By Fiona Sampson
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Year of the Four Emperors
As long as the Roman empire lasted, they never created a set method of choosing successors to emperors. This inability to have an idea of who would be next in line caused numbers problems during the history of the empire.
The first major succession crisis occurred in the year 69. One emperor died, and there was no clear replacement. The result was chaos.
Learn more about the Year of the Four Emperors on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - how many of us have them?
By Danez Smith
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Oxford English Dictionary
In 1844, the Philological Society of London began investigating the creation of a new English dictionary. This initial foray would lead to a dictionary that would be unlike any other dictionary ever created.
It would not just give the definition and spelling of a word, but a complete history of each word and where it came from. It would be one of the most ambitious literary projects in history.
Learn more about the Oxford English Dictionary on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - The Children of the Poor
by Gwendolyn Brooks (read by Quraysh Ali Lansana)
Everything Everywhere Daily - Exclaves and Enclaves
Normally, if a foreign country has you totally surrounded, that isn’t a good thing. However, in some parts of the world, it is a normal, everyday occurrence.
Due to historical quirks in drawing maps, there are parts of some countries which are separate from the mainland and are totally surrounded by another country.
Learn more about exclaves and enclaves on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Eating Chocolate Ice Cream: Reading Mayakovsky
By Barbara Guest
60 Songs That Explain the '90s - New Radicals—“You Get What You Give”
Rob explores the New Radicals’ signature hit, “You Get What You Give,” performed for the first time in 22 years at President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music.
Host: Rob Harvilla
Guest: Rob Sheffield
Producers: Isaac Lee and Justin Sayles
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Inauguration Day
Every four years on January 20th, the United States holds a ceremony for the inauguration of the President of the United States. There are traditions for the inauguration, some of which have been passed down since the very first.
Why do we use January 20th as the date, and how did many of these traditions get started?
Learn more about the history and traditions of the Presidential Inauguration on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Psalm: 5
by Mark Jarman