NPR's Book of the Day - Jamie Loftus’ ‘Raw Dog’ investigates the social and culinary history of the hot dog

Comedian Jamie Loftus has been eating hot dogs her whole life. But in her new book, Raw Dog, she takes a road trip across the U.S. to discover how they're prepared in different parts of the country, and does a deep dive into everything from the labor conditions in meatpacking plants to the social class implications of who eats hot dogs and why. In today's episode, Loftus speaks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about the immigrant roots of the baseball classic, the capitalist propaganda behind the hot dog as a symbol of America, and the ethical ways to still consume them.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Monroe Doctrine

When the United States became independent in the late 18th century, it didn’t have much of a foreign policy. Their primary concern was creating the framework of a country that hadn’t existed before. 

However, after a few decades, the United States grew in confidence and eventually asserted its own unique foreign policy objectives. 

The objectives eventually coalesced during the administration of President James Monroe, and many of the objectives of this early foreign policy still remain in place today.

Learn more about the Monroe Doctrine, how it was created, and how it has been implemented on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Element Mercury

Since the dawn of human history, humans have been aware of a seemingly miraculous substance. It was a substance that had the same color as silver, but unlike silver, it wasn’t a solid. It was a liquid. 

Ancient people used this substance as a medicine and as an elixir for long life, something which they got absolutely wrong. 

Learn more about the element mercury, its history, and its unique properties on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - How The Roman Army Worked

For centuries, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire were able to conquer and force their will on other people around the Mediterranean Sea.

The success of Rome was built on its army, and its army was able to sustain its dominance for so long because of its system of superior organization and logistics. 

It was this system which allowed them to excel in ancient warfare for so long.

Learn more about how Roman armies worked and what made them so successful on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Are women in the UK the biggest binge drinkers in the world?

We check out suspect stats on boozing Brits and fishy figures on fishing fleets in the South China Sea.

With the help of Professor John Holmes from the University of Sheffield's School of Medicine and Population Health and Simon Funge-Smith, a senior fishery officer at the FAO.

Presenter and producer: Charlotte McDonald Series Producer: Tom Colls Editor: Richard Vadon Sound Engineer: Graham Puddifoot

the memory palace - Episode 120: The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat

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Notes

  • Do yourself a favor and read Frances Hamerstrom's autobiography, My Double Life: Memoirs of a Naturalist.

  • Do your kids a favor and Jeannine Atkins take on Frances in her book Girls Who Looked Under Rocks.

  • And then watch Frances teach David Letterman how to cook a snake.