

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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Mar 15, 2025 • 13min
Betamax vs. VHS (Encore)
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 worse technology actually won on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors
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Mar 14, 2025 • 14min
The Cardiff Giant
In 1869, the world was shocked by a discovery that was made outside of the town of Cardiff, New York. Two workers discovered what was claimed to be the remains of a 10 foot tall, petrified human being. The claim set off a fiery debate between those who thought it was proof of the Bible and those who just thought it was a long lost statue. It turned out, neither group was correct. Learn more about the Cardiff Giant and one of the biggest hoaxes of the 19th century on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors
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Mar 13, 2025 • 15min
Lunar Eclipses
For as long as humans have been watching the night sky, they noticed that every so often, during a full moon, the moon would briefly go dark, or at least change color. They often created mythical explanations for the event.Eventually, this ancient people began to record its occurrences and were able to calculate when it would happen. As we learned more about the universe, the explanation for the moon changing became less mythical and more scientific, but it was still a sight to behold.Learn more about lunar eclipses and how they work on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors
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Mar 12, 2025 • 15min
The Crossbow
One of the most devastating weapons in the medieval world was the crossbow. It evolved from early hand-held projectile weapons into a powerful tool of warfare that shaped battles for centuries.It was one of the few weapons powerful enough to stop a fully armored knight.Yet, despite its power, it wasn’t necessarily the most powerful ranged weapon on a battlefield and when something better came along, it was quickly replaced.Learn more about the crossbow and how it influenced history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors
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Mar 11, 2025 • 14min
Emperor Claudius (Encore)
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known to history as Claudius, was the fourth Emperor of Rome. Of the emperors that came before him and all those who came after him, he was the most unlikely of emperors. Up until the moment he became emperor, no one during his entire life seriously thought of him as emperor material. When he became emperor, he surprised everyone. Learn more about Emperor Claudius and his surprising rise to power on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors
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Mar 10, 2025 • 15min
Messier Objects
In the 18th century, a French astronomer who was a regular comet hunter kept finding things in the sky that weren’t comets, but they also weren’t stars or planets. He created a list of these objects, not because he was trying to catalog the night sky, but rather to help other comet hunters avoid these common objects.It turned out his list consisted of some of the most incredible objects inside and outside of our galaxy.Learn more about Messier Objects, how they were documented and what they are on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors
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Mar 9, 2025 • 15min
Primate and Global Cities
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Mar 8, 2025 • 17min
Artificial Turf
In 1965, the world’s first full enclosed sports facility, the Houston Astrodome, was opened to the public. The Astrodome itself was a marvel of engineering, but because it was enclosed, the grass that was initially planted soon died. It was replaced with artificial grass, which was basically a synthetic carpet that looked like grass but played and behaved totally differently. Today, the next generations of that artificial grass can be found in stadiums all over the world.Learn more about artificial turf, how it was created and improved over time on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors
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Mar 7, 2025 • 14min
Hydropower
For thousands of years, humans have used the power of water to do work for them. At first, it was very simple, then it gradually evolved to more complex and more efficient devices to harness the power of water. Eventually, we were able to harness some of the world’s largest rivers to produce incredible amounts of power for millions of people. Despite the advanced hydropower systems that exist today, there are still small-scale uses available as well. Learn more about how humanity has harnessed the power of water on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors
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Mar 6, 2025 • 13min
The Maginot Line (Encore)
After the First World War in France, many generals thought that the end of the war was really just a pause before another war began. They wanted to make sure that the next time war broke out with Germany, they were ready and could never be invaded again. To that end, they created a series of defensive fortifications they believed to be impregnable. Spoiler alert: it didn’t work. Learn more about the Maginot Line, why it was built, and why it failed on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sponsors
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