Month: February 2022

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NPR's Book of the Day - Book banning is seen in historical context in ‘Burn This Book’

For the first full week of Black History Month, we dove into our archives to bring you some older interviews by Black authors. The first is an interview from 2009 with writer Toni Morrison about a collection she edited from authors facing censorship called Burn This Book. This conversation is especially relevant today with many important books under scrutiny – and being pulled from library shelves and school curriculums. Morrison, whose books have also been banned in some places as recently as this year, told NPR's Liane Hansen that in some countries censorship can be far more serious.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Birth of the Modern Olympic Games (Encore)

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Almost 2,800 years ago the Ancient Greeks held a sporting event every four years on Mount Olympus. 


The festival was part competition, part religious celebration, and it was considered so important that wars would come to a halt in honor of the games.

Then in the 19th century, one man came up with the idea of bringing the games back to life. 

Learn more about the Modern Olympic Movement on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Babbage Analytical Engine

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Computers have obviously transformed our world. You wouldn’t be listing to my voice right now if it wasn’t for computers. 


However, the first computers, a device that could perform arbitrary calculations, actually came well before electronics. It was made of gears, cogs, and levers, and it was able to perform mathematical calculations as well as run simple program. 


Learn more about Charles Babbage and his analytical engine, the world’s first mechanical computer, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of the Submarine

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For thousands of years, humans have traveled on the water and have wondered if it was possible to travel under the water like a fish. 


The idea of underwater travel stuck around for centuries, but eventually, humans did figure out how to travel underwater, even if the first efforts were not successful. 


Learn more about the submarine, how it was invented, and how they work, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.



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NPR's Book of the Day - Writers Lizzie Damilola Blackburn and Edmund White want to talk about sex

The first interview today is with debut novelist Lizzie Damilola Blackburn about her book, Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? The protagonist Yinka is constantly being hounded by her family to get married. But Damilola Blackburn tells NPR's Sarah McCammon that learning to love oneself first can be important. The second interview is with award-winning writer Edmund White who is out with a new book about sex. A Previous Life follows a couple – they are writing to each other about their romantic pasts. White told NPR's Scott Simon that though the book might offend some, he has always written this way.
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The Trojan Horse Affair - Part 2: The Case of the Four Resignations

Hamza and Brian think the source of the Trojan Horse letter might be hiding in plain sight. After learning about the petty personnel dispute that probably gave rise to the letter, they’re even more bewildered about how it ever could have been taken seriously. To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts. To find out about new shows from Serial Productions, and get a look behind the scenes, sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter. Have a story pitch, a tip, or feedback on our shows? Email us at serialshows@nytimes.com