Everything Everywhere Daily

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 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.

Episodes

The Fundamental Forces of Nature

July 12, 2025 • 16 mins
Everything in the universe, from galaxies to the atoms in your body, is driven by just a few fundamental forces.  It took centuries for physicists to identify these forces, but once identified, they believed that some of these forces were merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon.  Once they realized this, some physicists felt that all the forces in nature could be explained by a single theory of everythin...
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The Gulf of Tonkin Incident (Encore)

July 11, 2025 • 15 mins
In August of 1964, an event occurred off the waters of North Vietnam that would have repercussions that would echo in US foreign policy for decades.  Two alleged confrontations between US Navy vessels and North Vietnamese ships set off a chain of events that resulted in a dramatic escalation in the United States’ involvement in Vietnam and a subsequent backlash that would change military policy to the present day.  Learn more abo...
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The Haitian Revolution

July 10, 2025 • 19 mins
Between 1791 and 1804, the only successful slave rebellion in human history occurred. The revolution was an insurrection of enslaved Africans against French colonial rule in the Caribbean colony of Saint-Dominge.  The success of the revolution led to the establishment of a free state known as Haiti. Yet, despite achieving their freedom, the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution has led to long-term problems that plague the country...
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Fabergé Eggs

July 9, 2025 • 16 mins
In 1885, the Russian Tsar Alexander III commissioned an Easter gift for his wife. It was a rather unusual gift. He asked one of the finest goldsmiths in the country to create a jeweled egg. However, it wasn’t just to be an expensive bauble. Inside the egg was to be another exquisite surprise.  This began a tradition that would last for over 30 years and resulted in some of the finest and most valuable decorative works of art in ...
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Transistors

July 8, 2025 • 16 mins
One of the most important inventions of the 20th century was the transistor.  Prior to the transistor, electronic devices were large and bulky and dependent on vacuum tubes.  Vacuum tubes were large, fragile, power-hungry, and prone to failure. The transistor not only replaced the vacuum tube in many applications but also enabled the miniaturization and reliability required for modern electronics, including computers, phones, and...
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The Peloponnesian War

July 7, 2025 • 16 mins
In the 5th century BC, the Greek world found itself in the middle of one of its greatest wars. This wasn’t one of their existential conflicts against the Persians; this was a war of Greeks against Greeks.  An alliance of city-states led by Athens fought a coalition led by Sparta for control of the Greek world.  Over nearly 30 years, the two city-states fought for supremacy, leaving a lasting impact on the Greek world. Learn more...
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Madame la Guillotine

July 6, 2025 • 16 mins
The Guillotine has become infamous for being the main weapon utilized during the Reign of Terror and a modern symbol of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.   It has been responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people since its invention in April of 1792. Of all the ways to execute people, why did they create an elaborate contraption when simpler methods were available? Learn more about the guillotine, why i...
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LEDs: Light Emitting Diodes (Encore)

July 5, 2025 • 15 mins
One of the most important inventions in human history was artificial lighting.With the electric lightbulb, the night could be illuminated, allowing people to extend the productive hours in a day and to work in places that were otherwise difficult or impossible.  While the incandescent bulb was a breakthrough, it wasn’t actually very efficient. It wouldn’t be until decades later that a radically more efficient way of producing arti...
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The Chinese Communist Revolution

July 4, 2025 • 16 mins
The 19th Century wasn’t a good one for China. It was marked by the nation being taken advantage of by foreign powers and the signing of lopsided treaties.  The 20th Century started out promising, but eventually devolved into a series of warlords and a civil war between two major forces for control of the country, on top of the Japanese occupation of most of the country.  When the dust settled in 1949, the victors were the Communi...
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Michigan vs Ohio

July 3, 2025 • 16 mins
Michigan and Ohio are two states renowned for their intense rivalry.  When you think of the rivalry between the two states, you may automatically think of the rivalry between the University of Michigan and Ohio State on the football field.  However, their rivalry extends far beyond that. In 1835 and 1836, the two states came close to going to war over a border dispute.  The results of that dispute can still be seen on the map t...
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Questions and Answers: Volume 32

July 2, 2025 • 17 mins
The months of the year are named after Roman god, and some are named after their placement in the year. However, the first month to be named after an actual person was the month of July, which was named after Julius Caesar.  What is surprising isn’t that the name of the month has stuck for over 2000 years, it's that more rulers didn’t try to name months of the year after themselves.  Many more rulers would have done this if they ...
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Fifth Anniversary Episode

July 1, 2025 • 15 mins
Five years ago today, I published the first episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.  Since then, I’ve published over 1,800 episodes, written close to 3,000,000 words, and had my podcast episodes downloaded almost 50,000,000 times.  In the process of doing all of that, I’ve learned a lot about this show and this audience and where it fits in the bigger scheme of things.  Learn more about Everything Everywhere Daily on the 5th ann...
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Marcus Licinius Crassus

June 30, 2025 • 15 mins
Marcus Licinius Crassus was the richest man in the Roman Republic.  His wealth bought him power and influence, but it couldn’t buy him everything. His massive wealth couldn’t give him the respect and authority that came from victory on the battlefield.  His desperate attempt to achieve this glory led to his spectacular demise and ultimately the fall of the Roman Republic.  Learn more about Crassus and his stunning rise and fall ...
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Central Park (Encore)

June 29, 2025 • 15 mins
In the 19th century, New York City was one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.  However, it was still a very young city, and as such, the city’s leaders were able to take a step back and plan what exactly they wanted the future of the city to be.  What they decided was that the city needed a park. Not just any park, but a great park that took up an enormous part of Manhattan Island.  Learn more about Central Park and how...
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The Sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff

June 28, 2025 • 15 mins
On the evening of January 30, 1945, the deadliest shipwreck in human history occurred.  Most of you might be aware of the sinking of the Titanic or the Lusitania, yet you’ll have never heard of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff.  With a death toll 4 to 6 times worse than the Titanic, the maritime disaster has been all but forgotten today. Why has history forgotten about the world’s greatest maritime disaster? Learn more about the sinking ...
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Undersea Fiber Optic Cables

June 27, 2025 • 15 mins
For many of you listening to the sound of my voice right now, the audio originated from a digital file that was transported across the globe at the speed of light on fiber-optic cables.  The fiber optic cables, which crisscross the oceans, create a network that unites the entire globe. Almost all the telephone calls, text messages, web pages, streaming videos, and podcasts that travel around the world do so through undersea fiber ...
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The Republic of Ghana

June 26, 2025 • 16 mins
Located in the heart of West Africa is the nation of Ghana. Ghana is a medium-sized country in terms of both population and area, but for West Africa, it has multiple distinctions and firsts which set it apart from the rest of the region.  Its course since independence has taken it down a path that in some ways has been very similar to other African countries, and in other ways very different.  Learn more about Ghana and what ma...
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Napoleon's Invasion of Russia

June 25, 2025 • 15 mins
There are many lessons we are supposed to know in life:  pick up after yourself, never bet against a Sicilian when death is on the line, and most importantly, don’t invade Russia in the winter.  Known as one of the greatest military disasters in history, Napoleon’s invasion of Russia is often cited as a key factor in the emperor's eventual defeat.  Although the campaign actually started in June, the brutal impact of General Winte...
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Innovative Sports Strategies

June 24, 2025 • 15 mins
All sports are governed by a body of rules. Within those rules, there is usually a set of norms for how the game should be played. Most coaches will instruct their players to use similar techniques. However, every so often, someone comes along who totally rethinks how a game can be played.  Using the same set of rules, they come up with a totally different approach to the game, which sometimes can be revolutionary.  Other times, ...
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The French Army Mutinies of 1917

June 23, 2025 • 14 mins
In late May and early June of 1917, the French Army faced what could have been an extensive crisis.  After three years of some of the most brutal conflict that the world had ever seen, many soldiers had had enough.  Thousands of troops refused to obey orders and refused to go along with the suicidal attacks that were the hallmark of trench warfare.  In response, the French turned to one of their greatest heroes to solve the prob...
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