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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Siege of Tobruk

In 1941, in the midst of the North Africa Campaign, the British found themselves on the ropes. 

Under General Erwin Rommel's leadership, the German advance threatened Cairo and the Suez Canal. 

The one thing that was stopping the Germans was that the British still held the strategic port city of Tobruk in Libya. 

For over half a year, the Germans laid siege to the city, and the British tried to relieve it.

Learn more about the Siege of Tobruk and its importance in the North Africa campaign on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Numbers of the year 2024

It?s that time of year again, the time when we ask some of our favourite statistically-inclined people for their numbers of the year. We present them to you - from falling birth rates in India to children saved by vaccines.

Contributors: RukminiS, Data for India Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, Cambridge University, Hannah Ritchie, Our World in Data.

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Bad Faith - [UNLOCKED] Episode 424 – Democratic Alternative (w/ Michael Eric Dyson)

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Academic, author, & ordained minister Michael Eric Dyson joins Bad Faith to debate the merits of voting for Kamala Harris specifically -- and Democrats more broadly -- as increasing numbers of the party membership acknowledge that they require significant reform after their 2024 electoral defeat. Are those claiming that "Bernie would have won" in 2016 and 2020 right? Or is there a case to be made for the more centrist Democratic Party approach -- even now? Rarely is someone with as large a platform as Dr. Dyson willing to join a progressive podcast for a rich debate on progressive strategy, so this one is a real treat.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Geography of Canada

Canada is a really big country—the second largest in the world, in fact. 

Its size can hide the fact that it is a country with enormous geographical diversity.

It has a geography that is unlike any other country in terms of its landscape and population distribution. It isn’t all just a cold wasteland…..although much of it is.

Learn more about the geography of Canada and how it has shaped the country into what it is today on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Gather Me’ and ‘Subculture Vulture’ are memoirs told through books and subcultures

Memoirs from authors Glory Edim and Moshe Kasher narrate their lives through cultural objects: books and subcultures. First, Edim, the founder of the Well-Read Black Girl book club, grew up as the child of Nigerian immigrant parents searching for their way into American identity. As part of that journey, Edim found herself through reading. Her memoir, Gather Me, is a coming-of-age story told through her encounters with books. In today's episode, Edim speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about the early influence of stories such as Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, reading as an act of defiance, and a trove of letters that helped the author reconnect with her father. We then hear from comedian Moshe Kasher, whose memoir Subculture Vulture is organized around six scenes he's inhabited throughout his life. After deciding to get sober, Kasher accessed community and recovery in expected and unexpected places, from Alcoholics Anonymous to the rave scene. In today's episode, he joins NPR's Rachel Martin to discuss healing core wounds, the relationship between Burning Man and the Jewish Days of Awe, and the responsibility of being a comedian today.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Half a billion people need reading glasses. Why can’t they get them? (Encore)

If you need some reading glasses in the United States, you don't have to break the bank to pick some up. That's important for older folks who need a little extra magnification. But in some parts of the world, people who need readers don't have that privilege. Today on the show, we'll find out why that is and learn the economic solution to the reading glasses shortage.

This piece originally aired October 9, 2024.

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