On the week of July 1, 1946, there were two explosions that shook the world. One was a physical explosion and the other was cultural.
These two events, seemingly unrelated, are now linked forever due to the circumstances of that week.
Learn more about what an atomic bomb test and a two-piece swimsuit have in common, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
Eli Lake joins the podcast to talk about his blockbuster COMMENTARY essay "Guilty and Framed." Also, we ask: Why are talking-head doctors and public health officials telling everybody we'll all have to keep living this way even after we get the vaccine? Are they crazy? Give a listen.
Vaccinations of frontline workers in full swing as Covid deaths surge. Progress on the long-delayed COVID relief package. A massive Nor'easter is taking aim at the East Coast. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
On the Gist, Pete Buttigieg named Biden’s secretary of transport. And, today in Remembrances of Things Trump: Ryan Zinke, Trump’s first secretary of the interior.
In the interview, it’s the final half of Mike’s discussion with writer Matthew Yglesias. After touching on Yglesias’ argument from his Vox piece, “Trump’s Gains With Hispanic Voters Should Prompt Some Progressive Rethinking,” he and Mike go deeper on the divide between white Democrats and Democrats of color, and why some social issues in the progressive mainstream don’t necessarily work for the larger Democratic base. Yglesias’ Substack newsletter is Slow Boring.
In the spiel, Biden-esque buddyism.
And, a short tribute to the late Catie Lazarus, comedy writer, and former host of the Slate talk show Employee of the Month.
The Electoral College has cast its votes for President. It should come as no surprise that Joe Biden won. Cato Chairman Robert A. Levy details the current process and the hurdles to changing it for future elections.
Back in the day, sending letters was slow and potentially confusing.
Nothing could travel faster than the speed of a horse or a ship, and addressing letters could be confusing if there were multiple people in a city.
Over time, the postal system developed systematic methods to deliver the mail quickly and more efficiently.
Learn more about ZIP codes and postal codes, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
