Category: DailyShorts

Every few years, without any schedule or planning, officials at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service will add an extra second to the year. 

The reason why this is done does make sense, but adding an extra second to a year can cause a host of problems, and many are wondering if it is a practice that should be continued. 

Learn more about Leap Seconds, why they exist, when they happen, and if they should continue to exist on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

Previous Episodes Referenced

https://everything-everywhere.com/whats-the-deal-with-daylight-savings/

https://everything-everywhere.com/a-brief-history-of-timekeeping/

https://everything-everywhere.com/the-julian-and-gregorian-calendars/

https://everything-everywhere.com/why-does-a-week-have-seven-days/

https://everything-everywhere.com/why-does-the-year-start-on-january-1/

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Men in Blazers' Roger Bennett knows football – or soccer, as Americans call it. His new book, Gods of Soccer, lists 100 players who've made their mark on the sport one way or another. He tells Mary Louise Kelly about how he managed to compile that list, and why the book delves into the origin stories and cultural impact of a wide range of players – not just the Ronaldo and Messi household names, but the lesser-known figures who are iconic in their own right.

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Music

• Strength of a Young Man by Vernon Field

• Wave I by Elori Saxl

• Rearranging Furniture from Gabriel Yared’s score to By the Sea

• Falling Forever and Ever by Ricky Eat Acid

• Muff Gets a Share from Joel P West’s score to Band of Robbers

Notes

• By far the most fun I had researching this was reading Kaori O’Conner’s Pineapple: A Global History. Really a lovely little book.

In 1942, Allied forces attempted a landing on the coast of France to gain a toe hold on the continent.

Thousands of men took part in the landing…and it was a disaster. Over a thousand men were killed, and over 2,000 were captured. 

Despite being a massive failure, the lessons learned from that raid paved the way for the massive success of the invasion of Europe almost two years later.

Learn more about the raid on Dieppe and how the lessons from the raid were used to make the invasion of Normandy a success on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

Previous Episodes Referenced

https://everything-everywhere.com/the-army-that-never-was/

https://everything-everywhere.com/the-red-ball-express/

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Michelle Obama wants young people to know "going high" isn't about being complacent – it's about being strategic while pushing for change. In this episode, the former first lady sits down with NPR's Juana Summers to discuss her new book, The Light We Carry, and the toolkit she relies on to navigate the realities of partnership, parenthood and privilege.

Human beings have been around for hundreds of thousands of years. For the vast majority of that time, the total population of humans has been quite small. 

Then, quite suddenly, at least in the grand sweep of history, the population of humanity exploded. 

Now, it appears that humans might be on the cusp of a new era of demographics, the likes of which we haven’t experienced before.

Learn more about the global population since the dawn of humanity and what is in store in the future on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

Previous Episodes Referenced

https://everything-everywhere.com/the-great-dying-of-the-americas/

https://everything-everywhere.com/a-brief-history-of-the-mongol-empire/

https://everything-everywhere.com/the-first-pandemic-the-plague-of-justinian/

https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/

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Now Is Not the Time to Panic is a novel, but the relationship at its core comes from best-selling author Kevin Wilson's own young adulthood. Two teens find each other, in a summer of boredom, and start making art together – but their collaboration spirals to unlikely places. In this episode, Wilson tells NPR's Scott Simon about the real-life friendship that sparked the story, and what those memories mean many years later.