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 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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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Encore)

June 22, 2025 • 15 mins
In the Pacific Theater in World War II, the leader of the combined Japanese fleet was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.  Yamamoto was villanized as the arch-enemy of the American forces in the Pacific, and to be fair, he was their enemy.  But there is actually much more to the story. Yamamoto was the loudest voice against going to war with the United States and was one of only a few officials in the Japanese leadership who spent time in ...
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The Great Locomotive Chase

June 21, 2025 • 15 mins
On April 12, 1862, one of the most daring and audacious events of the American Civil War took place.  It wasn’t a major battle. It didn’t involve armies meeting each other on the field of battle.  Instead, it was one of the first examples in military history of a raid designed to deny the enemy access to the most vital 19th-century technology: the railroad.  Learn more about the Great Locomotive Chase and how railroads became a ...
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Grass and Lawns

June 20, 2025 • 15 mins
One of the most common types of plants in the world is grass.  Grass is almost everywhere. An enormous part of the landmass on Earth is covered with grass.  Grass isn’t just stuff in a field that cows eat, although that is part of it. Grasses also include some of the most economically important plants in the world.  On many different levels, our civilization would not exist if it weren’t for grass.  Learn more about grass, what...
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The Russian Revolution

June 19, 2025 • 15 mins
One of the most transformative events of the 20th century was the Russian Revolution.  The Revolution was responsible for the downfall of the Russian monarchy and the rise of the Soviet Union.  It also had reverberations that were felt all over the world by other revolutions that were inspired by the Russian Revolution. Learn about the Russian Revolution, why it happened, and how it came about on this episode of Everything Every...
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The History of Apples (Encore)

June 18, 2025 • 15 mins
One of the most popular fruits in the world are apples.  Apples are associated with the Garden of Eden, pleasing your teacher, and the story of Snow White. They play a role in Greek and Norse mythology, and they have lent their name to famous record and computer companies. However, apples are unlike almost every other fruit in that there are thousands of different varieties. The reason why there are so many different varieties is...
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Desalination

June 17, 2025 • 15 mins
Seventy percent of the Earth’s surface is covered with water… and the vast majority of it is useless for consumption or agriculture.  This problem has been known for thousands of years, and for thousands of years, humans have recognized that it is possible to turn seawater into drinking water; it was just difficult to do so. In the last few decades, however, the ability to get clean drinking water from the sea has gotten easier a...
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Autogyros

June 16, 2025 • 15 mins
We are all familiar with things that fly in the air. Hot air balloons, dirigibles, blimps, airplanes, and helicopters. However, there is another category of flying craft that most people aren’t familiar with. It isn’t an airplane, and it isn’t a helicopter. It actually lies somewhere in between.  By combining parts of both, it has some amazing properties that neither one has.  Learn more about the autogyro, what it is, and how i...
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Transuranium Elements (Encore)

June 15, 2025 • 16 mins
If you take a look at the periodic table of elements, you will notice something interesting.  Go to the bottom and take a look at any element over, say, number 94. You will find a bunch of elements you have probably never heard of. Don’t worry because most chemists probably aren’t familiar with them, either. They are not part of any chemical compounds, cannot be found in nature, and most have only existed for a fraction of a seco...
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