Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1417: A Metaphor Collapses
Episode: 1417 In which the medieval clock metaphor finally collapses. Today, a metaphor dies.
Everything Everywhere Daily - Questions and Answers: Volume 33
The month of August was named in honor of the emperor Augustus Caesar by the Roman Senate.
Originally called Sextilis, the sixth month in the early Roman calendar, it was renamed in 8 BC to recognize Augustus’s achievements, particularly his victories and consolidation of power.
According to Roman tradition, the month was chosen because several of his significant accomplishments occurred during Sextilis.
In reality, the Senate was really just trying to suck up to Augustus. Instead, they should have asked him some questions
Stay tuned for the 33rd installment of questions and answers on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1416: Technology on Hold
Episode: 1416 Technology on Hold: ideas that return after a long time. Today, technology on hold.
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Witness Protection Program
In 1970, the United States passed the Organized Crime Control Act, which established the Witness Security Program or WITSEC.
Since being enacted, WITSEC has had thousands of witnesses and family members enter the program, none of whom, to date, have been killed under their protection.
The program is a key weapon in the fight against organized crime and has been a subject of public fascination.
Learn about the Witness Security Program, why it exists, and its impact on the American justice system on this Episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1415: Right Hand / Left Hand
Episode: 1415 Right and left handedness: some new ideas about origins. Today, why do you write with your right hand?
ATXplained - Why do sidewalks in Austin sometimes just end? (archive episode)
In this story, originally from our Sept. 2022 ATXplained Live show, KUT’s Audrey McGlinchy investigates why Austin sidewalks sometimes just kinda stop. In the middle of a block. And she does battle with Shel Silverstein.
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Bay Curious - Julia Morgan: A Thoroughly Bay Area Architect
Julia Morgan, the pioneering female architect, was born in San Francisco, raised in Oakland and educated at UC Berkeley and the the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She designed over 700 buildings, many of them in the Bay Area, and had a huge impact on the field of architecture. We dig into her life and legacy.
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Curious City - The other organizations empowering Chicago’s Chinatown
Community organizations are helping Chinatown residents preserve what long-standing family associations helped build.
Everything Everywhere Daily - Canned Food
For centuries, food preservation was a significant challenge for humanity.
Even if you were successful in hunting or gathering food, if you could not preserve it, it would be difficult to keep enough for survival.
One of the most important advancements in human history was the development of canning, allowing for food to be preserved for significantly longer periods of time.
Sometimes, very long periods of time.
Find out about the history of canning and its impact on humanity on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2495: Creativity Within Limits
Episode: 2495 Creativity Within Limits: Rules as a Source of Creativity. Today, bounded creativity.