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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 Guillotine has become infamous for being the main weapon utilized during the Reign of Terror and a modern symbol of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. It has been responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people since its invention in April of 1792. Of all the ways to execute people, why did they create an elaborate contraption when simpler methods were available? Learn more about the guillotine, why it was invented, and its impact on this episode of Everything Everywher...
Discover the history and science behind Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). This episode covers the inefficiencies of incandescent bulbs, the invention and early development of LEDs, the challenging breakthrough in creating blue and white light, their rise to dominance due to efficiency and falling costs, and the exciting potential of micro-LED display technology.
Discover the tumultuous period of the Chinese Communist Revolution. Learn about the decline of the Qing dynasty, the Warlord Era, the struggle between the Communists and Nationalists, Mao Zedong's unique rural-focused strategy, and how the Japanese invasion influenced the outcome. The episode also examines the dramatic victory in 1949 and its profound geopolitical consequences during the Cold War.
Beyond football, the rivalry between Ohio and Michigan has deep historical roots in the 1830s border dispute over the Toledo Strip. Learn how conflicting surveys and laws led to near-war, President Jackson's intervention, and the eventual compromise that gave Michigan the Upper Peninsula, shaping the map of the Midwest.
