Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt
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Jan 8, 2023 • 11min

The Antikythera Mechanism (Encore)

In the year 1900, a crew of sponge divers was looking for sponges off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera. While they were searching, they found the remains of an ancient shipwreck.The wreck contained over 30 marble statues, pieces of glasswork, and one corroded metal object that no one could identify.75 years later, using new technology, they discovered what that hunk of metal was designed for.Learn more about the Antikythera Mechanism and how it forever changed our views of the ancient world, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhereFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 7, 2023 • 14min

Carbon: Can't Live Without It

Discover why carbon is the essential building block of life, with its unique ability to form diverse compounds. Learn about the fascinating properties of carbon allotropes like diamonds, graphite, and graphene, and their potential in technology. Delve into the role of carbon in organic chemistry and the search for extraterrestrial life, revealing its significance beyond our planet. The discussion highlights the challenges and future prospects of carbon-based technologies, making it clear that carbon is intertwined with every aspect of life and innovation.
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Jan 6, 2023 • 13min

Questions and Answers: Volume 3

Ladies and Gentlemen of the podcast audience, I would like you to consider Chewbacca. Chewbacca is an 8-foot-tall Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the moon of Endor.Why would a Wookiee, an 8-foot-tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor with a bunch of 2-foot-tall Ewoks?It makes no sense. Why am I talking about Chewbacca in the introduction of this podcast? It makes no sense. Soooo, let's do questions and answers volume 3 on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhereFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 5, 2023 • 12min

The Speaker of the House of Representatives

The United States Congres is divided into two houses. The larger of the two houses, the House of Representatives, is led by a single representative known as the Speaker of the House.The duties and powers of the Speaker of the House have changed since the office was established in 1789 as they are entirely determined by the members of the House of Representatives itself.Learn more about the Speaker of the House, the duties of the position, and its history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhereFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 4, 2023 • 13min

The City of Troy and the Trojan War

Sometime about 3,200 years ago, one of the most famous wars in ancient history took place. Maybe.It has been the subject of some of the greatest works of western literature, and it has given us some of the most enduring cultural references. It was also the subject of one of the greatest archeological finds of the 19th century.Learn more about the city of Troy and the Trojan War on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhereFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 3, 2023 • 11min

The Zone of Death

What if I told you there is a place within the borders of the United States where, theoretically, you could get away with murder scot-free?No matter what you did, a jury of your peer wouldn’t convict you because you could never convene a jury.According to at least one legal scholar, such a place does exist, and it is due to a loophole in the US Constitution.Learn more about the zone of death and the theoretical place where you could get away with murder on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhereFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 2, 2023 • 13min

Why Are There No Flying Cars?

When airplanes were developed in the early 20th century, the technology developed rapidly. Within a matter of a couple of decades, aviation had become a norm for transporting people and delivering mail. As flight technology kept improving, people assumed that it would keep improving to the point where everyone would own their own personal airplanes.…except that never happened. Learn more about why we don’t have flying cars and how all the predictions were wrong on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhereFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 1, 2023 • 12min

New Year's Traditions

Every year, people around the world ring in the New Year. How they do this, however, can differ radically from place to place. New Year’s traditions tend to be even more varied than Christmas celebrations.As with Christmas, traditions involve drinks, food, and rituals, but usually with a lot more noise and staying up later. Learn more about traditions surrounding how we ring in the New Year on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes--------------------------------Executive Producer: Darcy AdamsAssociate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhereFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 31, 2022 • 10min

Why Does the Year Start on January 1? (Encore)

New Year’s Day is not only the day we turn over a new year on the calendar, but also a day where people start resolutions, companies begin new budgets, and everyone screws up writing checks. While documenting our trips around the sun makes perfect sense, why do we use this day, January 1, as the starting point for our calendar years? Why not some other date?Learn more about how January 1st became the start of the new year on this Episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhereFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 30, 2022 • 19min

The Sight and Sound Decadal Film Survey

What is the greatest movie ever made?It seems like a highly subjective question that is impossible to answer. However, in 1952 the magazine of the British Film Institute took it upon itself to come up with an answer to the question. They surveyed an international group of film professionals to ask them what they thought the greatest films of all time were.They have conducted the survey every decade for the last 70 years. Learn more about the Sight and Sound Decadal Survey and the greatest movies of all time on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes--------------------------------Executive Producer: Charles DanielAssociate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhereUpdate your podcast app at newpodcastapps.comDiscord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFhInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhereFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredailyTwitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretripWebsite: https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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