Most 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 Heaven...
Apr 07, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1371
Every 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 nationally, loo...
Apr 06, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1370
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Apr 05, 2024•16 min•Ep. 1369
On 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 episode...
Apr 04, 2024•16 min•Ep. 1368
Long 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 nationally...
Apr 03, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1367
Ever 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 we ...
Apr 02, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1366
One of the most important gods in the Roman pantheon was the goddess Vesta. Vesta was the goddess of the hearth and home, and her temple was one of the most important in ancient Rome. It was attended by six women who were some of the most important in all of Roman society. They were given privileges that few in Rome were allowed, but it also came at a very steep price. Learn more about the Vestal Virgins, the cult of Vesta, and its role in Roman society on this episode of Everything Everywhere D...
Apr 01, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1365
One of the most popular fruits in the world is apples. Apples are associated with the Garden of Eden, buttering up your teacher, and the story of Snow White. They play a role in Greek and Norse mythology, and they have lent their name to famous record and computer companies. However, apples are unlike almost every other fruit in that there are thousands of different varieties. The reason why there are so many different varieties is because of the uniqueness of the plant. Learn more about apples,...
Mar 31, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1364
Every year, Christians around the world celebrate Easter. However, when they celebrate Easter can vary dramatically. In fact, the possible dates of Easter can vary by over a month. What most people don’t know is that setting the date for Easter was one of the biggest controversies in the early Christian church. In fact, it was a major reason behind one of the most important councils in history. Learn more about the Easter Controversy, aka Quartodecimanism, on this episode of Everything Everywher...
Mar 30, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1363
When humans first managed to harness heavier-than-air flight, they did so by using piston engines and propellers. Several decades later, a more efficient means of propulsion was developed. It could make planes travel faster and higher and could use less fuel over longer distances. In addition to transforming civilian and military aviation, new modes of it still have the potential to revolutionize the world once again. Learn more about jet propulsion, how it works, and how it was developed on thi...
Mar 29, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1362
He was one of the greatest thinkers of the ancient world. He was a philosopher, a mathematician, and had some unique views on diet and religion. You probably know him best for the theorem which bears his name. However, if you asked anyone 2,600 years ago, they might have known him for something else entirely. Learn more about Pythagoras, his ideas, and the cult that he led on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hill Bottled-in-B...
Mar 28, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1361
Throughout history, there have been some truly remarkable people who have done some truly remarkable things. One such person was Adrian Carton de Wiart. If you don’t know who he is, thanks, ok, because by the end of this episode, you surely remember his story, if not his name. He was courageous, a little bit insane, and extremely hard to kill. Learn more about Adrian Carton de Wiart and his incredible life on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a ...
Mar 27, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1360
In the late 19th century, several of the world’s foremost investors engaged in a public battle for the future of electricity. The battle was fought in boardrooms and newspapers, and there was seemingly nothing that was off-limits. The battle eventually took the lives of several people…..and several dogs. Learn more about the current wars between George Westinghouse, Nikolai Tesla, and Thomas Edison on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle o...
Mar 26, 2024•12 min•Ep. 1359
Over the last 200 years, railroads have been one of the most important methods of transportation. Railroads helped make the modern world. They are capable of transporting people and goods quickly over long distances at a low cost. However, most people would be shocked to learn that railways predate the development of locomotives. In fact, the earliest evidence of using some sort of premade track dates back thousands of years before the first locomotive. …and despite the development of new and fa...
Mar 25, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1358
Located on a peninsula and series of islands off the southeastern coast of China lies what is today called the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong. Hong Kong didn’t play a central role in the thousands of years of Chinese history. However, it has played a pivotal role in the region for the last 200 years. It went from being a backwater to becoming one of the most important financial and business hubs in the world. Learn more about Hong Kong, its past, present and future on this episode of...
Mar 24, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1357
In the early 17th century, Japan was witness to a samurai who was arguably its greatest warrior. He wasn’t just one of the greatest swordsmen in history; he was a philosopher, a writer, an artist, and, in contravention to the samurai code at the time, he was a vagabond. Today, he is considered a saint of Japanese martial arts, and he has been portrayed in Japanese movies and books. Learn more about Miyamoto Musashi, Japan’s greatest swordsman on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Spons...
Mar 23, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1356
For thousands of years, rice has been one of the most important agricultural crops in the world. It has fed billions of people, has been crossbred into tens of thousands of variants, and is now grown in every continent except Antarctica. The importance of rice has not diminished over time and in fact, might grow in the future. Learn more about rice, and how it was domesticated and spread around the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bo...
Mar 22, 2024•12 min•Ep. 1355
It is one of the most simple machines that most people use, yet incredible amounts of engineering go into their design. They are used by billions of people around the world and it is one of the only forms of transportation available to children. They can make humans incredibly efficient and their development was in many ways surprising. I am of course talking about bicycles. Learn about the history of bicycles and how the modern version came to be on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. ...
Mar 21, 2024•11 min•Ep. 1354
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 Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Benji Long & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server:...
Mar 20, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1353
On the morning of August 27, 1883, one of the most destructive natural disasters of the 19th century occurred on the island of Java, in what is today the nation of Indonesia. After weeks of low-level rumblings, a volcanic eruption totally obliterated the mountain that it had formed. The devastation wasn’t limited to the immediate area around the volcano. The blast's effects literally affected the entire planet. Learn more about the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa and its devastating impact on this epi...
Mar 19, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1352
Cutting across the state of Arizona is one of the wonders of the national world: The Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon draws attention not only for its overwhelming size and intricate and colorful landscape but also for the deep and exposed layers of Earth's history that are visible in its walls. The history of the Grand Canyon is a fascinating combination of its geologic origins and its history of human use. Learn more about the Grand Canyon, its origins, and its history with humans on this episod...
Mar 18, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1351
In 1860, the United States was as divided as it ever had been. The issue of slavery had been growing more and more contentious over the decades and by 1860, things were nearing a breaking point. The presidential election of 1860 literally would determine the future of the country, or if there would continue to even be a country. Learn more about the presidential election of 1860, the most important presidential election in American history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsor...
Mar 17, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1350
A little over 400 years ago, a group of Dutch investors had a revolutionary idea. They were embarking on an incredibly risky endeavor, and to spread the risk, they were going to share ownership of the new venture. Even better, each part of the ownership in this venture could be bought and sold to other investors. Their innovation is one of the most powerful economic forces in the world today. Learn more about stocks and stock exchanges, how they were formed, and how they work on this episode of ...
Mar 16, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1349
Before the Ideas of March, before he crossed the Rubicon, and before he became Rome’s dictator for life, Julius Caesar had led a very interesting life. We know more about his early life than most Romans simply because of his accomplishments later in life, but what he did and experienced clearly shaped the person he became. As such, they indirectly shaped the fate of the entire Roman Republic. Learn more about the life of young Julius Caesar and the events that shaped him on this episode of Every...
Mar 15, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1348
Every year on March 14, the world celebrates one of the most important mathematical constants: pi. It is a number which appears all over nature, even in places you wouldn’t expect it. It is also a number that has been known, or at least had been approximated, by civilizations for thousands of years. Today there are still more we are discovering about this number with the help of supercomputers. Learn more about pi and how our knowledge of it has advanced over time on this episode of Everything E...
Mar 14, 2024•13 min•Ep. 1347
Before the development of electricity and electrical communications, the fastest information could travel was the speed of a horse. Maybe a ship might have been a bit faster depending on the route, but for the most part, the speed of information was limited to the speed of a human. However, there was one exception to this. It was a communications method that could only carry small amounts of information, it only worked in one direction, and the number of messages you could send was limited, but ...
Mar 13, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1346
The United States federal agency charged with gathering foreign intelligence is the Central Intelligence Agency or the CIA. The CIA is tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information as well as conducting covert action and clandestine operations. It was created in the shadow of the Second World War and became one of the most important organizations during the Cold War, as well as the most powerful intelligence organization in the world. Learn more about the Central...
Mar 12, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1345
Behind almost every web page, email, and podcast is a system that translates addresses understandable to humans to something which can be understood by computers. The system is one of the foundations of the Internet, yet its origin was in a handmade list that was placed on a single computer. Unbeknownst to the creators of the system, it would eventually affect the fortunes of entire countries. Learn more about the Domain Name System, how it originated, and how it works, on this episode of Everyt...
Mar 11, 2024•14 min•Ep. 1344
Every military in the world is a hierarchal organization. There are people at the top who make decisions, people down below who follow those orders, and people in between who make it happen. Today, most militaries have an elaborate rank structure with multiple ranks in the chain of command. However, it wasn’t always like that. The modern system of ranks evolved over time, and the ranks that exist today have origins that go back centuries. Learn more about military ranks, where they came from, an...
Mar 10, 2024•15 min•Ep. 1343
Every year, around this time, people who live in northern latitude countries turn their clocks ahead one hour. Then, months later, we do the exact same thing in reverse, setting all of our clocks back. Why do we do this? Is there a good reason for it? Should we continue to do it? Learn more about the history and future of Daylight Savings Time on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Sign up today at butcherbox.com/daily and use code daily to choose your free offer and get $20 of...
Mar 09, 2024•10 min•Ep. 1342
