By Dorothy Parker
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Mercury 13
In the late 1950s, NASA recruited military test pilots to become the very first American Astronauts.
They underwent an extensive battery of tests to find the very best astronauts for the Mercury program.
These men became the Mercury 7.
However, at the same time, another round of tests was being conducted on another group of pilots. These pilots were given the exact same physical and mental tests as the astronauts. The only difference was, they were women.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Lacing
By Tacey M. Atsitty
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Iditarod
In 1973, 34 mushers and their dog teams lined to take part in a race that recreated a 1925 event where the medicine was delivered by dog sled to the remote town of Nome, Alaska.
Since then, the race has become a global phenomenon and is the best-known dog sled race in the world.
Learn more about the Iditarod on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Baby Song of the Four Winds
By Carl Sandburg
Everything Everywhere Daily - Operation Sealion
In the spring of 1940, the German war machine rolled over the nations of Western Europe so quickly that it surprised everyone, including the Germans.
With France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, and Denmark conquered, there was only one more country left to fall: Great Britain.
To topple this final domino, the German high command prepared for the invasion of the island.
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Audio Poem of the Day - To the Angelbeast
By Eduardo C. Corral
Everything Everywhere Daily - Darwin’s Other Theory
From December 27, 1831, to October 2, 1836, the HMS Beagle set out on a scientific survey expedition in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
On the ship was a young man named Charles Darwin. That expedition exposed him to ideas that would develop his theory of natural selection which would revolutionize the world of biology.
This episode is not about that theory, however.
This is about his OTHER theory that he developed from that expedition.
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Audio Poem of the Day - The Illiterate
by William Meredith
Everything Everywhere Daily - David Rice Atchison: President For A Day?
At 12 noon on March 4, 1849, the presidential administration of James Polk ended.
24 hours later, at noon on March 5, President Zachary Taylor took the oath of office to become president.
During those 24 hours in-between, who was the president?
According to some, it was a member of the United States Senate.
Learn more about David Rice Atchison, and if he was president of the United States for a single day, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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