NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘Sparks,’ Ian Johnson highlights China’s ‘grassroots historians’

Since being named general secretary of China's ruling Communist Party, Xi Jinping has exerted his power to control historical narratives in China. But in his new book, Sparks, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Ian Johnson profiles the people who've fought back to record – and report – the country's full history, including famines, virus outbreaks and ethnic conflicts. In today's episode, Johnson speaks with NPR's John Ruwitch about how the advancement of technologies like PDFs, digital cameras and VPNs have allowed journalists, filmmakers and artists to correct China's collective memory.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Salem Witch Trials

In 1692, in the town of Salem, Massessechuets, two young girls made claims that other members of their community were witches.

These accusations soon spiraled out of control, resulting in over 200 people being charged with witchcraft and the deaths of 20.

It remains one of the most notable cases of mass hysteria and religious intolerance in the history of the Americas.

Learn more about the Salem Witch Trials, why they happened, and their aftermath on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Read Me a Poem - “Her Kind” by Anne Sexton

Amanda Holmes reads Anne Sexton’s “Her Kind.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.

 

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Everything Everywhere Daily - H.H. Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer

In 1893, the eyes of the world turned to the city of Chicago, which was hosting the World’s Fair. The fair was the largest public demonstration at that point of the new technology called electricity. 

However, there was a dark side to what was happening in Chicago. 

One man created a building that has been dubbed a murder castle. Many of the people who entered his macabre structure never left alive. 

Learn more about HH Holmes, the man who is considered to be America’s first serial killer, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Jhumpa Lahiri questions Italian identity in ‘Roman Stories’

Roman Stories, the new collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri, captures the tensions of a rapidly-changing Rome, Italy. In today's episode, Lahiri speaks with NPR's Leila Fadel about how growing up as the daughter of immigrants in the U.S. and later moving to Italy as an adult has complicated ideas of home and belonging for her – and how ultimately, home might be of a mental state rather than a physical place.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Halloween (Encore)

On October 31, every year, we celebrate Halloween. It is especially popular in the United States where we use the holiday as an excuse for kids to dress up and ask for candy and for adults to dress up and drink. 

But why do we dress up, and what’s the deal with pumpkins? How does this have anything to do with witches? 

Learn more about the history of Halloween and how so many unrelated things got lumped together on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - What is Calculus?

As early as 2400 years ago, Greek philosophers were coming up with paradoxes that seemingly had no solution. 

Early mathematicians came up with problems that seemed impossible to solve.

It wasn’t until the 17th century that the techniques were finally developed to solve these problems and unlock new fields of science and mathematics. 

Learn more about calculus, what it is, and what it attempts to do on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Books about Olympic rowers and J. Robert Oppenheimer re-examine American history

Today's episode is about two books that examine the United States' relationship with other countries during contentious moments in history. First, Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Daniel James Brown about his book, The Boys in the Boat, which profiles the American rowing team that beat Germany during the 1936 Olympics. George Clooney's film adaptation comes out later this year. Then, NPR's Frank Stasio chats with Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin about American Prometheus, the biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer behind this summer's blockbuster.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Yangtze River

Located within the nation of China is the world’s third-longest river and the longest river to exist in a single country, the Yangtze. 

The Yangtze River has played a pivotal role in Chinese history ever since the dawn of history. It played a major role in cultivating Chinese civilization, and its flooding has been responsible for some of the greatest disasters in world history. 

Controlling the power of the river has resulted in the construction of the world’s largest dam.

Learn more about the Yangtze River, one of the great rivers of the world, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - Operation Tannenbaum (Encore)

In June 1940, with the conquest of France, Nazi Germany and Italy had conquered almost all of Western Europe. The map of Europe was one solid color reflecting the domination of the Axis Powers.

Except for one small hole in the donut: Switzerland.

Switzerland’s neutrality didn’t guarantee anything. In fact, the Nazis desperately wanted to invade Switzerland.

Learn more about Operation Tannenbaum, the planned German invasion of Switzerland, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 


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