One of the most fascinating areas of mathematics and economics is game theory. Game theory involves analyzing competitive situations where multiple participants make interdependent decisions. In other words, the result will depend not just on what you decide but on what someone else decides as well. Game theory has applications not just in games but in business, personal relationships, international diplomacy, and war. Learn more about game theory and how it applies to different areas of life on...
Feb 22, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast On January 27, 1986, an event occurred that would be remembered by almost everyone alive at the time. 73 seconds into its flight, the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed by a violent explosion, killing all seven astronauts on board. In addition to being seared into the minds of those who witnessed the tragedy, the disaster forever changed how space flights were conducted. Learn more about the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, how it happened, and its aftermath on this episode of Everything E...
Feb 21, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast The third Monday of February every year in the United States is a holiday that most people know as Presidents’ Day. It is not the most glamorous holiday and most people actually forget that it exists until they wonder why they didn’t get any mail. While the day itself isn’t really one that is celebrated, the story behind the day is much more fascinating than most people realize. Learn more about Presidents’ Day, the oddest and most confusing American holiday, on this episode of Everything Everyw...
Feb 20, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you think of the first world war, your mind probably turns to images of trench warfare and thousands of men losing their lives to try and gain just a few meters of land. However, in the first few weeks of the war, this was not at all the case. In fact, it initially looked like the war might not even last two months. What stopped the collapse of France and began widespread trench warfare was a desperate battle that took place in the first week of September 1914. Learn more about the First Batt...
Feb 19, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1879, Constantin Fahlberg, a chemist at Johns Hopkins University, made an astonishing discovery. He was conducting experiments with coal tar when he forgot to wash his hands. When he started eating lunch, he noticed something odd. His fingers tasted sweet. Fahlberg’s discovery was the start of a century-long pursuit to create alternatives to sugar. Learn more about artificial sweeteners, how they were developed, and how they work on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to th...
Feb 18, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast The American constitution was written in 1787, but there was a mechanism built in to amend and change the document. Since 1787 the Constitution has been amended 27 times, most recently in 1992. The most recent amendment, however, had a path to ratification, which was far different than any other of the 26 before it. Learn more about the 27th amendment and the very circuitous route it took to ratification on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl...
Feb 17, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast On March 5, 1770, one of the major events leading up to the American Revolution occurred. A confrontation between Boston civilians and British soldiers resulted in the deaths of five Americans. While the events of that day helped spur the cause of American independence, the events which happened after helped determine what kind of country it was to be. Learn more about the Boston Massacre, its causes, and its aftermath on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! htt...
Feb 16, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Once every 450,000 years or so, the Earth undergoes a radical transformation. The planet’s magnetic field will literally flip. The north pole becomes the south pole and vice versa. Despite the fact that we know this has happened many times in the Earth’s history, we really don’t know what would happen if the poles were to reverse today. Learn more about when the Earth’s magnetic poles reverse on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/Everyth...
Feb 15, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1999, two social psychologists, David Dunning and Justin Kruger, published a seminal paper on a cognitive bias that can affect nearly everyone. Since the paper was published, it has given a name to something which most people have recognized and, at times, may have been guilty of themselves. However, most people who are familiar with the effect only know half the story. Learn more about the Dunning-Kruger Effect, what it is, and how to avoid it on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. ...
Feb 14, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 17th-century Europe was witness to one of the longest and most brutal wars in human history. The conflict lasted over a generation and was responsible for the deaths of up to half the population in some countries. When it finally ended, it resulted in a new geopolitical order, which, for the most part, still exists today. Learn more about the Thirty Years’ War, one of the bloodiest wars in history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/E...
Feb 13, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast One day every year, the United States celebrates its biggest non-official holiday: Super Bowl Sunday. The championship game of the National Football League is almost always the biggest television audience of the year, and one of the most expensive tickets for any sporting event. However, it wasn’t always that way. In fact, it wasn’t even called the Super Bowl. Learn more about the Super Bowl and how it became so big on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https:...
Feb 12, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Of all the vitamins and nutrients which are required by the human body, there are 13 of which that are considered essential nutrients. That means they can’t be produced within our bodies. One of those vitamins can be produced in our bodies, but it requires a little bit of help to make it. It is a vital component of human health, yet an enormous percentage of the world is deficient in it. Learn more about Vitamin D, aka the Sunshine Vitamin, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscri...
Feb 11, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1612, when Galileo Galilei first looked at the stars through a telescope, he might have accidentally discovered a new planet, although he had no idea at the time. It wouldn’t be for another 300 years until astronomers found what Galileo had missed, and the process of discovery was unlike any other planet. Learn more about Neptune, the solar system’s most distant gas giant and the 8th planet from the sun, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.ch...
Feb 10, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast The French Revolution wasn’t just a political revolution where one government was replaced with a new one. The French Revolution was also a social revolution. The largest social institution in France at the time of the revolution was the Catholic Church. At the start of the revolution, the revolutionaries attempted to create a new state religion which was quite unlike anything else the world had seen before or since. Learn more about the Cult of Reason and the attempts of Revolutionary France to...
Feb 09, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast During the height of the Second World War, American shipping to Europe was constantly being attacked by German U-boats. In an attempt to completely bypass German subs, aviation pioneer Howard Hughes began construction on what would be the world’s largest aircraft. A plane that was so large it could carry 750 passengers or two full-sized tanks across the Atlantic. Sadly, it was hampered by wartime rationing of metals and only flew in one memorable test flight. Learn more about the Hughes H-4 Herc...
Feb 08, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the very long history of China, it has had exactly one female ruler. She was a woman who managed, against all odds, to inch her way closer to power over a period of years until she reached a point where she could claim power for herself. By all accounts, she was beautiful, brilliant, cunning, and absolutely ruthless. Learn more about Wu Zetian, China’s only female emperor, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid...
Feb 07, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Questions: Check Answers: Check Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Ev...
Feb 06, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever filled out a form online where you had to select a country and you noticed that one of the country options was the “United States Minor Outlying Islands”? If you have you might have wondered, what are these islands? Who lives there? And why are these islands considered minor? Learn more about the United States Minor Outlying Islands and how they ended up on almost every drop-down list of countries on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://lin...
Feb 05, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast There have been many really bad years in world history. There have been World Wars, the Black Death, and horrific natural disasters, all of which have made for very bad years. However, many historians have come to the conclusion that the worst year in the history of humanity was a year that in and of itself was pretty bad but also ushered in a decade of bad years. Moreover, it wasn’t bad for a single region or even continent, it was bad for everyone on the planet. Learn more about the year 536 a...
Feb 04, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the early 1920s, what was considered to be the largest political scandal in American history became public. Despite the enormous amount of attention given to it in the press at the time, both the scandal and the president that was attached to it, have both been largely forgotten. Yet, the legacy of this scandal can still be found in the laws today, as well as in how the media and the public respond to political scandals. Learn more about the Teapot Dome Scandal and how it affected the adminis...
Feb 03, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Located in the southern Pacific Ocean lies the small nation of Vanuatu. While it shares many features with other Pacific Island nations, there are things about Vanuatu which are unlike any other country in the world. Its language, religion, and history all have elements that are unlike any other country in the world Learn more about the nation of Vanuatu and everything which makes it unique on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/Everythin...
Feb 02, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Volcanoes are some of the most fearsome things in nature. They are responsible for the largest explosions ever known. They have created entire land masses. They have shaped the Earth’s climate and may have been responsible for mass extinction events during our planet’s history. Today, as you are listening to this, somewhere on Earth, there are over 40 of them erupting right this second. Learn more about volcanoes, how they work, and how they are different from each other on this episode of Every...
Feb 01, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Humans have probably had the desire to fly ever since they saw the first bird fly in the air. Flying, as it turned out, was a very challenging problem for creatures without wings. Throughout the 19th century, many people tackled the problem without success. It wasn’t until the first years of the 20th century that the problem was finally solved. Learn more about the invention of the airplane and the solution to heavier-than-air travel on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to t...
Jan 31, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast After the US Civil War, the French historian Edouard de Laboulaye floated the idea of creating a large monument to honor the success of the United States in creating a democracy. Almost 20 years later, after significant time in fundraising, design, and construction, the new statue was unveiled to the public in New York Harbor. Since then, the gift of France has become a symbol not just of New York but of the United States and has inspired other similar statues around the world. Learn more about ...
Jan 30, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast On September 1 and 2 of 1859, people all over the world were treated to something quite rare. Auroras were seen in the skies as far south as the Caribbean and as far north as Brisbane, Australia. However, some astronomers and telegraph operators experienced something different. If this same event were to happen today, it might bring out society to its knees. Learn more about the Carrington Event and what it means for our modern world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to t...
Jan 29, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you were to call someone a snake oil salesman, it usually means they are trying to defraud someone, and more specifically, it often implies making false medical claims. But what exactly is snake oil, and why did it develop such a bad reputation, and why specifically do we use snake oil for such a negative metaphor? Learn more about snake oil and why we still reference it on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=S...
Jan 28, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the 17th century, the Netherlands was struck by the world’s first investment bubble. They weren’t investing in stocks or bonds, or real estate. They were investing in…..tulip bulbs. Tulip bulbs became a mania, and even common people were spending money on tulips. The price of some tulip bulbs rose so high that, at one point, a single bulb was worth ten times the annual salary of a laborer. Learn more about Tulipmania on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! ht...
Jan 27, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward signed a treaty with the Empire of Russia to purchase the territory of what would be called Alaska. The United States purchased it for 2 cents an acre. At the time, it was called one of the worst deals in American History. Today, it is considered the greatest bargain of all time. Learn more about the purchase of Alaska on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=...
Jan 26, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1978, a Soviet helicopter pilot flying over the forests of Siberia made an incredible discovery. Not far from the border of Mongolia, up the side of a mountain, he saw a clearing and signs of human habitation. The location was far removed from any other humans. In fact, it was almost 250 kilometers to the nearest human settlement. What they found there was astonishing. Learn more about the incredible Lykov Family on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https:...
Jan 25, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2,000 years ago the Han Empire in China and the Roman Empire in Europe were the two greatest empires in the world. Between them, they covered an enormous amount of the Earth’s land and a large percentage of the world’s population. But were these two great empires even aware of each other? If so, was there any contact between them? Find out how these two great ancient empires interacted with each other on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.co...
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