Curious City - The Story Of Chicago’s Polish Constitution Day Parade
NPR's Book of the Day - Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s historical novel fictionalizes involuntary sterilizations
Audio Poem of the Day - prayer is better than sleep
By Momina Mela
Oprahdemics - Oprah’s 50th Birthday Bash
When Oprah turned 50 in 2004, her friends — that means people like John Travolta and Tina Turner — threw her a surprise birthday party on her show. It was over the top, a little much, but also a celebration of her impact and influence.
Special Guest: comedian Roy Wood Jr, Daily Show correspondent and host of the podcast “Roy’s Job Fair.”
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Producer Nina Earnest, Executive Producer Jody Avirgan. Artwork by Jonathan Conda.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - A Star is Born
It is estimated that within the observable universe there might be as many as septillion stars. While each of them is far larger than the Earth, they all differ in terms of age, size, color, and composition.
Despite being very far away, we know a surprisingly large amount about them through observation and an understanding of the basic units of matter.
Learn more about stars, how they are born, and how they die, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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NPR's Book of the Day - Colson Whitehead Finally Gets To Flex His Comedy Muscle
60 Songs That Explain the '90s - ” … Baby One More Time”—Britney Spears
'60 Songs' returns for another batch of songs by covering the Big Bang of late '90s teen pop, Britney Spears's " ... Baby One More Time." Rob breaks down Britney's early career, how the media handled the young star, the song's perfect chorus, and much more.
This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music.
Host: Rob Harvilla
Guest: Doreen St. Félix
Producers: Jonathan Kermah and Justin Sayles
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Audio Poem of the Day - from Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: “I don’t usually talk to strangers…”
By Claudia Rankine
Everything Everywhere Daily - A History of the End of the World
Over the centuries, there has been a host of self-proclaimed prophets, astrologers, scientists, and cranks who have predicted the end of the world.
Some of them have been extremely precise in when they predicted when the world will end.
Spoiler: to date, none of the end of the world predictions have come true.
Learn more about end of the world predictions, and how the people who believed it reacted when it didn’t happen, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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