Many places on Earth have extreme climates. However, there is one place on Earth that has a climate so extreme that it is the closest thing to it might be on another planet. Despite having the most inhospitable and unforgiving climate on the planet, researchers have been shocked at what they’ve found there. Their discoveries might help pave the way to finding life outside of Earth. Learn more about the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, how they came to be, and what makes them so unique on this episode ...
Aug 21, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the Indiana Jones movies, Indiana is usually searching for a rare artifact with mystical powers while some other nefarious archeologist, usually a Nazi, is trying to find the artifact before Indy. Believe it or not, that trope of a Nazi archeologist looking for an item of incredible power actually has a kernel of truth to it. Sort of. Learn more about Otto Rahn and the real-life Nazi search for the Holy Grail on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Newspapers.c...
Aug 20, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast You’ve probably seen a movie or a TV show that took place in ancient Rome where gladiators fought in the coliseum or an amphitheater. At the end of the fight, the emperor or some other official would extend their thumb to see if the defeated gladiator would live or would die. But how accurate is that depiction of gladiatorial contests? Did gladiators always die in the arena? Did the emperor determine their fate? How exactly did the entire system work, and perhaps most important, why in the world...
Aug 19, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Despite having very different cultures and being separated by thousands of kilometers, Asia and Europe have been connected for thousands of years. Through a series of overland and sea trade routes, goods, ideas, and people were able to move from east to west and vice versa. These routes were responsible for some of history’s greatest cultural exchanges as well as some of its greatest disasters. Learn more about the Silk Road and how it shaped history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Dail...
Aug 18, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast All three of the holy books from great monotheistic faiths share a similar story about a Queen from a land in the south who traveled to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon. This queen, who is said to have come from a land called Sheba, held not only the fascination of Solomon but of people for almost 3000 years. But did she really exist, and if she did, where exactly did she come from? Learn more about the Queen of Sheba on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Newspape...
Aug 17, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast It is the most expensive substance in the world by a wide margin. When it was first proposed, it was actually done as a joke. However, decades later, the joke turned out to have been true. It is a fundamental part of the universe, and by all accounts, it should be everywhere, yet it can’t be found anywhere, and physicists aren’t really sure why. Learn more about antimatter, how it was discovered, and what it is on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Newspapers.co...
Aug 16, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Located in the South Pacific, squarely within the Polynesian Triangle, lies the Kingdom of Tonga. While there are many islands and several countries within that region, Tonga has a unique history among them. The Tongans were one of the most dominant cultures in the Pacific, ruled an extensive sea-based empire, and were one of the only people in the Pacific who were never technically colonized by Europeans. Learn more about the Kingdom of Tonga, its history, and its culture on this episode of Eve...
Aug 15, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the years immediately following the end of the Second World War, several of the scientists who took part in the Manhattan Project had an explosive idea. They wondered if we could harness the incredible power of atomic bombs and put them to use for peaceful purposes. In particular, what if we could use atomic bombs to literally blast ships into space? This idea went far further than you probably think it did. Learn more about Project Orion and the quite serious idea of blasting ships into spac...
Aug 14, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the middle ages, a legend persisted among Europeans that there was a Christian ruler in Asia, or Africa, who would come to join with European Christians to help fight Muslims in the Crusades. The only problem was that this distant Christian ruler didn’t exist. Yet, while the ruler was a fable, the story was actually based on some facts. Learn more about the legendary Prester John and how Europeans pinned their hopes on him on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Noom Noom is ...
Aug 13, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast One of the most popular board games in the world is Monopoly. Millions of copies of the game have been sold over thousands of different versions which have been published. However, the origins of the game are not what most people think. In fact, the game was originally designed not as a way for people to win by amassing properties but rather to demonstrate why that was a bad idea. Learn more about the surprising origins of Monopoly, one of the most popular board games in history, on this episode...
Aug 12, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gnaeus Pompeius was one of the most significant personalities during the late Roman Republic. He was considered a military wunderkind who, at an early age, was given great responsibilities and never failed to deliver victory. However, history remembers him not as the greatest Roman of his era but rather as a side player in the events which brought down the republic and, in the end, a loser on the battlefield. Learn more about the rise and fall of Pompey Magnus on this episode of Everything Every...
Aug 11, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the Dialogues written by Plato in the year 360 BC, he wrote of a place called Atlantis. Atlantis was a land where the citizens were half-gods and half-men, yet it was destroyed in a cataclysmic event. Ever since then people have been speculating about where Atlantis was and who the Atlantians were. Learn more about the history of Atlantis and the various theories of where it was and if it even existed on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Use the code “Everyt...
Aug 10, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1944, several months before the D-Day invasion, a group of Allied prisoners of war hatched one of the most audacious prison escapes in military history. Their prison camp was thought to be escape-proof, yet for almost a year, prisoners worked on tunnels right under the noses of their German guards. Then on the appointed night, a large group of men escaped in the largest prison break of the war. Learn more about Stalag Luft III and the Great Escape on this episode of Everything Everywhere Dail...
Aug 09, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sometimes over 3000 years ago, somewhere in Southwestern China, a leaf from the Camellia sinensis plant accidentally found its way into a pot of boiling water. Noticing that the leaf had turned the water a different color, some person unknown to history drank the concoction and found that it was good. That was the start of something which is today a globe-spanning multi-billion dollar industry that millions of people indulge in every day. Learn more about tea, its origins, and how it spread arou...
Aug 08, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the early 20th century, as automobiles became more and more popular, the need for a national system of roads in the United States became more evident. One of the suggested roads connected the city of Chicago, Illinois, on the Great Lakes, with the city of Los Angeles, California, on the Pacific Ocean. In 1926 the route was established, following paths and trails which had been used for centuries, and quickly found itself as a central object of popular culture. Learn more about Route 66, its h...
Aug 07, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast On August 15, 1977, for a period of 72 seconds, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence had its greatest moment. A signal was received like none other before or since. However, in the over 45 years since the signal was recorded, astronomers have been unable to relocate it or even figure out what it was. Learn more about the WOW! Signal, why it was important, and what it could have been, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Noom Noom is not just another diet or fitness ap...
Aug 06, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast As I do every month, I went to the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus to meet with the Augurs. I met an old priest, and I asked him, “Quo die est felicissimum?” He looked at a flock of birds that appeared to be flying in a circle. He saw a cloud float past the sun, and he noticed that the sacred chickens had paused in their eating. Having read the signs, he turned to me and said, “Primo Saturni in Augusta.” As getting advice from chickens and clouds can’t possibly be wrong, stay tuned for Questions &...
Aug 05, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast When people from prehistory created the first works of art on the walls of caves, they used the colors that they found around them. Almost all of the early cave art is drawn in black or dark red. As time progressed, humans figured out how to create more colors and they began using them in more and different ways. However, some colors were very difficult to create and those who could do it became fabulously rich. Learn more about colors in the ancient world and how early humans developed dyes and...
Aug 04, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Located at the narrowest point in the Strait of Malacca, one of the most strategically important points on Earth is the nation of Singapore. Singapore is unlike most other countries in the world for a host of reasons, including how it was created and the fact that it is one of the few remaining city-states. Since its founding as an independent country, they have experienced one of the greatest economic success stories in history and a host of problems that are unique to the country. Learn more a...
Aug 03, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Whenever there is a lottery, the odds of winning are given. If you go to a pizzeria, they might tell you the number of possible pizzas that can be made, given their toppings. If you have a combination lock, it is secured because of the number of different solutions that are possible. All of these things might seem different, but they are all part of the same branch of mathematics. Learn more about Permutations and Combinations and how they work on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Spo...
Aug 02, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast You’ve probably seen footage of a rocket launch. There is a bunch of smoke and fire as the rocket lifts off to begin its flight to achieve an altitude and velocity which will get it into orbit. It works, but it requires a lot of energy to get even a small amount of mass into the Earth’s orbit. What if there was a way to travel into space that didn’t require a rocket? What if going into Earth orbit could be just as easy as going up to the top floor of a skyscraper? Learn more about space elevator...
Aug 01, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the movie Forrest Gump, one man finds himself at the center of historical events, encountering famous people over the course of decades. While Forrest Gump was fictitious, there have been people who have served as a nexus at certain places and times in history. One such person existed in the early 20th century, and her life intersected with several important figures in the world of art in Central Europe…. three of them she married. Learn more about the incredible life of Alma Margaretha Marie...
Jul 31, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a war erupted in the world of video technology. Two competing video tape formats fought to gain supremacy in the market. In the end, one format crushed the other and was left as the victor. However, legend holds that the inferior format was actually the victorious one. Learn more about Betamax vs. VHS videotape wars and if the inferior technology actually won on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth beh...
Jul 30, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Located on the island of Honshu, in the middle of the Japanese archipelago, lies one of the most important and iconic places in all of Japan, Mount Fuji. Mount Fuji has held an important place in Japanese culture for centuries as both an important site in the native Japanese Shinto religion and as a subject for artists. Today Mount Fuji remains an important site for tourism and a subject for modern art forms such as manga comics. Learn more about Mount Fuji, its history, and its significance on ...
Jul 29, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the year 480 BC, one of the most famous battles in history took place on the shore of the Malian Gulf in the Aegean Sea. Several thousand Greeks held back several hundred thousand Persians in a battle that is still remembered 2,500 years later. While the Greeks lost the battle, they did ultimately win the war. Learn more about the Battle of Thermopylae and the 300 hundred Spartans on the 300th episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popula...
Jul 28, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Having lost the race to the Moon, the Soviet space program decided to go in a different direction. If they couldn’t be first on the moon, then they could take the lead in the area of endurance in space and the development of space stations. In 1971 they launched the world’s first space station, and the crew of three cosmonauts who inhabited the station set the record for the longest time in space. Their accomplishments in space, however, were overshadowed by what happened on their return to Eart...
Jul 27, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Every day, millions of people around the world hit the links to play a round of golf. The very best at the game are able to earn millions of dollars a year as professionals. However, this global recreational and competitive sport has origins that most people aren’t aware of, dating back even earlier than its generally recognized origin Learn more about the history of golf and how it became the sport that it is today on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find...
Jul 26, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Centuries before the arrival of Europeans, one of the greatest civilizations in the Americas rose and fell. They left behind them a rich legacy of roads and construction. They had a system of writing as well as a highly developed system of mathematics and astronomy. However, this advanced civilization suddenly ended. The people who made up the civilization never left, but their cultural and political institutions fell apart, and many of their cities were abandoned. Learn more about the Maya Civi...
Jul 25, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast For thousands of years, wine has been one of the most important beverages in the world. It has been consumed by common folk and by emperors, and it can be made in a surprisingly wide variety of geographies. It can be made by backyard vintners as well as by megacorporations. It is so important that it plays a central role in some religions, yet it is completely banned by others. Learn more about the history of wine and winemaking and how it has changed over the centuries on this episode of Everyt...
Jul 24, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In June 1942, American and Japanese naval forces squared off in what was to become a decisive naval battle of the war in the Pacific. The fleets, dominated by aircraft carriers, met just off the coast of a remote coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean known as Midway Island. The battle was unlike any battle before or since in naval history, and it turned out to be the turning point in the war in the Pacific. Learn more about the Battle of Midway and how it changed the course of the war and the history...
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