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If you have ever looked at a map of the Caribbean, you might have noticed that the tiny islands in the Lesser Antilles consist of a whole bunch of tiny, independent countries.

All of these countries became independent around the same time, got their independence from the same country: Great Britain.

Given their common history and location, why are they a bunch of separate tiny countries rather than one larger one?

Learn more about the West Indies and their modern history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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February 2, 2022

NPR's Book of the Day - ‘South To America’ makes the case that southern history shaped our nation

Author Imani Perry is a child of the South. In her newest book South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, she gives the reader a look at the South's complicated history, interwoven with her own personal anecdotes. Even though the South has a difficult history, Perry contends, it provides important context for America today. Perry told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that in order to write this book she had to stop romanticizing the place she calls home – and, instead, look at it starkly.

February 1, 2022

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Spice Trade

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When you think of international trade and globalization, you probably think it is a relatively modern phenomenon.

However, the roots of globalization actually go back thousands of years.

While there were many products that were originally traded, there was one particular category of goods that drove trade like no other: spices.

Spices are common and ubiquitous today, but centuries ago they were extremely prized and valuable.

Learn more about the spice trade and how it shaped the world we live in today, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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February 1, 2022

NPR's Book of the Day - Enslaved people imagine freedom and beyond in ‘Yonder’

Author Jabari Asim is out with a new novel called Yonder. The story follows a group of enslaved men and women who are forced to work on a plantation by day but dream together about freedom – and what's beyond the world they know – at night. Asim told NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer that he always writes with his ancestors looking over his shoulder: "I feel like I have a responsibility to honor that legacy of labor and sacrifice by doing the best I can and to take what it is that I do very seriously."

January 31, 2022

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Mukden Incident

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Most people think that the second world war started in September of 1939 when Germany invaded Poland.

However, that was only the beginning of the European war.

The conflict in Asia, however, actually began much earlier. What both the European and Asian theaters have in common is they started with an invasion by a belligerent power which was done under false pretenses.

Learn more about the Mukden Incident, and how it began the road to the second world war, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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January 31, 2022

NPR's Book of the Day - Struggling with burnout? Author Jonathan Malesic might be able to help

After getting his Ph.D., writer Jonathan Malesic struck out in this search for an academic job, so he took a position as a parking attendant across the street from his alma mater. He's had a myriad of jobs since then but Malesic told NPR's Michel Martin that he's never been happier because he was able to maintain such a stark work-life balance. Malesic's new book, The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives, is about how to maintain that balance in any job. And he reminds us that even your dream job is still just a job.

January 30, 2022

Everything Everywhere Daily - A History of Utensils

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They are so ubiquitous that most people don’t even realize that they have an origin. They are so commonly used that some of you might have them in your hands right now.

Yet, the objects we use to eat do have very definite histories.

Moreover, around the world, we often use very different objects to consume our food, and sometimes we use the exact same objects in very different ways.

Learn more about eating utensils, how they are developed and how they are used in different cultures, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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January 29, 2022

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Nile River

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There is an old saying that da Nile isn’t just a river in Egypt. That is true. It is also a river in Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Uganda.

The Nile is the longest river in the world, yet it is one of the smallest major rivers in the world.

Historically, some of the world’s greatest civilizations have depended on it, and today it is still a source of conflict between countries that depend on it for water and power.

Learn more about the Nile River and how its geography has and continues to shape history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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