By Mark Halliday
Everything Everywhere Daily - The 27th Amendment
The American constitution was written in 1788, but there was a mechanism built in to adapt and change the document.
Since 1788 the Constitution has been amended 27 times, most recently in 1992.
The most recent amendment, however, had a path to ratification which was far different than any other of the 26 before it.
Learn more about the 27th amendment and the very circuitous route it took to ratification, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - The Farm
By Joyce Sutphen
The Disconnect: Power, Politics and the Texas Blackout - Bonus: The Black Start
In this mini-episode, we tell what happens next if the Texas power grid were to suffer a catastrophic failure. It almost did in February — and if it had happened, there might have been an even bigger problem.
Find a full transcript of this episode here.
Everything Everywhere Daily - The American Whig Party
American politics has been called a two-party system. While there are two major parties today, and those two parties have been around a long time, they weren’t always the only two parties. In fact, there was a political party in the US that, took its name from a British political party, had four US presidents, and even held control of Congress for several years. Today, they are all but unknown to most people.
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Curious City - The Union Workers Who Created Those Infamous Rat Balloons
Scabby the Rat is now common on picket lines around the world, but the balloon started right here in the Chicago area. This week on the show, we dig into the origins of the iconic union labor protest mascot. Plus, Monica learns why there are so many ice cream shops in Chicago with “La Michoacana” in their name — despite having different owners, offerings, and prices.
Audio Poem of the Day - Strange Little Prophets
By Barbara Perez
Everything Everywhere Daily - How Do Satellites Work?
Somewhere over your head, right the moment is an artificial satellite. Many of them actually.
They beam television and radio signals down to Earth. They can tell us our exact time and location, and they can also help us predict the weather and they are now even providing broadband internet.
But how do they work? How do you get something to wiz around in space without crashing down?
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Audio Poem of the Day - Hard Rain
By Tony Hoagland
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Great Lisbon Earthquake
On the morning of November 1, 1755, the citizens of Lisbon, Portugal set out to go to church for the feast of All Saints Day.
Little did they know that moments later, their lives and the lives of everyone in Lisbon were about to be turned upside down and that the city of Lisbon would almost cease to exist.
Learn more about the Great Lisbon Earthquake, one of the most devastating earthquakes in history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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