When the Austro-Hungarian Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, a chain reaction resulted in the First World War. The war was fully anticipated, and one of the belligerent countries, Germany, had a plan in its back pocket ready to go. It was a highly detailed plan, nine years in the marking, which was designed to give them a swift victory. Learn more about the Schlieffen Plan and why it didn’t work on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl...
Aug 26, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Amelia Earheart was a pioneer in the early days of aviation. She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She was the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. In 1937, she set out on her greatest adventure ever. It would be the longest single flight in history, and it would take her around the world. However, on July 2, 1937, she took off from Papua New Guinea and was never seen again. Learn more about the disappearance of Amelia Earheart and what probably happened to h...
Aug 25, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast One of the simplest mathematical statements possible is 2+2=4. While the concept is very easy to understand, when you write it down, you have to use mathematical symbols, historically a relatively recent invention. At one point, mathematicians were doing reasonably complicated work without the benefit of symbols at all. Something which is unthinkable today. Learn more about mathematical symbols, where they came from, and why they exist on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to...
Aug 24, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Many people have an idealized view of how science works. They think that someone makes a discovery or publishes a paper, then everyone acknowledges their discovery, and everyone moves on to the next thing. Science! However, that isn’t quite how things work in reality. The real advancement of science can be quite messy. One man learned this the hard way. Learn more about J Harlen Bretz and how he changed a scientific discipline through determination and longevity on this episode of Everything Eve...
Aug 23, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sandwiched between the nations of Germany, Belgium, and France is one of the smallest countries in the world. Given its location, it is a blend of cultures and languages. Likewise, its history has been defined by its neighbors. Yet despite being surrounded by other countries for a thousand years, it has managed to survive into the 21st century as an independent country. Learn more about the Grand Dutchy of Luxembourg and what exactly a Grand Dutchy is on this episode of Everything Everywhere Dai...
Aug 22, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast The quest to conquer space had many problems and many unknowns. Simple, basic things on Earth can be quite difficult in the zero gravity conditions of outer space. One of the earliest spaceflights found this out and learned the hard way why they have special foods for use in space. Learn more about Gemini 3 and the world’s most controversial corned beef sandwich on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes ---...
Aug 21, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jim Thorpe was a Native American of the Sac and Fox Nation. He was born in 1887 in what was then known as the Indian territory and today is known as the state of Oklahoma. He excelled at every sport he attempted, at every level he played at. He played professional football and baseball, won two Olympic gold medals, and found a place in the Football Hall of Fame. Many considered him the greatest athlete of all time, yet he died in poverty, with many of his greatest accomplishments taken from him....
Aug 20, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Wars are often notable points that punctuate the historical timeline. It is a period of tragedy, drama, and often geopolitical changes. However, there are some wars that have been all but forgotten from history. One such war was a brief conflict that lasted less than four months and was fought between the United States and Spain in the summer of 1898. Learn more about the Spanish-American war and how the impact of that war is still felt today on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subsc...
Aug 19, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1475, Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in Caprese, Italy. Over the next 88 years, he left a legacy of paintings and sculptures, unlike any artist before or since. His art shaped the city he came from, the era he lived in, and, eventually, the entire world of western art. Today, the works he created are some of the most treasured and valuable artworks in the entire world. Learn more about Michelangelo and how he became the greatest artist of the Renaissance on this episode of Everything Everyw...
Aug 18, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast At the 1923 Pan-American Conference, a proposal was presented to link together all of the countries of the Western Hemisphere. A single road that would run from the shore of the Arctic Ocean all the way down to Terra Del Fuego in Argentina. Several decades later, the countries in question announced the road's completion, which linked the entire western hemisphere. Sort of…. Learn more about the Pan-American Highway, the world’s longest road, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscr...
Aug 17, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sitting in most homes is a deck of playing cards. Cards and card games have become almost ubiquitous They are played by children and in retirement homes. They are played at family picnics, and there are also televised games played with millions of dollars on the line. You can play games with friends, or you can even play them by yourself. Despite how common they are, most people don’t realize that they have a very ancient heritage. Learn more about the origin of playing cards on this episode of ...
Aug 16, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1958 the United States government created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA. NASA has achieved some of the most incredible accomplishments in human history and also has suffered some incredible failures. Yet this agency wasn’t created out of nothing. It has a past that goes back far earlier than most people realize. Learn more about the history of NASA and how it came to be on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com...
Aug 15, 2022•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast As soon as automobiles were created, people began racing them. As with many sports, early were often unorganized and disjointed. After world war II, however, an effort was made to provide an organized championship series for the world’s best drivers. Over the last 70 years, it has grown into the world’s foremost racing circuit and become a business worth billions of dollars. Learn more about Formula 1 and how it became such big business on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe t...
Aug 14, 2022•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Over the last several centuries, there has been a concerted effort to raise literacy rates around the world. For the most part, although there is still work to be done, we’ve done a pretty good job. The vast majority of people around the world know how to read and write. While literacy has improved, despite our world becoming ever more dependent on technology, overall mathematical literacy has not improved. Learn more about numeracy, or mathematical literacy, on this episode of Everything Everyw...
Aug 13, 2022•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast With an atomic number of three, Lithium is the third lightest element and the lightest solid at room temperature and pressure. For almost two centuries after its discovery, Lithium didn’t have much in the way of practical uses. However, in the last few decades, its status changed, and it went from one of the least useful elements to one of the most important to the world’s economy. Lithium is also the source of one of the biggest unexplained problems in physics. Learn more about Lithium, one of ...
Aug 12, 2022•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Around the year 36 BC, the King of Judea, Herod the Great, built a fortress in the Judean desert overlooking the Dead Sea. Almost 100 years later, that fortress became the scene for what was one of the most dramatic moments in the history of the Jewish people. It was the final act in a rebellion against the Roman Empire, the ramifications of which are still felt in the world today. Learn more about the Last Stand at Masada and the end of the Judean Revolt on this episode of Everything Everywhere...
Aug 11, 2022•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast On October 26, 1881, one of the most defining moments in the history of the American west took place. That shootout between nine men defined the popular perception of what the old west was about, even though it was actually a very atypical event. Since then, the gunfight has become legendary, having been the subject of songs, books, and movies. Learn more about the Gunfight at the OK Corral, the most famous shootout in the wild west, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to t...
Aug 10, 2022•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tens of thousands of years ago, early paleolithic humans painted on cave walls things that were important to them and with which their entire lives revolved. One of the most prominent images which have been preserved on countless cave walls is an animal that looks like an enormous bull. That animal has gone extinct, but while it was alive, it played an important role in the development of humanity, and its genetic descendants still play an important role today. Learn more about the aurochs on th...
Aug 09, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast The 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 Feather Gir...
Aug 08, 2022•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Johannes Vermeer was one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. Unlike many of his contemporary painters, however, he didn’t leave a large body of work behind. The paintings he did create have left experts in both art and technology wondering if he didn’t have a secret that helped him with his craft. A technical secret, not an artistic one. Learn more about Vermeer and the question as to if he and other painters used optical devices to help themselves paint, on this episode of Everyth...
Aug 07, 2022•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Great Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman was once asked to convey in a single sentence the most important scientific knowledge that humans possessed. His answer was short and simple: “Everything is made of atoms.” Believe it or not, this was believed to be the case over 2000 years ago in ancient Greece and India. However, it wasn’t until the modern era that we were able to prove to be so. Learn more about atoms and how we discovered they existed on this episode of Everything Every...
Aug 06, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Located in Northern France is one of the most well-known wine-producing regions on Earth. In fact, it is so well known that it has legally protected the name of its signature product around the world. It is the preferred drink for both royalty and rappers as well as at nightclubs and brunches, yet its discovery was believed to be an accident. An accident that is today a $6 billion dollar industry. Learn more about champagne, how it was created, and its place in the world today on this episode of...
Aug 05, 2022•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France prior to the French Revolution. She and her husband were executed by guillotine during the Regin of Terror, which soon followed. Over the years, she has been vilified as a woman who was out of touch with the common folk and was famously reported to have said that if the French people couldn’t eat bread, then “let them eat cake.” But was she really that bad, and did she really tell her subjects to eat cake? Learn more about Marie Antoinette and if, in...
Aug 04, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Located between Hawaii and Guam in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is one of the smallest countries in the world: The Marshall Islands. The Marshall Islands has a history unlike many other small island countries in the Pacific. Not the least of which is the fact that it has experienced more nuclear detonations per capita in its territory than any other country. Learn more about the Republic of the Marshall Islands and what makes it special on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscrib...
Aug 03, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast As you probably know, the Earth consists of 70% water and 30% land. However, all those bits of water and land are not the same. Some of them hold great strategic importance because they serve as choke points for people who want to get from place to place. One one-and-a-half-mile stretch of water is perhaps the most important stretch of water in the world. Through this small strait passes approximately 25% of the entire world’s trade. Learn more about the Strait of Malacca and its importance on t...
Aug 02, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Entering the second world war, Britain was still the top naval power in the world. While the British Navy was superior in its entirety, Nazi Germany had created a ship that terrified the British. One-on-one, it could take out any ship in the British fleet. Eventually, it was sent out into the open ocean of the North Atlantic to disrupt shipping. When the British found out, they dedicated almost all of their fleet in the North Atlantic to its destruction. Learn more about the sinking of the Bisma...
Aug 01, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the year 607, the Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty implemented a reform whereby a series of exams would be administered throughout the empire to create a bureaucratic elite that would administer the country. That reform became one of the bedrocks of Chinese society, throughout every dynasty, for the next 1,300 years. The effects of these exams can still be felt in Chinese society today. Learn more about the Mandarin class and the Imperial Examination system on this episode of Everything Everyw...
Jul 31, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1914, Erwin “Cannon Ball” Baker crossed the United States on a motorcycle in 11 and a half days. Fifty-seven years later, a writer and editor for Car and Driver magazine set out to honor his trip by driving from Manhattan to Los Angels. Ever since, people have been trying to replicate their journey in ever shorter times. Learn more about the Cannonball Run and the highly illegal quest to drive across the United States on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! h...
Jul 30, 2022•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ancient astronomers from almost every culture knew of seven things in the sky that moved. the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. The seventh and slowest moving of those was the one named after the Roman god of time: Saturn. For centuries Saturn was a dot in the sky. Then when telescopes were invented, our perception of the planet changed dramatically. Learn more about Saturn and what makes it different from every other solar planet on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. S...
Jul 29, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast The United States and Canada are like two siblings. They live next to each other, have the same parents, and are a lot alike. However, the way they both grew up was very different. The United States achieved its independence through a revolution. The Canadians, however, didn’t join the American Revolution even though they almost certainly could have. Learn more about why Canada didn’t join the American Revolution on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://l...
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