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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Marshall Plan

At the end of the Second World War, Europe was a mess. The economies of most countries were in shambles and the threat of communism loomed over the continent. 

In a speech at Harvard University on June 5, 1947, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall proposed a plan which could help get Europe back on its feet.

The plan is widely considered one of the most successful foreign aid programs in history.

Learn more about the Marshall Plan, how it came about, and how it worked on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Jules Feiffer, ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ illustrator, is out with a new graphic novel

Jules Feiffer has been drawing and writing for a living since he was 17 years old. Now 95, the illustrator behind The Phantom Tollbooth is out with his first graphic novel for middle grade readers. That book, Amazing Grapes, kicks off with a father's departure, which sets in motion a series of adventures across dimensions for his three children. A two-headed swan serves as the master of ceremonies for the story. In today's episode, Feiffer speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about how play has become more central to the author's life as he's grown older and about his writing process, which involves a lot of scribbling.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Why the name Taft-Hartley got airplay during the dockworkers’ brief strike

The U.S. economy is breathing a little easier after the International Longshoremen's Association reached a tentative agreement last week with the United States Maritime Alliance. The short-lived dockworkers strike reignited a debate over whether the president ought to intervene, invoking an old law on the books called the Taft-Hartley Act. On today's show, we explain what the Taft-Hartley Act is, why it was created and why it's still scorned by unions.

Related episodes:
What the data reveal about labor strikes (Apple / Spotify)
Why residuals are taking center stage in actors' strike (Apple / Spotify)
The never-ending strike (Apple / Spotify)
The strike that changed U.S. labor

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Bird Migrations

Every year, hundreds of millions of birds around the world migrate. 

Some migrate short distances, some migrate incredibly long distances, and others don’t bother to migrate at all.

For centuries, people didn’t know why birds migrated, how they managed to travel such long distances every year, or where they would go.

Thanks to modern science and technology we now have a much better idea of how it works and where they go.

Learn more about bird migrations on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 


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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘How to Build a Fashion Icon’ is stylist Law Roach’s guide to image architecture

Stylist Law Roach grew up in Chicago watching his grandmother get ready for church. He said observing her process first exposed him to the art form of being a woman. Since then, Roach has become what he calls an "image architect," styling celebrity clients like Zendaya, Celine Dion and Anya Taylor-Joy. Roach's new book How to Build a Fashion Icon is both a memoir and a manual that adapts the stylist's fashion guidelines for a non-celebrity audience. In today's episode, Roach visits NPR West for a styling session and conversation with NPR's Ailsa Chang about reflecting power and confidence in one's external image.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Origins of Playing Cards (Encore)

Sitting in most homes is a deck of playing cards.

Cards and card games have become almost ubiquitous They are played by children and in retirement homes. They are played at family picnics, and there are also televised games played with millions of dollars on the line. 

You can play games with friends, or you can even play them by yourself.

Despite how common they are, most people don’t realize that they have a very ancient heritage. 

Learn more about the origin of playing cards on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - The 1204 Crusader Sack of Constantinople

One of the defining events of the Middle Ages took place in Constantinople on April 12, 1204. 

Soldiers of the Fourth Crusade, under orders of the Doge of the Republic of Venice, breached the walls and sacked one of the greatest cities of the era. 

The sack wasn’t just an orgy of violence and destruction, which it was. It also set into motion events that caused irreparable divisions between the Eastern and Western Christian worlds and, ultimately, the fall of the Byzantine Empire. 

Learn more about the 1204 Sack of Constantinople and how it changed the course of Europe on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The Indicator from Planet Money - Does unemployment whiplash mean recession?

It's Jobs Friday! It's that time of the month where we check in on the American worker.

In September, 254,000 jobs were added to the US economy and the unemployment rate ticked down very slightly to 4.1%. It's unexpectedly strong, and relieving news for workers after a pretty lackluster summer.

But ... given how the labor market cooled over summer, is the labor market still on thin ice? And if there were to be a plummet in jobs, could anything be done to speed up the recovery?

Today on the show: How it's easier to break the economy than to fix it, and whether we can escape from the patterns of the past.

Related Episodes:
The Sahm Rule With The Eponymous Economist
How much would you do this job for? And other indicators

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Bay Curious - Proposition 36: Increasing Penalties for Drug and Theft Crimes

In 2014, Californians passed Prop 47, a criminal justice reform measure aimed at sending fewer low-level offenders for drug and theft crimes to prison. Now, Californians are being asked if they want to roll back some of those reforms, and increase the penalties. KQED Politics Correspondent and co-host of Political Breakdown Marisa Lagos takes us through the history, data and arguments of this prop.

This is the final episode in our 10-part Prop Fest series, examining the propositions on California's 2024 ballot. We'll be back to regular programming next week.

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