By Gerald Stern
The Disconnect: Power, Politics and the Texas Blackout - The Fixes
A year and a half after the blackout, lots of Texans are still wondering if they can rely on the power grid. After conservation alerts and one pretty close call this summer, it can seem like the grid is still on a knife’s edge. We look at what’s changed, what hasn’t and how that lack of trust is playing out in one Texan’s life.
The Disconnect Season 2 is a project of The Texas Newsroom, the collaboration among NPR and the public radio stations in the state. It received support from FRONTLINE’s Local Journalism Initiative, which is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Everything Everywhere Daily - What Ever Happened to Amelia Earhart? (Encore)
Amelia Earheart was a pioneer in the early days of aviation. She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She was the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
In 1937, she set out on her greatest adventure ever. It would be the longest single flight in history, and it would take her around the world.
However, on July 2, 1937, she took off from Papua New Guinea and was never seen again.
Learn more about the disappearance of Amelia Earheart and what probably happened to her on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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NPR's Book of the Day - Sidik Fofana addresses how complicated gentrification is in debut story collection
Sidik Fofana's short story collection can be best described as "addressing the notion that gentrification is complicated." Those were Fofana's words to NPR's Daniel Estrin as they talked about his debut book, Stories from the Tenants Downstairs. Fofana, who's also a public school teacher, uses the emotions he's felt growing up and situations of other people he's known, to ask: "How would I feel if this happened to me?" He writes them down in his collection as distinct voices and characters struggling to get by in a fictional high rise building in Harlem.
Audio Poem of the Day - Blanche Bruce Does the Modernism
by Douglas Kearney
Everything Everywhere Daily - Where Did Mathematical Symbols Come From? (Encore)
One of the simplest mathematical statements possible is 2+2=4.
While the concept is very easy to understand, when you write it down, you have to use mathematical symbols, historically a relatively recent invention.
At one point, mathematicians were doing reasonably complicated work without the benefit of symbols at all. Something which is unthinkable today.
Learn more about mathematical symbols, where they came from, and why they exist on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Land of the Giants - It’s A WhatsApp World
Meta’s most expensive acquisition ever and one of the most used communication apps in the world: WhatsApp. With over 2 billion users, WhatsApp is embedded in the social, economic, and political infrastructure of countries across the globe. For better and worse. The story of WhatsApp’s incredible power, as told through its largest market: India.
NOTE: There are descriptions of graphic acts of violence in this episode. If you want to skip these descriptions, the section begins at 20:45 and ends at 22:05.
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NPR's Book of the Day - Ellen Jovin travels across the U.S. in search of grammar questions and answers
The author of Rebel With a Clause traveled to more than 40 states to document how grammar is used in relationships, work conversations and everyday life. In this episode, Ellen Jovin shares her discoveries and what she's learned along the way with Scott Simon.
Audio Poem of the Day - The Thin Man Goes Home
By Kit Robinson
Everything Everywhere Daily - J. Harlen Bretz: Proving Theories Via Outliving Your Critics (Encore)
Many people have an idealized view of how science works. They think that someone makes a discovery or publishes a paper, then everyone acknowledges their discovery, and everyone moves on to the next thing.
Science!
However, that isn’t quite how things work in reality. The real advancement of science can be quite messy. One man learned this the hard way.
Learn more about J Harlen Bretz and how he changed a scientific discipline through determination and longevity on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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