NPR's Book of the Day - ‘The Liberators’ details the lives of Korean-Americans grappling with the war

The debut novel by E.J. Koh is short in length, but extensive in time and place. The Liberators follows several generations of two Korean families, and encapsulates how different individuals reckon with the legacy of war, love and betrayal within their lineage. In today's episode, Koh speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the importance of zooming into people's ordinary lives to understand the impact of historic geopolitical events, and why understanding her own family's history influenced how she wrote her characters.

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Read Me a Poem - “My Story in a Late Style of Fire” by Larry Levis

Amanda Holmes reads Larry Levis’s “My Story in a Late Style of Fire.” 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 - The History of Pizza

There is a good chance that sometime in the last few days, weeks, or months, you might have enjoyed a slice or two of pizza.

Pizza has become a near-ubiquitous food which can be found in almost every country. 

However, there is no one pizza. There are vehement disagreements about what pizza is best and what sort of toppings are acceptable. 

Learn more about pizza, where it came from, and its variations on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Barbra Streisand’s memoir looks back on a groundbreaking career

Barbra Streisand spent 15 years working to get her directorial debut, the movie Yentl, made. She writes in her new memoir, My Name is Barbra, that people in Hollywood often told her the story was "too Jewish" to appeal to a mainstream audience. In today's episode, Streisand speaks with NPR's Brittany Luse, host of the podcast It's Been a Minute, about that experience. She also talks about why she feels like her book gives her control over her legacy – and how she approached it as kind of a "director's cut" of her life.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Eponymous Laws Part 2

In a previous episode, I went through a list of eponymous laws. These were laws, general rules, or sometimes even scientific laws that were named after people.

However, the eponymous laws I went through only scratched the surface of the eponymous Laws that are out there. There are all sorts of laws, rules, and dictums which bear someone’s name. 

So, because it was so popular the first time, hang on for Eponymous Laws Part 2 on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - The OMG! Particle

On October 15, 1991, a cosmic ray detector in Utah observed something that had never been seen before or since. 

It was a cosmic ray with more energy than anything ever observed and more energy than most scientists thought possible. 

When one of the first researchers saw the data, they responded simply, "Oh, my God!"

Learn more about the OMG particle, what it was, and what it means on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - Constantinople (Encore)

In the year 330, the Roman Emperor Constantine decided that the capital of the entire Roman Empire should be moved. 

The location he selected was a small Greek town by the name of Byzantium, located in the middle of the Bhosperous Straits, approximately 500 miles or 800 kilometers from Rome. 

From there, it grew into one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the world and was the seat of more than one major empire.

Learn more about Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘Thicker Than Water,’ Kerry Washington processes a family secret

Kerry Washington is well-known for her roles in Scandal, Little Fires Everywhere and Django Unchained. But in her new memoir, she reveals a LOT that the public doesn't know about her – and one big thing she didn't even know about herself until fairly recently. In today's episode, Washington sits down with NPR's Juana Summers for a two-part conversation about how a secret her parents kept for decades challenged – and strengthened – her relationship with them, and how she's managed the vulnerability that comes with sharing that journey with the rest of the world.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Operation Unthinkable

In the days immediately following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, new concerns gripped the victorious Allied forces. 

The alliance had always been one of convenience. Diametrically opposing political and economic systems joined forces to defeat a common foe. 

But now that the foe had been vanquished, what was next? Would the former allies now become enemies? 

Learn more about Operation Unthinkable and the plans for how the Allies would fight each other in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Curious City - What Happened To Chicago’s Cuban Community?

Following the Cuban Revolution, many Cubans ended up settling in Chicago neighborhoods like Edgewater and Logan Square. Today, the community isn’t as visible as it is in places like Miami and New York City. We’ll look at what drew Cubans to Illinois and what sets Chicago’s Cuban community apart from others in the U.S.