Month: July 2024

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Library of Congress

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest library in the world is the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. 

The Library of Congress was originally intended to be the library of the United States Congress, but over two centuries since its founding, it has evolved to something much grander, covering almost every subject and language imaginable. 

Learn more about the Library of Congress, why it was established and how it works on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Land of the Giants - Disney is a Cinematic Universe Company

Marvel and Star Wars are the crown jewels of Disney’s empire. They’re the highest-grossing movie franchises in history, with devoted fan bases and expansive IP universes, but right now, both are in a bit of a slump. As Disney asked for more and more content to satisfy its business needs, the creative process suffered, and these once mighty hit-making engines have slowed down. There hasn’t been a Star Wars movie in 5 years and this year, Disney’s only releasing a single Marvel movie - ‘Deadpool and Wolverine.’ 

How did Disney get here? What will it take to rediscover the mojo? And how can Baby Yoda and a foul-mouthed, fourth-wall breaking Marvel character help get Disney’s IP machine pumping at the box-office again?

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NPR's Book of the Day - Jon M. Chu’s memoir ‘Viewfinder’ traces his journey to making movies

Before he was the director behind films like Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights and Wicked, Jon M. Chu was a teenager in Los Altos, California, playing around with a camera and working at his parents' Chinese restaurant. That's the journey behind his new memoir, Viewfinder. And in today's episode, he speaks with another kid from Los Altos – NPR's Ailsa Chang – about how his parents' attitude towards assimilation shaped his upbringing and how they ended up supporting his dreams of making movies.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Murder of Thomas Becket (Encore)

On December 29, 1170, the Archbishop of Canterbury was brutally murdered on the floor of the Canterbury Cathedral by four armed knights while preparing for his evening prayers. 

The ramifications of that incident shook the country of England, its king, and the Catholic Church. 

Over 850 years later, it is still remembered and remains one of the most significant events in English history.

Learn more about the murder of Thomas Becket and why and how it happened on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘Liars,’ Sarah Manguso explores a marriage falling apart

When author Sarah Manguso was going through a divorce a few years ago, she says she put her rage into writing her novel Liars. It's about the dissolution of a marriage, and a woman reckoning with the failures of her relationship on a personal and societal level. In today's episode, Manguso tells NPR's Andrew Limbong how her protagonist's experiences differ from her own, and why different characters are to blame for the lying mentioned in the title.

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Read Me a Poem - “Tristan da Cunha” by Roy Campbell

Amanda Holmes reads Roy Campbell’s “Tristan da Cunha.” 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.

 

This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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