Month: October 2024

Jules Feiffer has been drawing and writing for a living since he was 17 years old. Now 95, the illustrator behind The Phantom Tollbooth is out with his first graphic novel for middle grade readers. That book, Amazing Grapes, kicks off with a father's departure, which sets in motion a series of adventures across dimensions for his three children. A two-headed swan serves as the master of ceremonies for the story. In today's episode, Feiffer speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about how play has become more central to the author's life as he's grown older and about his writing process, which involves a lot of scribbling.

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John J. Miller is joined by Adam Jortner to discuss his new book, 'A Promised Land.'

Every year, hundreds of millions of birds around the world migrate. 

Some migrate short distances, some migrate incredibly long distances, and others don’t bother to migrate at all.

For centuries, people didn’t know why birds migrated, how they managed to travel such long distances every year, or where they would go.

Thanks to modern science and technology we now have a much better idea of how it works and where they go.

Learn more about bird migrations on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 

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Stylist Law Roach grew up in Chicago watching his grandmother get ready for church. He said observing her process first exposed him to the art form of being a woman. Since then, Roach has become what he calls an "image architect," styling celebrity clients like Zendaya, Celine Dion and Anya Taylor-Joy. Roach's new book How to Build a Fashion Icon is both a memoir and a manual that adapts the stylist's fashion guidelines for a non-celebrity audience. In today's episode, Roach visits NPR West for a styling session and conversation with NPR's Ailsa Chang about reflecting power and confidence in one's external image.

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Sitting in most homes is a deck of playing cards.

Cards and card games have become almost ubiquitous They are played by children and in retirement homes. They are played at family picnics, and there are also televised games played with millions of dollars on the line. 

You can play games with friends, or you can even play them by yourself.

Despite how common they are, most people don’t realize that they have a very ancient heritage. 

Learn more about the origin of playing cards on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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One of the defining events of the Middle Ages took place in Constantinople on April 12, 1204. 

Soldiers of the Fourth Crusade, under orders of the Doge of the Republic of Venice, breached the walls and sacked one of the greatest cities of the era. 

The sack wasn’t just an orgy of violence and destruction, which it was. It also set into motion events that caused irreparable divisions between the Eastern and Western Christian worlds and, ultimately, the fall of the Byzantine Empire. 

Learn more about the 1204 Sack of Constantinople and how it changed the course of Europe on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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