NPR's Book of the Day - Author Tara Westover says we need to consider how people have been ‘Educated’

Author Tara Westover grew up in an extreme survivalist family in Idaho. She and her siblings had no formal education, but she taught herself algebra, aced the entrance exam for BYU and got in. It was the start of her way out from under an often abusive family situation. Westover wrote about her experiences and what it was like for her to totally change her worldview in her memoir, Educated. Westover told Here & Now's Robin Young that she thinks we need to stop judging people for their incorrect opinions if they don't have access to education.

Read Me a Poem - “Touch Me” by Stanley Kunitz

Amanda Holmes reads Stanley Kunitz’s poem “Touch Me.” 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.

 

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Valentine’s Day (Encore)

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Every February 14, people around the world celebrate Valentine’s Day. It is a day for everything heart-shaped, flowers, jewelry, candy, and romance. 


Why is this day the day dedicated to romance? What’s with the hearts? And who or what is a valentine?


Is this all a giant conspiracy of greeting card manufacturers?


Learn more about Saint Valentine’s Day on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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NPR's Book of the Day - Happy Valentine’s Day! We get sappy with ‘Evvie Drake Starts Over’

In honor of Valentine's Day, we are revisiting a conversation with our very own romance expert, Linda Holmes. Her novel Evvie Drake Starts Over is about a woman who is getting ready to leave her husband when she gets a surprising call – he is dead. She finds herself alone until former major league pitcher Dean Tenney, who can't throw a baseball anymore, hides from the media stress in her guest bedroom. Hijinks ensue. Linda Holmes told NPR's Scott Simon that they both had to figure out a new path in life unexpectedly; something most of us can relate to.

Everything Everywhere Daily - Kennewick Man

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In 1996 two college students walking along the Columbia River in Washington State stumbled upon what turned out to be an ancient human skull. 


What they couldn’t have known was that their discovery would lead to a better understanding of how humans came to the Americas, as well as years of scientific, cultural, and political controversies. 


Learn more about Kennewick Man and how it roiled the world of paleontology and led to a massive controversy, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Swiss Mercenaries

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When most people think of Switzerland, they of small country embedded in the Alps that makes fine chocolates and is the home of the cuckoo clock.


They have been neutral in European conflicts for almost 500 years and they serve as the headquarters for several international organizations. 


Yet, it was the Swiss who during the Renaissance were some of the most feared and in-demand mercenary fighters in Europe. 


Learn more about Swiss mercenaries and how they instilled fear into Europeans, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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