By Thomas Sayers Ellis
Everything Everywhere Daily - Fritz Haber: The Best and Worst Chemist in History
Fritz Haber is unquestionably one of the greatest chemists in history. He was a Nobel prize winner and his inventions have touched billions of lives.
However, Haber is a two-sided coin.
He has touched the lives of millions for the better, and he also touched the lives of millions for the worse.
Learn more about Fritz Haber, perhaps the best and worst chemist in history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - meditating upon the meaning of the line “clams on the halfshell and rollerskates” in the song “good times” by chic
By D.A. Powell
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Golden Record (Encore)
In the 1970s NASA embarked on a mission it had never attempted before. Due to a fortunate alignment of planets, they were going to attempt to send robotic probes on a flyby mission to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, before being sent to deep space, out of the solar system.
Some of the mission planners figured if they were going to send a probe all that way, maybe they might as well add something extra to the payload.
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the memory palace - Memory Palace Summer Reading: The Great Gatsby, part 3
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.
In lieu of my usual re-runs filling out August, I’m doing something different: a full-reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, presented in three parts.This is part 2.
Music for Gatsby was composed and performed by Mary Lattimore. Find and buy her music at marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com
The cover art is from Jen Corace. See more of Jen’s work at jencorace.com.
Back with the third and final part on August 19th. Back with new episodes of The Memory Palace in September.
Curious City - Chicago’s Fishing Industry And Some Stargazing Spots
Chicago once had a booming commercial fishing industry. Lawrence’s Fish and Shrimp is one of the last vestiges of that industry--serving up all kinds of fish that hasn't actually been caught in Lake Michigan. Reporter Jessica Pupovac finds out why that’s the case. Plus, producers Logan Jaffe and Jesse Dukes look for the best stargazing spots around Chicago. Turns out Lake Michigan offers one of them.
Audio Poem of the Day - Elegy In a Theatrical Warehouse
By Kenneth Fearing
Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of Credit Cards
One of the most ubiquitous forms of payment today is credit cards. The odds are good that you have one, and most probably have one on your person right now.
But how did it develop that you could pay for something by just giving someone a piece of plastic? How exactly does this system work and how do credit card companies make money?
Learn more about credit cards, where they came from and how they work, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Canada Anemone
By Fleda Brown
Everything Everywhere Daily - The USS Indianapolis
There are tens of millions of stories to come out of World War II. Many of them are tales of horrible human cruelty.
However, there is one particular story that is as horrific as any other, yet it doesn’t involve human barbarity, it involves nature. It was so horrific that it has been the subject of books and movies, and was the inspiration for the film Jaws.
Learn more about the USS Indianapolis and the terrifying fate of its sailors, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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