by Mark Tardi
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Elgin Marbles
Beginning in 1801, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, the Earl of Elgin, began a project to document the sculptures located at the Parthenon in Athens.
He then took it one step further and took half of the sculptures at the Parthenon and shipped them back to England.
It has been a source of controversy and diplomatic conflict ever since.
Learn more about the Elgin Marbles on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - And
By Nicole Sealey
Everything Everywhere Daily - Ignaz Semmelweis and His Simple Great Idea
In the mid-19th century, a Hungarian physician named Ignaz Semmelweis advocated for an incredibly simple technique that would go on to save millions of lives.
However, when he first proposed it, his idea wasn’t just ignored, it was vehemently rejected by the very people who could have used it to save lives. Not only was the idea rejected, but he was ridiculed to a point that might have led to his early death.
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Read Me a Poem - “A Woman Speaks” by Audre Lorde
Amanda Holmes reads Audre Lorde’s poem “A Woman Speaks.” 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.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Conversation 12: On Hieroglyphs
by Rosmarie Waldrop
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Planet Mercury
The planet Mercury is the smallest, fastest, and most pot-marked planet in our solar system. It is in many ways, unlike any other planet.
However, there is more to this overlooked planet than meets the eye. It isn’t just a scarred, hot rock near the sun. There are some things about it that I’m quite sure will astonish you.
Learn more about Mercury, the first planet, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Songs of the Transformed
by Margaret Atwood (read by Melissa Severin)
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco Bay is one of the largest and best natural harbors in the world. The entrance to the harbor is a one-mile, 1.6 kilometer, wide straight called the Golden Gate.
Historically, getting from one side of the Golden Gate to the other was a time-consuming task. During the Great Depression the decision was made to solve the problem once and for all, but building the biggest bridge the world had ever seen.
Learn more about the Golden Gate Bridge on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Read Me A Poem Podcast - 19: Failure
In this episode we take a look at the titular poem from Schultz's Pulitzer prize-winning collection of poetry Failure.