Located roughly in the territory of the modern-day nation of Iran is the ancient region known as Persia. Persia sat at a strategic crossroad between South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia Minor. It was influenced not only by all of the great civilizations around it but it was the source of many of the great empires of antiquity. Learn more about the Persian Empires on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth b...
Jun 22, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1941, after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, a 24-year-old woman in Ukraine volunteered to join the Red Army. She was initially pressured to become a nurse like most women who volunteered. However, that wasn’t what she wanted to do. She wanted to be on the front lines. Within a year, she was to become one of the most lethal soldiers in all of the second world war. Learn more about Lyudmila Pavlichenko, aka Lady Death, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition...
Jun 21, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Located in the middle of the Old City of Jerusalem lies one of the most famous structures in the world. In addition to being the visible symbol of the city, it lies on a plot of land that is one of the most historical and contested pieces of property on the planet. It has been a center of controversy for thousands of years and looks to continue to do so for at least hundreds more. Learn more about the Dome of the Rock on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Fi...
Jun 20, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the first half of the 20th century, racial segregation was rampant across much of the United States. Perhaps nowhere was it more evident and public than in the sport of baseball. Despite being denied a place in the major leagues for several decades, some of the greatest players of the era could play for the public on black-owned and operated teams. Learn more about the Negro Leagues and how some of the greatest baseball players in history were kept out of the majors on this episode of Everyth...
Jun 19, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States Armed Forces. It is given to individuals who have displayed exceptional acts of valor in the face of enemy forces. It has been awarded 3535 times since its inception in 1861. Of all the recipients of the Medal of Honor, only twice has it been awarded to a father and a son. In both cases, they are families that you have probably heard of. Learn more about the father and sons who have been awarded the Medal of Honor and the...
Jun 18, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the middle of the first world war, a group of artists, poets, and philosophers created an artistic and intellectual movement in response to the war. While the movement itself didn’t last very long, its legacy of it laid the foundation for modern art in the 20th century, and can still be seen in modern art today. Learn more about Dadaism, what it was, and its legacy on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popular, bizarre legends. E...
Jun 17, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Places all over the world are suffering from a similar ecological problem. The specific problems are slightly different everywhere, but they all are based on the same fundamental issue: Invasive species. How each invasive species got where they are is a different story. Regardless of how they got there, some species can wreak havoc on an ecosystem once introduced. Learn more about invasive species and the damage they have done on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition U...
Jun 16, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Humans and rats have lived in an uneasy relationship for millennia. Rats have spread diseases like the bubonic plague, destroyed grain harvests, and stolen our pizzas. In return, rats have given humans……pretty much nothing. As such, humans have waged a relentless war against rats, which for the most part has gone nowhere. However, there are some fronts where we have had amazing success. Learn more about humanity’s war on rats on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Un...
Jun 15, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the late 13th century, the Mongol Empire was at the peak of its power. It was at this time that the Mongol Emperor of China, Kubli Khan, set his eyes on the island of Japan. On two separate occasions, the Mongols assembled the world’s largest amphibious fleet in world history. Both times, they found the limits of their military conquests. Learn more about the Mongol invasions of Japan on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popular...
Jun 14, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Located at the 26th place on the periodic table is the element iron. Iron is one of the most important elements in the universe. It has a vital role in almost everything, from the formation of stars to photosynthesis, the Earth’s magnetic field, and even your own health. Iron has been responsible for the rise of civilization, and there is a good chance there is an object next to you right now that is made of iron. Learn more about iron, one of the most important elements in the universe, on this...
Jun 13, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Located on the island of Java in Indonesia, just 100 kilometers from the capital of Jakarta, lies what might be one of the most important archeology sites in the world. While it has been known to locals for centuries and to professional archeologists for over 100 years, it has only been seriously studied in the last several decades. Some of the estimates of the age of this site, if true, would radically transform what we know about early human civilization. Learn more about Gunung Padang, perhap...
Jun 12, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the 1880s, a Polish ophthalmologist set out to create a universal language. A language that could be a second language for everyone around that world that no one country or one people would control. It was a good idea, but things didn’t quite pan out as he had hoped, and along the way, there was shockingly violent resistance to this new language. Learn more about Esperanto, how it was developed, and its status in the world today on this episode of ĉio ĉie ĉiutage. Sponsors Expedition Unknown ...
Jun 11, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast One of the most popular forms of media is comic books. Initially created as entertainment for children, they have since grown into a global media consumed by people of all ages. The development of the comic book was not something that came out of nowhere. It was the culmination of a type of communication that actually began thousands of years ago. Learn more about comic books, where they came from, and the business behind them on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition U...
Jun 10, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the early morning of November 13, 1833, one of the greatest astronomical spectacles in recorded history took place. It was seen by millions of people, and no one was sure what was happening. Some thought it was the end of the world or judgment day. Both common people and scientists recorded the event, and it turned out that the explanation for what happened was just an extraordinary occurrence of a very ordinary event. Learn more about the Night the Stars Fell Down on this episode of Everythi...
Jun 09, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Located off the Northwestern Coast of continental Europe lies an archipelago of islands that most of you are familiar with. The thing is, the name of the islands and the names of the places that make up the islands are often used incorrectly. Moreover, how all the various parts of this archipelago are related to each other is pretty confusing as well. Learn more about England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles and how they are not the same thing on this episode of Everythi...
Jun 08, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast What do lasers, photovoltaic cells, the transistor, digital cameras, cell phone technology, the communication satellite, computer networking, radio astronomy, and the UNIX operating system have in common? They were all invented or developed at the same place by the greatest collection of scientists and engineers ever assembled. Learn more about Bell Labs, the greatest research laboratory in history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that pr...
Jun 07, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast In January 897, something unprecedented took place in Rome. Pope Formosa, the leader of the Catholic Church, was put on trial. What made this unprecedented wasn’t that the pope was on trial, although it was unprecedented. The remarkable thing was that Pope Formosa had died seven months earlier, and it was his exhumed corpse that was in the courtroom. Learn more about the Cadaver Synod, perhaps the oddest trial in history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an ...
Jun 06, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast There 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 Everything Every...
Jun 05, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast International borders can be very strange things. Sometimes they measured down to the millimeter and a heavily marked and fortified. Other times they run through desolate areas where hardly anyone pays attention to the actual location. The latter was the case with much of the US/Mexican border in the early 20th century, and it caused a great deal of confusion. Learn more about Rio Rico, the American town that everyone thought was a Mexican town, and then it actually was, on this episode of Every...
Jun 04, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast In June of every year, the sun has its solstice. In the north, the days are long; in the south, the days are short, and we can plan our calendars around this event. Just as certain as the sun follows its path in the sky, so too do the listeners of this podcast have questions. Just as certain as there are questions, so too do I have answers. Stay tuned for volume seven of questions and answers on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides ...
Jun 03, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast There is a giant rift in East Africa today. It is a rift that literally tearing countries apart. This rift isn’t cultural, political, or economic, it is geologic. Africa is quite literally being torn apart. In several million years, Africa will be split into two continents, and while the process will take a long time, you see ample evidence for it right now. Learn more about the East Africa Rift and how it has shaped the modern continent of Africa on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. ...
Jun 02, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In a previous episode, I spoke about the Drake equation and the odds of there being intelligent extraterrestrial life. Many people have used the Drake equation to argue that it is almost impossible for there not to be intelligent life in our galaxy. However, in the summer of 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi pushed back against this by asking a very simple question: if there are so many intelligent civilizations, where are they? Learn more about the Fermi Paradox and some possible answers to the ques...
Jun 01, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you are listening to me speak these words, regardless of where in the world you live, you are part of a global network we call human civilization. You share in the ideas, technology, and goods created worldwide and by people in your community. Most people on the planet are a part of this system. But not everyone. Some people have remained separated from this system and still live in their traditional ways today. Learn more about uncontacted people, who they are, and where they live on this ep...
May 31, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Insurance seems like a pretty modern concept. There are insurance commercials on television, and insurance companies sponsor major sports teams. Most of us have to buy insurance, or we are at least under someone else’s insurance policy. However, insurance is far from a modern concept. It is actually one of the oldest financial arrangements in human history. Learn more about insurance, how it was created, and how it works on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an o...
May 30, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh established an English colony on an island in what is today the state of North Carolina. After a slow start, over 100 people moved to the island to start a new life and establish this English outpost at the edge of the new world. When a ship returned to the colony in 1590, what they found shocked them and began a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Learn more about the Lost Colony of Roanoke and the puzzle that still challenges historians on this episode of Eve...
May 29, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Children are highly inquisitive and are always asking questions. One of the most common questions that children have is, “why is the sky blue?” It is a simple and reasonable question, yet the answer is rather complicated, and most adults really aren’t sure why the sky is blue. Learn why the sky is blue and how to answer a child’s most common question on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individu...
May 28, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast During the 5th century, one name struck fear into the hearts of almost every European: Attila, leader of the Huns. For a period of almost 20 years, Attila ravaged Europe, conquering various tribes and causing one of the largest migrations ever seen on the continent. Then, quite suddenly and unexpectedly, the conquests of Attila stopped, and the Huns were no longer a major power. Learn more about Attila the Hun and how he changed the course of European history on this episode of Everything Everyw...
May 27, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast There were millions of stories that came out of the second world war. However, there were none like that of Tsutomu Yamaguchi. On August 6, 1945, he survived an event that no one in world history had encountered before. Just three days later, he had the misfortune of having to go through it again. Learn more about Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the man who survived not one but two atomic bombs, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy an...
May 26, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast There are many factors that go into the outcome of a battle. The number of soldiers, training, supplies, the weather, and the terrain the battle is fought on all play a part in determining the outcome. However, the biggest factor is the one that no one can control: luck. There has never been a battle where luck played a greater role than one that took place over 2,000 years ago. Learn more about the astronomical event that determined the outcome of a battle on this episode of Everything Everywhe...
May 25, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Imagine you want to start a brand new country. Only, you don’t want to go through the messy process of starting a revolution or a civil war in a currently existing country. You want to find an empty piece of land for yourself that no one has claimed. Is such a thing possible? Learn more about the doctrine of Terra Nullius and where it could still theoretically be exercised in the world today, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides ...
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