Everything Everywhere Daily - Madame la Guillotine

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 it was invented, and its impact on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 


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Up First from NPR - When News Broke

Just a few decades ago most people used — and trusted — the same news sources. Now, Americans are siloed in separate ecosystems, consuming conflicting depictions of reality. Misinformation runs rampant. Conspiracy theories flourish. And extremism grows. Today on The Sunday Story from Up First, reporter Ben Bradford brings us back to the moment when the first crack formed in America's news media. And how that crack widened and widened, until we split into separate worlds.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | How A.I. Lost (and Won) the Big Beautiful Debate

As the One Big Beautiful Bill bounced around Congress, one provision—the 10-year moratorium on states making laws to regulate artificial intelligence—fell out. But AI-fans don’t need to worry, there’s still plenty of industry support in the bill. 

Guest: Will Oremus, technology news analysis writer for the Washington Post.

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It Could Happen Here - CZM Book Club Presents: The Evolution of an Agitator, by Lizzie M. Holmes

Margaret reads you a story about the endless quest to find the roots of inequality. 

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PBS News Hour - World - How North Korean operatives are infiltrating U.S. companies to fund weapons programs

This week, federal prosecutors charged four North Korean nationals with scheming to get hired by a U.S. company as remote workers and then steal nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency. It’s a relatively new North Korean threat: operatives using fake IDs and credentials to infiltrate American businesses. John Yang speaks with freelance investigative reporter Bobbie Johnson to learn more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

PBS News Hour - Science - What the U.S. has accomplished in 250 years of innovation and what’s next

President Donald Trump went to Iowa on Thursday to start the countdown to the nation’s 250th Independence Day next year. To mark the anniversary, the nonpartisan Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress is looking at 250 years of U.S. innovation. John Yang speaks with Glenn Nye, the center’s president and CEO, about the project. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Newshour - Nine children among 27 dead in Texas flooding

At least 27 people, including nine children, have died and dozens of people are missing amid flash floods in Texas on Independence Day, according to US authorities.

Also on the programme: The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting his security cabinet to discuss the response by Hamas to the latest US-backed proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza; and the River Seine in Paris has reopened publicly to swimmers for the first time after a century-long ban.

(Photo: A pickup truck sits damaged after deadly flooding in Kerrville, Texas, U.S., July 5, 2025. Credit: Reuters)