By Eleanor Ross Taylor
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Modern Olympic Games
Almost 2,800 years ago the Ancient Greeks held a sporting event every four years on Mount Olympus.
The festival was part competition, part religious celebration, and it was considered so important that wars would come to a halt in honor of the games.
Then in the 19th century, one man came up with the idea of bringing the games back to life.
Learn more about the Modern Olympic Movement on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - How to Not Need Resurrection
by Michalle Gould
Everything Everywhere Daily - The 1972 World Chess Championship
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union competed in almost every arena: space, sports, and of course the military. Everything they competed in was designed to show the superiority of their respective systems.
In 1972, one of the greatest cold war rivalries came to a head in Reykjavík, Iceland.
It didn’t take place at a sporting event or on a battlefield. Rather, it took place over a period of two months on a chessboard.
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Audio Poem of the Day - The Month of June: 13 1/2
By Sharon Olds
Everything Everywhere Daily - Barcodes
In 1949, a young inventor by the name of Norman Woodland was sitting on the beach in Florida. While drawing some lines in the sand, he had an idea that would revolutionize the world of retail and logistics.
In fact, his invention might be found somewhere around you or on your person at this moment.
Learn more about bar codes, and the closely related Universal Product Codes, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - Limp Bizkit—“Nookie”
Rob explores rap-rock band Limp Bizkit’s signature single “Nookie” by discussing the rise of nü metal and how the genre centers around rage in its many expressions.
This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music.
Host: Rob Harvilla
Guest: Brittany Spanos
Producers: Isaac Lee and Justin Sayles
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Audio Poem of the Day - Myth
By Natasha Trethewey
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Miller-Urey Experiment
One of the fundamental questions of humanity is where did we come from? How did life on Earth come about?
While there have been many theories as to how this could have happened, in 1952, two men decided to actually run an experiment to see if they could replicate the early conditions on Earth.
The results were eye-opening.
Learn more about the Miller-Urey Experiment and how it changed our ideas on the genesis of life, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Read Me a Poem - “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Amanda Holmes reads Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask.” 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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