Everything Everywhere Daily
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Everything Everywhere Daily
Learn something new every day! Everything Everywhere Daily is a daily podcast for Intellectually Curious People. Host Gary Arndt tells the stories of interesting people, places, and things from around the world and throughout history. Gary is an accomplished world traveler, travel photographer, and...
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The History of the Bow and Arrow (Encore)
One of the most important inventions in human history was the bow and arrow.
A bow and arrow is a rather simple device, but it was a rev...
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Assuming everything goes well, sometime in late 2026, NASA’s next major space observatory will launch: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
Pocahontas
One of the most notable figures in early American history is Pocahontas.
Best known as the main character in Disney’s animated film Pocah...
Helium
Sitting at the far top right of the periodic table is the element helium.
Helium is the second-lightest and second-most abundant element...
Romance Languages
Almost a billion people in the world today speak a language that originated from Latin, aka a Romance Language.
Despite sharing the same...
The Luddites
At some point, you might have been called, or might have called someone else a Luddite, due to a refusal to adopt a new technology.
Nowad...
All About Dog Breeds
When looking at your neighbor's dachshund and your great dane, it is hard to believe that these dogs trace back to the same ancestors. Yet, this is tr...
The Manhattan Project (Encore)
During the Second World War, the United States embarked on one of the greatest science and engineering projects the world had ever seen.
...
Operation Bernhard
Wars can be fought in many different ways. Ultimately, they are resolved on the battlefield.
However, there are other ways to try to subd...
A Brief History of Neckties
One of the most ubiquitous items of clothing in formal and business attire is the necktie.
Yet even a cursory check of paintings from se...
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, better known as NASCAR, has become one of the most recognizable and uniquely American forms of mot...
The History of Nintendo
Nintendo is one of the most legendary video game companies in the world.
Many of you have probably owned a Nintendo system to play video...
The Year 1975
By 1975, the world had seen 25 years of radical change. The changes seen in the first half of the 20th century accelerated even faster. Empires ended,...
Questions and Answers: Volume 37
In the north, things are getting colder, snow is starting to fall, and the days are getting shorter.It is also the season for gift-giving.
Panama
Panama is best known as the location of the Panama Canal, the waterway that revolutionized international sea transportation.
However, the...
Italian vs German Fascism
Fascism is one of the most notorious political ideologies that shaped the 20th century.
Fascism is typically only thought of in tandem wi...
The Desecration of St. Denis (Encore)
The French Revolution was one of the most significant events in history.
It wasn’t just a political revolution where one government repl...
The Apollo 1 Disaster
In the early 1960s, the United States was always a step behind the Soviet Union in the space race.
By the mid-1960s, the Americans had c...
Imperial Units of Measure
Almost every country in the world uses the metric system…..almost.
There are still a few stragglers, like the United States, who use unit...
Roller Coasters
For over a century, people have enjoyed the thrill of visiting an amusement park and riding roller coasters.
The very first thing we can...
The Paraguayan War (Encore)
In the 1860s, one of the bloodiest wars in the Western Hemisphere took place….and it wasn’t the US Civil War.
It was a war between Parag...
The Ottoman Empire
One of the most important empires in history was the Ottoman Empire.
It wasn’t the biggest empire, but it had an outsized impact on the...
The Kokoda Track
In July 1942, Japanese forces landed on the north shore of the island of New Guinea
Their goal was to cross the island by land and take...
The Phoebus Cartel
Companies that sell products to the public have to follow a fine line.
On the one hand, they need to sell stuff to make money, and the w...
The Marshall Plan (Encore)
At the end of the Second World War, Europe was a mess. The economies of most countries were in shambles and the threat of communism loomed over the co...
Swiss Neutrality
There are several rules that should be followed when going to war:
Germany should never fight wars against the entire world
Hollow Nickel Case
In 1953, a newspaper delivery boy in Brooklyn, New York, made an odd discovery. One of his customers gave him a nickel that seemed lighter than the ot...
The V2 Rocket
The Second World War saw the development of many new weapons. Perhaps none was more terrifying than the development of long-range strategic rockets. <...
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was a U.S founding father who has been growing in popularity due to the popular musical Hamilton, by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The Fra Mauro Medieval World Map
Sometime around the year 1450, a monk living just outside of Venice created one of the greatest maps of the medieval world.
It was an en...
Borobudur
Located in Central Java, outside of the modern city of Yogyakarta, lies the world’s largest Buddhist temple, Borobudur.
Borobudur doesn’...
LEGO
Lego is one of the best-known toy brands in the world.
Known for its fun and complex building process, the small plastic bricks encourag...
Dubai
Just 60 years ago, Dubai was a sandy, underpopulated port on a minor creek emptying into the Persian Gulf.
Today, it is one of the most...
The World's Greatest Art Museums
For thousands of years, human beings have created works of art. Many of these works are commissioned by rulers, merchants, or religious leaders.
The Taiping Rebellion
In the mid-19th century, China experienced its greatest civil war.
It was a conflict that set China on a course that eventually led to C...
Cracking the Enigma Code (Encore)
During the Second World War, the Germans used what they thought was an uncrackable encryption system.
It was a really good encryption sy...
Kaliningrad
Located on the Baltic Sea, sandwiched between the nations of Lithuania and Poland, is the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
Kaliningrad, as...
The Year 1950
In the year 1950, the world was halfway through the 20th century.
In the 25 years prior, the world had seen the greatest economic downtu...
Compound Interest (Encore)
One of the most powerful forces in economics and finance is compound interest.
Not everyone understands compound interest, even though t...
The Sinking of the Lusitania
On May 7, 1915, nearly a year into the First World War, the British steamship RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat off the southern coast of Irel...