Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt
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Feb 15, 2022 • 11min

The Wonderful World of Stromatolites

Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/If you measure the success of a lifeform by how long they manage to exist on Earth, then by far the most successful forms of life have been stromatolites. Stromatolites aren’t the sexiest form of life. They still exist on Earth today, but if you have seen them, you might never have known it. In addition to having been around a long time, stromatolites are responsible for the entire world that we know today. Learn more about stromatolites, the oldest form of life on Earth, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.--------------------------------Associate 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/Twitter: 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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Feb 14, 2022 • 11min

Valentine's Day (Encore)

Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/Every February 14, people around the world celebrate Valentine’s Day. It is a day for everything heart-shaped, flowers, jewelry, candy, and romance. Why is this day the day dedicated to romance? What’s with the hearts? And who or what is a valentine?Is this all a giant conspiracy of greeting card manufacturers?Learn more about Saint Valentine’s Day on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.--------------------------------Associate 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/Twitter: 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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Feb 13, 2022 • 11min

Kennewick Man

Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/In 1996 two college students walking along the Columbia River in Washington State stumbled upon what turned out to be an ancient human skull. What they couldn’t have known was that their discovery would lead to a better understanding of how humans came to the Americas, as well as years of scientific, cultural, and political controversies. Learn more about Kennewick Man and how it roiled the world of paleontology and led to a massive controversy, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.--------------------------------Associate 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/Twitter: 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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Feb 12, 2022 • 13min

Swiss Mercenaries

Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/When most people think of Switzerland, they of small country embedded in the Alps that makes fine chocolates and is the home of the cuckoo clock.They have been neutral in European conflicts for almost 500 years and they serve as the headquarters for several international organizations. Yet, it was the Swiss who during the Renaissance were some of the most feared and in-demand mercenary fighters in Europe. Learn more about Swiss mercenaries and how they instilled fear into Europeans, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.--------------------------------Associate 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/Twitter: 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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Feb 11, 2022 • 9min

How Göbekli Tepe Changed History (Encore)

Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/In 1994, a German archeologist named Klaus Schmidt was investigating a site in southeastern Turkey which had been known to be a source of ancient stone tools. What he found was far greater. His discovery totally upended the world of archeology and has changed everything we thought we knew about early human civilization.Learn more about Göbekli Tepe and how it changed our views of early human civilization on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.--------------------------------Associate 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/Twitter: 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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Feb 10, 2022 • 12min

How Tides Work

Discover the fascinating world of ocean tides and their daily rhythm of highs and lows. Uncover the historical mysteries surrounding tidal movements and the moon's critical role in shaping them. Dive into the complexities of predicting tides and learn about the record tidal range in the Bay of Fundy. Explore the potential of harnessing tidal energy and how lunar and solar forces create unique tidal events. It's more than just water—it's a dynamic system with immense power!
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Feb 9, 2022 • 11min

The Travels of Ibn Battuta

Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/Prior to the modern era, very few people traveled anywhere. It was rare for anyone to travel more than about 20 miles from where they were born. However, there were a few people who managed to travel quite extensively. In particular, there was one man in the 14th century who might have traveled more than any other person up to that point in history. In fact, he was better traveled than even more people alive today.Learn more about Ibn Battuta and his extensive journeys around the known world, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.--------------------------------Associate 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/Twitter: 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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Feb 8, 2022 • 11min

A Brief History of New York City

Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/New York City has been called the city that never sleeps. It is the world center for finance, the location of the United Nations, and a center for fashion and entertainment. But why did this city become so important, and why did such an important city get founded where it is? Was it chance, was it history, or was it geography? Learn more about New York City, as much as is possible on a daily podcast, on this Episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.--------------------------------Associate 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/Twitter: 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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Feb 7, 2022 • 10min

Why Do Scandals End In "-gate"?

Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/I’m sure all of you are familiar with Watergate. You also might be familiar with Gamergate, Contragate, Pizzagate, Partygate, Chinagate, Deflategate, Sandpapergate, Winegate, and Chinagate. There are dozens and dozens more of these scandals which have all been named with the suffix -gate. But why do scandals get affixed with -gate in the English language, and where did the word originally come from?Learn more about scandals ending in -gate, and why this suffix came to denote a scandal, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.--------------------------------Associate 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/Twitter: 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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Feb 6, 2022 • 12min

The Birth of the Modern Olympic Games (Encore)

Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/Almost 2,800 years ago the Ancient Greeks held a sporting event every four years on Mount Olympus. The festival was part competition, part religious celebration, and it was considered so important that wars would come to a halt in honor of the games.Then in the 19th century, one man came up with the idea of bringing the games back to life. Learn more about the Modern Olympic Movement on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.--------------------------------Associate 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/Twitter: 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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