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Everything Everywhere Daily - How Barbed Wire Shaped the West and the World (Encore)

When Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act of 1862, there was a rush of people who moved west to claim the free land that was offered. 

However, there was a problem. Creating physical divisions for plots of land on the prairie was difficult when there was no stone or wood. 

Eventually, there was a solution to the problem, which offered a cheap way to divide land…and created a whole host of new problems as well. 

Learn more about barbed wire and how it shaped the American West, warfare, and much more, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Is intermittent fasting going to kill you?

News stories earlier in the year appeared to suggest that time restricted eating ? where you consume all your meals in an 8 hour time window ? was associated with a 91% increase in the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

But is this true? Tim Harford looks into the claim with the help of Cardiologist Dr Donald Lloyd-Jones, chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University in the US.

Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Debbie Richford Series producer: Tom Colls Production coordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: Nigel Appleton Editor: Richard Vadon

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The Indicator from Planet Money - How Red Lobster got cooked and other indicators

Indicators of the Week is back! On today's episode, we discuss Red Lobster's bankruptcy, the rancid vibes of the U.S. economy, and a surprising shift in vices among Americans.

Related episodes:
Endless shrimp and other indicators (Apple / Spotify)
Is the financial media making us miserable about the economy? (Apple / Spotify)

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - What College Presidents Have Learned

The House grilled a new round of university presidents who seemed to have benefited from a kind of human machine learning. They avoided some previous mistakes but continued to bring shame on their institutions all the same. And Donald Trump was up to something very interesting in the Bronx. Plus a new AI song from Eli Lake. Give a listen.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Joan of Arc

In 1428, a young girl from the village of Domrémy, France, audaciously set out to meet the heir apparent to the French throne, the Dauphin, and told him what he had to do to defeat the English occupying her country. 

She claimed that she was told what to do by God. 

Against all odds, the Dauphin took her advice, and it worked. After a series of military victories, the Dauphin was crowned king, and the young girl went on to become one of the greatest heroes in French history. 

Learn more about Joan of Arc, her incredible story, and how it changed French history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Selleck memoirs look back at their beginnings

Today's episode is about two massive stars: Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Selleck. First, Goldberg speaks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about her new memoir, Bits and Pieces, which touches on her relationship with her mother, the way she navigated beauty standards growing up, and what it means to grapple with grief over time. Then, Selleck joins NPR's Scott Simon to discuss You Never Know, his initial reluctance to take on his role in Magnum P.I. and his thoughts on being labeled a "mustachioed hunk."

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