John Green reviews historical outbreaks of bubonic and pneumonic plague.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Global Positioning System
Today, GPS devices that can determine where you are in the world have become ubiquitous. In fact, there is a very good chance that the device you are using to listen to this podcast has a GPS receiver in it.
GPS is used for a wide variety of applications all over the world. It has been called the world’s first global utility.
Learn more about the Global Positioning System, how it came to be, and how it works, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The Nod - The Shade Room: Pros & Cons
Brittany and Eric put the internet's most controversial gossip blog in the hot seat. Is The Shade Room good for the Blacks? Author George Johnson discusses The Shade Room's place in Black celebrity gossip and internet culture at large.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - All Roads Lead To Rome
You have probably heard the expression “All roads lead to Rome”.
Well, it isn’t just a pithy saying to reference how you can take many paths to reach the same goal.
It has a very literal meaning and its origin comes from a monument that still, sort of, exists in Rome today.
Learn more about the Milliarium Aureum on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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No Compromise - Does No-Compromising Really Work?
In Episode 3: Aaron Dorr tells his flock of pro-gun followers on Facebook that he's tirelessly fighting for their Second Amendment rights. But if that's true, why do so many pro-gun Republican lawmakers hate him so much? And is the Dorr brothers' no-compromise approach to advocacy actually working?
Read Me a Poem - “Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T. S.” by Nissim Ezekiel
Amanda Holmes reads Nissim Ezekiel’s poem, “Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T. S.” 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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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Lykov Family
In 1978, a Soviet helicopter pilot flying over the forests of Siberia made an incredible discovery. Not far from the border of Mongolia, up the side of a mountain, he saw a clearing and signs of human habitation.
The location was far removed from any other humans. In fact, it was almost 250 kilometers to the nearest human settlement.
What they found there was astonishing.
Learn more about the incredible Lykov Family on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Nijmegen: The City That Remembers
Located approximately 100km east of Rotterdam, the city of Nijmegen is a mid-sized Dutch city situated on the Waal river that few people outside of the Netherlands are familiar with.
For the last several years, every single day regardless of the weather, people of Nijmegen have honored events that took place in the city 76 years ago.
Learn more about the city of Nijmegen and the daily Sunset March on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Discovery of Fire
When we think of what made human beings into humans beings, one of the first things which come up is the discovery of fire.
The control and use of fire is one of the earliest things which our ancestors did which separated us from other apes and began us on the path to becoming modern podcast listening humans.
Learn more about how humans came to use fire on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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the memory palace - From a Parking Lot, a special bonus episode for the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
This episode of The Memory Palace was commissioned by the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival and the New York State Council of the Arts in 2019.
It’s ideally meant to be listened to at the corner of Corinthian and State downtown. But, you’ll likely enjoy it wherever you are.
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