Everything Everywhere Daily
Gary Arndt
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 polymath. Topics covered include history, science, mathematics, anthropology, archeology, geography, and culture. Past history episodes have dealt with ancient Rome, Phoenicia, Persia, Greece, China, Egypt, and India. as well as historical leaders such as Julius Caesar, Emperor Augustus, Sparticus, and the Carthaginian general Hannibal.Geography episodes have covered Malta, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Monaco, Luxembourg, Vatican City, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, the Isle of Man, san marino, Namibia, the Golden Gate Bridge, Montenegro, and Greenland.Technology episodes have covered nanotechnology, aluminum, fingerprints, longitude, qwerty keyboards, morse code, the telegraph, radio, television, computer gaming, Episodes explaining the origin of holidays include Memorial Day, April Fool’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, May Day, Christmas, Ramadan, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Canada Day, the Fourth of July, Famous people in history covered in the podcast include Salvador Dali, Jim Thorpe, Ada Lovelace, Jessie Owens, Robert Oppenheimer, Picasso, Isaac Newton, Attila the Hun, Lady Jane Grey, Cleopatra, Sun Yat Sen, Houdini, Tokyo Rose, William Shakespeare, Queen Boudica, Empress Livia, Marie Antoinette, the Queen of Sheba, Ramanujan, and Zheng He.
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Feb 18, 2023 • 14min
Artificial Sweeteners
In 1879, Constantin Fahlberg, a chemist at Johns Hopkins University, made an astonishing discovery. He was conducting experiments with coal tar when he forgot to wash his hands. When he started eating lunch, he noticed something odd. His fingers tasted sweet. Fahlberg’s discovery was the start of a century-long pursuit to create alternatives to sugar.Learn more about artificial sweeteners, how they were developed, and how they work 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 17, 2023 • 10min
The 27th Amendment (Encore)
The American constitution was written in 1787, but there was a mechanism built in to amend and change the document. Since 1787 the Constitution has been amended 27 times, most recently in 1992. The most recent amendment, however, had a path to ratification, which was far different than any other of the 26 before it. Learn more about the 27th amendment and the very circuitous route it took to ratification 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2023 • 14min
The Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770, one of the major events leading up to the American Revolution occurred. A confrontation between Boston civilians and British soldiers resulted in the deaths of five Americans. While the events of that day helped spur the cause of American independence, the events which happened after helped determine what kind of country it was to be.Learn more about the Boston Massacre, its causes, and its aftermath 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2023 • 12min
Magnetic Pole Reversal
Once every 450,000 years or so, the Earth undergoes a radical transformation. The planet’s magnetic field will literally flip. The north pole becomes the south pole and vice versa. Despite the fact that we know this has happened many times in the Earth’s history, we really don’t know what would happen if the poles were to reverse today.Learn more about when the Earth’s magnetic poles reverse 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 14, 2023 • 11min
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
The podcast dives into the Dunning-Kruger Effect, a cognitive bias where people overestimate their abilities. An amusing anecdote about clueless bank robbers sets the stage, illustrating the importance of recognizing this bias. Research highlights how less knowledgeable individuals misjudge their skills, while the more competent have a clearer grasp of their limits. Travel experiences, especially with the Peranakan culture, underscore the value of intellectual humility and the realization of personal ignorance.
Feb 13, 2023 • 12min
The Thirty Years’ War
17th-century Europe was witness to one of the longest and most brutal wars in human history. The conflict lasted over a generation and was responsible for the deaths of up to half the population in some countries. When it finally ended, it resulted in a new geopolitical order, which, for the most part, still exists today.Learn more about the Thirty Years’ War, one of the bloodiest wars in 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 12, 2023 • 10min
The Super Bowl (Encore)
One day every year, the United States celebrates its biggest non-official holiday: Super Bowl Sunday. The championship game of the National Football League is almost always the biggest television audience of the year, and one of the most expensive tickets for any sporting event. However, it wasn’t always that way. In fact, it wasn’t even called the Super Bowl.Learn more about the Super Bowl and how it became so big 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 11, 2023 • 11min
Vitamin D
Of all the vitamins and nutrients which are required by the human body, there are 13 of which that are considered essential nutrients. That means they can’t be produced within our bodies.One of those vitamins can be produced in our bodies, but it requires a little bit of help to make it. It is a vital component of human health, yet an enormous percentage of the world is deficient in it. Learn more about Vitamin D, aka the Sunshine Vitamin, 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 10, 2023 • 12min
Neptune
Discover the captivating tale of Neptune's discovery, starting from Galileo's early telescope views to its confirmation by astronomers in 1846. Uncover the intriguing story behind naming this icy giant after the Roman god of the sea. Voyager 2's groundbreaking flyby in 1989 revealed Neptune's secrets, sparking excitement for future missions. Delve into its unique characteristics and the debates surrounding its classification in the solar system, highlighting the ongoing mysteries of this distant planet.
Feb 9, 2023 • 13min
The Cult of Reason
The French Revolution sparked not just political change but a social upheaval against the Catholic Church. Discover the bold attempt to establish the 'Cult of Reason,' a state-imposed belief system unlike any other. The podcast delves into Enlightenment ideals that inspired revolutionary reforms and the chaotic rise of anti-clerical sentiments. As dramatic events unfolded, including the September Massacre, the quest for a secular society ultimately faced challenges, leading to a return to Catholicism under Napoleon.
