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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 Colonial History of South Africa
For centuries, the southern tip of Africa was a crossroads where oceans, empires, and peoples collided.
European settlers arrived seekin...
The History of Shipping and How It Created the Modern World
Ever since the dawn of human civilization, it has been shaped by the movement of people, goods, and ideas.
Yet, for almost the entirety...
The Toledo War: Michigan vs Ohio (Encore)
Michigan and Ohio are two states renowned for their intense rivalry.
When you think of the rivalry between the two states, you probably...
Timur and the Timurid Empire
In the late 14th century, a warrior emerged from Central Asia and built an empire through relentless campaigning, political calculation, and extraordi...
The Mormon Migration and the Creation of Utah
In the middle of the 19th century, thousands of adherents to a new religion abandoned their homes, crossed rivers, endured brutal winters, and travele...
The Age of Enlightenment
For centuries, political authority, religious doctrine, and inherited tradition shaped how most Europeans understood the world.
Then a g...
Murder Incorporated
During the 1930s, a group of killers operated in the shadows of America’s growing organized crime networks.
They carried out assassinati...
The Little Rock Nine
In 1957, nine black teenagers attempted to attend a public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Their arrival triggered protests, legal...
The First Seven Ecumenical Councils
In the early centuries of Christianity, some of the most important battles were fought not with swords, but with words.
Bishops gathered...
The History of Petra
Hidden among rugged desert mountains is a city carved into red and rose-colored cliffs.
It grew wealthy by controlling ancient trade rou...
Ancient Deforestation
The symbol on the national flag of Lebanon is the cedar tree. The problem is, there aren’t many cedar trees in Lebanon anymore.
In the an...
Stalingrad: The Bloodiest Battle in History (Encore)
From August 1942 to February 1943, the Germans and the Soviets engaged in what would become the most brutal and bloodiest battle in human history.
All About ePaper
For centuries, the printed page was one of the most efficient ways to preserve and share information.
In the digital age, engineers soug...
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
In the early years of the Cold War, fear of communism and nuclear war swept across the United States.
In this environment, one married c...
The History of Batman
In 1939, Detective Comics introduced a new superhero. He was just a man with no superpowers. He only had the mind of a detective and a whole lot of mo...
The World in the Year 500
The year 500 was a turning point between the ancient and medieval worlds.
The Western Roman Empire was gone. New kingdoms were rising ac...
Yosemite National Park
In the heart of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains lies a landscape of towering granite cliffs, ancient sequoias, cascading waterfalls, and deep val...
Why Can't The US Do Better In the World Cup?
In the summer of 2026, the United States caught World Cup fever, just as we do every four years.
And just like we do every year, we were...
The Rosenhan Experiment
In 1973, one of the most influential and frightening experiments in psychology took place.
The test was designed to test how mental healt...
George IV and The Regency Era
In 1811, Britain’s aging king could no longer rule, and his extravagant son stepped in as Prince Regent.
The years that followed saw the...
The History of the Hamburger (Encore)
One of the most popular foods around the world is the hamburger. If most people think of American foods, it is probably the first thing that comes to...
Ashoka the Great
He ruled one of the largest empires in ancient history, conquered through war, and then became remembered for renouncing conquest itself.
The Rise and Fall of Feudalism in Medieval Europe
For centuries, power in Europe was measured not by money or elections, but by land, loyalty, and the ability to command armed men.
Out of...
Gil Eanes and the Volta do Mar
For thousands of years, civilizations that rose along the Mediterranean or along the European shores of the Atlantic mostly stuck to the shore.
...
Lake Baikal: The Largest Lake on Earth
It is the deepest lake in the world, the oldest lake in the world, and it holds more freshwater than all five of the Great Lakes combined.
Florence Nightingale and the Birth of Modern Healthcare
Florence Nightingale was far more than a compassionate nurse.
She was a reformer, statistician, administrator, and relentless critic of...
The History of the 4th of July Celebrations
Few dates carry as much significance in the United States as July 4th, but the celebration of the date has evolved over time.
July 4, 177...
The Wealth of Nations
In 1776, a work was published that challenged an empire, questioned old systems of power, and helped reshape the modern world.
But this w...
The Hippie Movement
In the 1960s, a generation of young people rejected the world their parents had built.
They turned away from war, conformity, consumeris...
6th Anniversary Episode
Six years ago, in the midst of the worst pandemic the world had seen in generations, I sat down at my computer to record a new podcast.The new show wa...
Bobby Bonilla Day
Every July 1st, retired Major League Baseball player Bobby Bonilla receives a direct deposit from the New York Mets despite not having played for the...
The Dangers of Weightlessness and Its Solutions
The human body was built for gravity. Take it away, and bones weaken, muscles shrink, fluids shift, and even vision can change.
For astr...
The Kentucky Cave Wars: The Strange Fight Beneath Mammoth Cave
In the early 20th century, the caves of Kentucky became the center of a bitter underground gold rush.
At the heart of it all was Mammoth...
Mountain Men: America’s First Frontier Legends
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Before cowboys became the symbol of the American West, there were the mountai...
Lavrentiy Beria: The Rise and Fall of Stalin's Right-Hand Man
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Few figures have inspired as much fear as Lavrentiy Beria.
As t...
The Barbary Wars
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show!In the early years of the United States, American ships faced a threat far from home along...
The 1986 World Cup
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show!In 1986, the world’s biggest sporting event came to Mexico, producing one of the most memor...
The Many Failed Assassination Attempts on Fidel Castro
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show!When Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba in 1959, the American government wanted to see him...
The 1984-85 Ethiopian Famine
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In the 1980s, images of starving children in Ethiopia shocked the world and t...
The Smithsonian Institution: The Strange Origin of America’s Greatest Museum
Tell me your favorite episode for the 6th anniversary show!In 1829, a British scientist who had never visited the United States left his fortune to a...