854 Broad Street Cholera Outbreak (Encore)
April 26, 2024 08:00 - 12 minutesIn 1854 an unusually severe outbreak of cholera occurred in London. While cholera was not an uncommon disease, physicians at the time weren’t sure what caused it. This time, one doctor took a completely different approach, stopping the epidemic and ushering in a new field of medicine. Learn more about John Snow and the Broad Street cholera outbreak of 1854 on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond at your...
Qin Shi Huang: China's First Emperor
April 25, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesIn 259 BC, a boy named Ying Zheng was born in the state of Qin in modern-day China. He was born into the royal family of the kingdom and ascended to the throne at the age of 13. For most people, becoming king would be the pinnacle of their achievements. However, this was not to be the case with the King of Chin. He would go on to achieve a status that there wasn’t even a word for. Learn more about Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, his life, and his legacy on this episode of Everyth...
Central Park
April 24, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesIn the 19th century, New York City was one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. However, it was still a very young city, and as such, the city’s leaders were able to take a step back and plan what exactly they wanted to future of the city to be. What they decided was that the city needed a park. Not just any park, but a great park that took up an enormous part of Manhattan Island. Learn more about Central Park and how it became one of the world’s greatest parks on this episode of Ev...
Concorde: The World’s Fastest Passenger Airplane
April 23, 2024 08:00 - 12 minutesAlmost as soon as Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, people began thinking of ways to transport passengers at supersonic speeds. However, the challenges in creating a passenger aircraft that could travel at supersonic speeds were much greater than making a fighter aircraft that could do the same. In 1976, a British/French consortium launched the inaugural flight of the most successful supersonic passenger aircraft in history. Learn more about the Concorde on this episode of Ever...
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (Encore)
April 22, 2024 08:00 - 12 minutesToday in Western Europe, there is a line that divides speakers of Germanic languages and speakers of Romance languages. While that line has shifted over time, its existence can be traced back to a battle that took place over 2000 years ago. That battle rocked the Roman Empire to its core, and finally set limits for how big the empire could grow. Learn more about the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest and how its impact can still be seen today, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sp...
The Largest Known Things in the Universe
April 21, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesThe universe is big. Really, really big. So big that it is hard to intuitively grasp its size because we have nothing in our lives that we could compare it to. Not only is the university big, but within it are things that really big as well. The discovery of these big things have been some of the biggest discoveries in the history of science, and the discoveries will probably keep continuing into the future. Learn more about the largest known things in the universe on this episode of Every...
The Origin of Words and Phrases: Military
April 20, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutesThe English language has evolved organically, gathering words and phrases from different languages, countries, and communities. It should come as no surprise that many of the words in English have come from the military. For centuries, soldiers have developed their own way of speaking and created words to describe their unique circumstances. Some of those words and phrases have managed to make it into the wider language, even if the meaning sometimes changes. Learn more about the English w...
Batteries
April 19, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutesThe odds are quite good that somewhere around you right now as you listen to me speak these words, is a battery. Whether it is in your smartphone, earbuds, automobile, smoke detector, or laptop, batteries have become ubiquitous in the modern world. The origins of chemical batteries go back thousands of years before people knew what electricity was or what they could do with it. The future of batteries looks even brighter as more devices will require more and better batteries. Learn more abo...
A Brief History of Belgium
April 18, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutesLocated in Northern Europe, along the Atlantic coast, is the relatively small nation of Belgium. Belgium is like other countries in most ways, but its history and founding are very different from those of its neighbors. How it was founded had important implications for all over Europe and may still impact the country's future. Learn more about the history of Belgium, how and why it was formed, and what its future may hold on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available...
The Great Wall of China (Encore)
April 16, 2024 08:00 - 11 minutesIt is one of the longest and largest structures ever built. It was designed to defend one of the oldest and greatest civilizations on the planet. For centuries it did just that…..and for some centuries it didn’t do that at all. Some people have claimed that you could see it from space, and it is one of the most visited tourist attractions on Earth. Learn more about the Great Wall of China, one of the planet’s greatest man-made wonders, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Spon...
Sandwiches
April 15, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesSandwiches are one of the most popular types of food in the world. They are incredibly easy to make, can be incredibly cheap, and they come in numerous varieties. Yet, the humble sandwich is also the subject of a great deal of controversy. What type of sandwich is best? Where did sandwiches come from? …and perhaps the greatest question of all, is a hot dog a sandwich? Learn more about sandwiches and their history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally...
Aircraft Carriers
April 14, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesAircraft carriers are some of the most fearsome weapons in the world. They are enormous platforms that can travel around the globe, projecting power over an enormous part of it. However, aircraft carriers have a rather humble origin that actually predates the invention of the airplane. Throughout the 20th century, they saw many innovations and adaptations that turned them into the fearsome weapons they are today. Yet, despite their power, some people say that the age of the aircraft carrier...
King George III
April 13, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutesIn 1760, George III succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom at the age of 22, becoming the third king in the House of Hannover. His reign would become one of the longest in British history, and he was monarch during some of the most important events in history including the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the Napoleonic Wars. However, his reign was also marked by a serious illness that eventually rendered him king in name only. Learn more about George III and how h...
Sergeant Alvin York
April 12, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutesIn October 1918, just weeks before the end of the First World War, one of the most incredible feats of military valor took place in the Meuse–Argonne offensive, one of the last great battles of the war. This incredible feat of bravery and soldiering was done by a very unlikely soldier. One that didn’t even want to participate in the war on religious grounds. His story has been the subject of books and movies and is still being told today. Learn more about Sergeant Alvin York and his remark...
Ernest Shackleton and the Rescue of the Endurance (Encore)
April 11, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesIn 1914, the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition set out to become the first to cross the continent of Antarctica by land. They did not achieve their goal. However, their failure ended up becoming one of the greatest stories of perseverance and of the tenacity of the human spirit. Learn more about Ernest Shackleton and the rescue of the Endurance on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond at your ...
The History of Coffee (Encore)
April 10, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutesSometime in the 15th century, a drink became popularized in the Arabian peninsula. It was dark, bitter, and people couldn’t get enough of it. From its simple origins, over the centuries, it has spread around the world to become one of the most popular beverages in history. Today you can find it being served almost everywhere, including specialty stores built around its consumption. Learn more about coffee, once called the devil’s drink, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponso...
Songkran (Encore)
April 09, 2024 08:00 - 10 minutesSongkran is a traditional festival celebrated in Thailand that marks the start of the Thai New Year. It is also known as the Water Festival, as it involves splashing water on one another as a symbolic gesture of cleansing and washing away the sins and bad luck of the previous year. However, it has since evolved into something much more than a religious observance. It has become the world’s biggest water fight. Learn more about Songkran, the Thai New Year’s celebration, on this episode of Eve...
The Telemark Raids (Encore)
April 08, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutesDuring World War II, one of the biggest concerns of the Allies was the development of a German atomic bomb. As such, the allies and various partisan groups in occupied countries made the destruction of anything related to the Nazi atomic program a high priority. One place, in particular, was subject to allied bombing, commando missions, and partisan sabotage throughout the war. Learn more about the Telemark Raids and how Norway became an important front in the Second World War on this episo...
The Kidnapping of Charley Ross (Encore)
April 07, 2024 08:00 - 12 minutesMost children growing up are admonished not to take candy from strangers. It is good advice, but it isn’t advice that comes from nowhere. It comes from a particular incident 150 years ago that shocked the world and changed how we view children’s safety. It was an event, the echos of which can be seen today in efforts to find abducted children. Learn more about the kidnapping of Charley Ross on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of ...
Solar Eclipses
April 06, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutesEvery few years, somewhere on Earth, is witness to one of the planet's greatest sights: a total eclipse. A total solar eclipse is rare, but it can be calculated centuries in advance. However, that wasn’t always the case. For thousands of years, solar eclipses were rare events that were considered to be bad omens. Learn more about solar eclipses, how they work, and how people have dealt with them throughout history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available national...
Questions and Answers: Volume 17
April 05, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutesYou have questions and I have answers Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond at your local store. Find out more at heavenhilldistillery.com/hh-bottled-in-bond.php Sign up today at butcherbox.com/daily and use code daily to choose your free offer and get $20 off. Visit BetterHelp.com/everywhere today to get 10% off your first month. Use the code EverythingEverywhere for a 20% discount on a subscription at Newspapers.com. Subscribe to the podcast! ...
Jackie Robinson
April 04, 2024 08:00 - 16 minutesOn April 15, 1947, a young, promising second baseman took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers. All eyes in the world of baseball, and indeed the United States, were focused on this player and this game. However, this wasn’t the normal debut of a rookie player. This game marked the breaking of the long-standing color barrier that had kept hundreds of the greatest baseball players out of the major leagues. Learn more about Jackie Robinson and the breaking of baseball’s color barrier on this e...
The Legend of Bigfoot (Encore)
April 03, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutesLong before Europeans arrived in North America, native people told stories of large hairy men who lived in the woods. For the last several centuries, periodic reports of such creatures have appeared all over the United States and Canada. In the late '60s and early '70s, photos and movies started to appear that seemed to provide evidence of these creatures…..seemed. Learn more about the legend of Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available na...
Planet X
April 02, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutesEver since the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846, astronomers have noticed that something was not right. The orbit of Neptune was being gravitationally influenced by some other, unknown body that was dubbed Planet X. In 1930, it was thought that this body had been discovered with the discovery of Pluto, but that couldn’t have been the object that was influencing Neptune because it was too small. The search for this mysterious object has continued to this day, and some astronomers think...