When we think of what made human beings into human beings, one of the first things which come up is the discovery of fire. The control and use of fire is one of the earliest things which our ancestors did, which separated us from other apes and began us on the path to becoming modern podcast-listening humans. Learn more about how humans came to use fire on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popular, bizarre legends. Expedition Unkno...
Jul 22, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Some of the things we use every day were invented in the distant past. Other things were invented quite recently. However, there is a category of inventions that have been known forever, but no one ever had any practical use for it until recently. Learn more about the elevator and how it helped create the modern world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popular, bizarre legends. Expedition Unknown, a podcast from Discovery, chroni...
Jul 21, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you have ever looked at a map of the Caribbean, you might have noticed that the tiny islands in the Lesser Antilles consist of a whole bunch of tiny, independent countries. All of these countries became independent around the same time and got their independence from the same country: Great Britain. Given their common history and location, why are they a bunch of separate tiny countries rather than one larger one? Learn more about the West Indies and their modern history on this episode of Ev...
Jul 20, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast From August 15 to August 20, in the year 636, one of the most important battles in history took place. The participants in the battle couldn’t have known it, but the results of that battle would shape world history for the next 1400 years. Much of the geography of the world today, can be traced back to the results from those six days. Learn more about the Battle of Yarmouk, one of the most important battles in world history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unk...
Jul 19, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Located approximately 560 miles or 900 kilometers off the coast of Ecuador lies a chain of islands that are like no other in the world. These islands have been instrumental to our understanding of both biology and geology and remain a place of intense scientific study today. In addition to scientists, it draws tourists, photographers, and even podcasters, from all over the world. Learn more about the Galapagos Islands and what makes them so special on this Episode of Everything Everywhere Daily....
Jul 18, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Almost 2000 years ago, after conquering most of the island of Great Britain, Roman forces established a settlement at a strategically narrow point on the Thames River. Since its establishment, the city has grown dramatically, at one point having secured the title of the largest city in the world. Today it is one of the world’s most important cities, is an international hub for finance, and it is the capital of the United Kingdom. Learn more about the history of London and how it went from a Roma...
Jul 17, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast The universe is billions of years old. If, in the future, humanity were to explore the galaxy and visit other planets around other stars, we might be visiting places where at one time, an advanced civilization once existed. However, if such a civilization existed, it might have been millions of years in the past. If that was the case, how would we even know that it existed? Also, what if we ask that same question of Earth rather than of alien worlds? Learn more about the Silurian Hypothesis on t...
Jul 16, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust. However, titanium is not even remotely close to the ninth most common element in industrial or commercial use. In fact, despite being so abundant, we didn’t even know titanium existed until the late 18th century, and we couldn’t figure out how to actually practically use it until the 1960s. It is a remarkable metal with amazing properties that is still incredibly hard to work with. Learn more about titanium, the amazing yet diffic...
Jul 15, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On December 22, 1808, concertgoers in Vienna, Austria, witnessed a significant event in music history. Ludwig van Beethoven held a concert where he debuted several of his greatest works in one program. While the concert has gone down as one of the most important in history, the conditions during the concert and actual performance was….. sub-par. Learn more about the concert of December 22, 1808, aka the Greatest Concert of All Time, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedi...
Jul 14, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Unquestionably, the most popular clothing innovation of the last 150 years has been blue jeans. They can be found all over the world, yet they have become synonymous with American culture. While modern blue jeans are definitely American, their origin actually goes back centuries earlier to Europe. Learn more about the history of blue jeans and how they became so popular on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popular, bizarre legends....
Jul 13, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known to history as Claudius, was the fourth Emperor of Rome. Of the emperors that came before him and all those who came after him, he was the most unlikely of emperors. Up until the moment he became emperor, no one during his entire life seriously thought of him as emperor material. When he became emperor, he surprised everyone. Learn more about Emperor Claudius and his surprising rise to power on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponso...
Jul 12, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast One of the biggest questions that humanity has asked is, “Are we alone in the universe?” The possibility that there are other civilizations that we could one day communicate with has tantalized people for years. However, before we can answer that question, there are other simpler questions that we need to answer, such as, is life even possible outside of Earth? The place where we might be able to answer that question is in our own backyard. Learn more about if there is extraterrestrial life in o...
Jul 11, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In early 1947, a teenage Bedouin herder was looking for a lost goat from his flock when he came upon a cave near the Dead Sea. Randomly, he threw a stone into the cave and was surprised to hear not the sound of the stone hitting a cave wall but rather the breaking of pottery. He found a collection of clay jars, some of which were still sealed, containing scrolls wrapped in linen. This accidental discovery began one of the greatest archeological discoveries of the 20th century. Learn more about t...
Jul 10, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Everyone knows that Europe is one of the seven continents in the world, right? Well, there is actually a problem with that. For starters, where exactly does Europe end and Asia begin? On top of that, there is more than one Europe. While there is a geographic Europe, there is also a political, economic, and cultural Europe, and every one of those is slightly different from the other. Learn more about the differences between Europe, the EU, the Eurozone, and the Schengen Zone on this episode of Ev...
Jul 09, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 3,110,400 seconds ago, you, the listeners of this podcast, asked me questions, and I, in turn, provided you with answers. Now 3,110,400 seconds later, we find ourselves again in a similar palace. You have questions, and I, too, have answers. …and once again, the endless dance of questions and answers continues. Stay tuned for Questions & Answers: Volume 8 on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popular, bizarre legends. Expedition Unk...
Jul 08, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast One of the most widely spoken languages in the world is Chinese. In addition to being one of the most popular languages in the world, it also has some of the oldest roots and, in many respects, is completely different from every other language spoken today. But when we refer to the Chinese language, what exactly are we even referring to? Can we even say that there is a language called Chinese? Learn more about the Chinese languages and what makes them unique on this episode of Everything Everywh...
Jul 07, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Almost every single person listening to this podcast right now is doing so on some sort of personal computing device. Many of the things that we consider part of a modern personal computer, windows, hyperlinks, a mouse, and a text editor, all were released upon the world in a single 90-minute demo in 1968. The ideas were so advanced it would take over two decades before most of them found themselves in everyone’s homes. Learn more about the Mother of All Demos and the birth of personal computing...
Jul 06, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the world of sports, some things take place all the time. You will see some of the same things happen in every game or match. However, there are some things that almost never occur. Things that are so rare and unexpected that if you find yourself as a spectator to such an event, you can consider yourself lucky. Some of these events are so rare they might only happen once a decade or even once a century. Learn more about the rarest feats in sports on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily...
Jul 05, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast The American flag is something that is recognized around the world. The flag isn’t just flown on flag poles, but it is on clothing, lapel pins, and bumper stickers, and it is used as a backdrop for all manner of politicians. However, there hasn’t been just one American flag. In fact, in the almost 250 years the United States has been in existence, they have switched flags, on average, almost once a decade. Learn more about the history of the American flag and its many iterations on this episode ...
Jul 04, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Located in the city of Agra in the state of Uttar Pradesh sits the most iconic building in India, the Taj Mahal. In many ways, the Taj Mahal has become a symbol of India. You will find its image and name on Indian restaurants and businesses around the world. But how did this building become so iconic, why was it built in the first place, and what was the purpose that it was supposed to serve? Learn more about the Taj Mahal and its history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors ...
Jul 03, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the 7th century, the world saw the rise of one of the most important religious and political forces in history: Islam. Springing forth from the Arabian Peninsula, within a matter of years, the Islamic Caliphate had become one of the largest empires on Earth. Much of that growth was due to one man. He wasn’t a religious leader, and he wasn’t the head of the empire. He was one of the greatest military leaders in history. Learn more about Khalid Ibn al-Walid, the Sword of Allah, on this episode ...
Jul 02, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Every July 1, the people of Canada celebrate their national holiday of Canada Day. The day dates back over 150 years, and despite what many people think, the day isn’t exactly Canadian Independence Day. Also, for most of the time the day has been celebrated, it wasn’t even called Canada Day, which can provide an insight as to what the day was originally celebrating. Learn more about Canada Day, its origins, and how it is celebrated on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedit...
Jul 01, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Of all the billions of people who have spoken English, one person has probably impacted the language more than any other. The person who is considered the greatest playwright in the language is also responsible for adding more words and phrases than anyone else. His impact on the language is due not only to his skill and output as a writer but also to the fact that he wrote his works when modern English was being created. Learn more about the word and phrases which came to us from William Shakes...
Jun 30, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Everyone knows that Neil Armstrong was the first person to step foot on the moon. But who was the last person on the moon? And why haven’t we ever sent anyone back to the moon? Learn more about the last person to set foot on the moon and the past, present, and future of lunar exploration, or the lack thereof, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popular, bizarre legends. Expedition Unknown, a podcast from Discovery, chronicles the ...
Jun 29, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast For the last 250 years, there has been a problem in the world of mathematics. There is a good argument to be made that we have been doing it wrong. We have been teaching it in a way that has been unnecessarily confusing and complicated, and we have been causing generations of students unnecessary headaches. Learn more about Tau and why it is better to use than pi on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popular, bizarre legends. Expedi...
Jun 28, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Most people probably don’t think of Iceland when they think of the Second World War. They wouldn’t be wrong for doing so because Iceland wasn’t a belligerent country. However, that doesn’t mean Iceland didn’t have a role to play. The location of the island gave it a strategic importance that made both sides of the conflict pay attention to it. Learn more about Operation Fork, Operation Ikarus, and the role of Iceland in the Second World War on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsor...
Jun 27, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 74,000 years ago, the Earth suffered the greatest natural disaster that it has seen in the last several million years. A supervolcano erupted in what is today the country of Indonesia. In addition to completely changing the Earth’s climate for years, it may have pushed a species known as Homo Sapiens to the brink of extinction. Learn more about the Toba Eruption and how it might have almost spelled the end for humanity on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown F...
Jun 26, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sometimes the most important things are things we don’t even want to think about let alone talk about. The issue of handling and removing human waste and dirty water is one such problem that has confronted humans since the dawn of time. The elimination of waste and excess water was one of the fundamental things which allowed cities to grow all over the world. Learn more about sewers…..yep, I’m doing an episode on sewers, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown...
Jun 25, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Straddling the border of Switzerland and France is the largest scientific instrument ever created. It sits in a tunnel 27 kilometers or 17 miles long, at points, it rests 175 meters or 574 feet below the surface, and it cost a whopping €7.5 billion. It consists of thousands of powerful magnets and a vacuum chamber and uses a great deal of energy. With it we can probe the secrets of the basic particles that make up the universe. Learn more about the Large Hadron Collider, how it works, and why it...
Jun 24, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the mid-12th century, England was in chaos. The king of England, Henry I, died without an heir. The country was divided between forces loyal to his daughter, Matilda, and his nephew, Stephen. For almost two decades, armed conflicts resulted in a breakdown of law and order and central authority. Learn more about The Anarchy, how it began, and how it ended on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popular, bizarre legends. Expedition U...
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