DailyShorts – Page 252

June 29, 2023

Curious City - Four Dances Invented in Chicago, Plus a Traditional One Chicagoans Keep Alive

We waltz with the musicians and dancers who popularized dances in Chicago, and we feel the beat with the people who keep La Danza Ateca alive in Pilsen.

June 29, 2023

NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Jeopardy!’ host Ken Jennings pens a travel guide to the afterlife

Ken Jennings is well-known for winning – and hosting – Jeopardy! Now, he's got a new book out full of pop culture knowledge and research: 100 Places to See After You Die. Formatted like a travel guide, the book spans across different destinations inspired by the way philosophers, poets and even cartoons imagine heaven and hell. In today's episode, Jennings speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about what he learned from his studies into Hinduism, Greek mythology and The Simpsons, and how portrayals of death have changed in pop culture.

June 28, 2023

Everything Everywhere Daily - Tau

For the last 250 years, there has been a problem in the world of mathematics.

There is a good argument to be made that we have been doing it wrong.

We have been teaching it in a way that has been unnecessarily confusing and complicated, and we have been causing generations of students unnecessary headaches.

Learn more about Tau and why it is better to use than pi on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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June 28, 2023

NPR's Book of the Day - Kenny Smith’s memoir ‘Talk of Champions’ looks back at a career shaped by the NBA

Kenny "The Jet" Smith's life has largely revolved around basketball in one way or another. The basketball commentator, Inside the NBA host and two-time NBA champion is now opening up about the people and relationships behind that career in his new memoir, Talk of Champions. In today's episode, he speaks to Here & Now's Scott Tong about how social justice, his high school coach, and friendships with people like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant inspired him to write his life story.

June 27, 2023

Everything Everywhere Daily - Operation Fork and Iceland in WWII

Most people probably don’t think of Iceland when they think of the Second World War.

They wouldn’t be wrong for doing so because Iceland wasn’t a belligerent country.

However, that doesn’t mean Iceland didn’t have a role to play. The location of the island gave it a strategic importance that made both sides of the conflict pay attention to it.

Learn more about Operation Fork, Operation Ikarus, and the role of Iceland in the Second World War on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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June 27, 2023

NPR's Book of the Day - J. Ryan Stradal’s new novel pays homage to the supper clubs of the upper Midwest

J. Ryan Stradal knows about supper club culture in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the rest of the northern midwest – he grew up in a town where those dining establishments blurred the lines between restaurant and social club, family and community. That culture is at the heart of his new novel, Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club, where main character Mariel has inherited one such supper club from her grandparents. In today's episode, Stradal tells Here & Now's Robin Young about how chain diners have impacted those familiar dinner spots and how his late mother inspired much of the novel.

June 26, 2023

The Bookmonger - Episode 462: ‘Mythic Realms’ by Bradley J. Birzer

John J. Miller is joined by Bradley J. Birzer to discuss his new book, 'Mythic Realms.'

June 26, 2023

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Toba Eruption

74,000 years ago, the Earth suffered the greatest natural disaster that it has seen in the last several million years.

A supervolcano erupted in what is today the country of Indonesia.

In addition to completely changing the Earth’s climate for years, it may have pushed a species known as Homo Sapiens to the brink of extinction.

Learn more about the Toba Eruption and how it might have almost spelled the end for humanity on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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June 26, 2023

NPR's Book of the Day - Frances Haugen’s memoir looks back on why she blew the whistle on Facebook

Frances Haugen came forward as the Facebook whistleblower in 2021, shortly after she exposed more than 20,000 documents proving that the company's algorithm boosted misinformation and extremism on the platform. In her new memoir, The Power of One, Haugen details how her life trajectory, from high school debate to Silicon Valley, poised her to speak up about what she saw during her time as an employee at Facebook. In today's episode, she tells Here & Now's Robin Young about losing her childhood best friend, navigating celiac disease, and prioritizing democracy and transparency over profit.