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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Mercator Projection
Have you ever looked at a map and said to yourself “Wow, Greenland is really big!”, only to then look at a globe and realize, that Greeland wasn’t actually that big?
If so, then you have discovered the Mercator Projection. A map that was originally created in 1569 and is still with us today.
Learn more about the Mercator Projection, its problems, and its benefits, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - The Tree Frogs
By William Logan
Read Me a Poem - “Sonnet 14” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Amanda Holmes reads “Sonnet 14 (If thou must love me, let it be for nought)” from Elizabeth Barrett Brownings’s Sonnets from the Portuguese. 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 - Picasso
He has been called the most famous artist of the 20th century. His work single-handedly defined an artistic style. He was more loved and criticized than any other artist in history.
He created over 20,000 works, and legend says that he could pay for a meal with just his signature.
Learn more about Pablo Picasso, Spains greatest artist, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - The Present
By Ryo Yamaguchi
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Real Illuminati
In 1776, an obscure Bavarian professor of philosophy created a society for like-minded individuals who upheld the values of the Enlightenment.
Fast forward over 200 years, and that organization is now the basis for conspiracy theories and fantastic stories of global dominance.
Learn more about the Illuminati, the real Illuminati, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Lines Written on a Nursery Wall
By Sandra Simonds
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Voynich Manuscript
In 1912, a Polish rare book dealer purchased an extremely old codex that contained an unknown system of writing.
Since then, the best and brightest minds in cryptography, linguistics, and artificial intelligence have not been able to decipher what is written in the book.
That hasn’t stopped people from trying and periodically making claims that they have cracked the code.
Learn more about the Voynich Manuscript on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Act III, Sc. 2
by Jorie Graham