NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Call and Response’ is an ode to the women and girls of Botswana

Gothataone Moeng says she knows the characters in her collection of short stories, Call and Response. They bear similarities to her sisters, cousins, and aunties – but they're their own reflections of life, love, shame, expectations and joy in Gaborone and Serowe, Botswana. In today's episode, Moeng talks to NPR's Scott Simon about some of the different lessons her protagonists are learning, and how spending time back home in her village after a long time away reopened doors to a rhythm of life she'd almost forgotten about.

Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of President’s Day

The third Monday of February every year in the United States is a holiday that most people know as Presidents’ Day. 

It is not the most glamorous holiday and most people actually forget that it exists until they wonder why they didn’t get any mail.

While the day itself isn’t really one that is celebrated, the story behind the day is much more fascinating than most people realize.

Learn more about Presidents’ Day, the oddest and most confusing American holiday, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Greta Thunberg hopes ‘The Climate Book’ is a launching pad for environmental activism

Greta Thunberg has become a household name – but she doesn't want the attention on her to become a distraction from the severity of the climate crisis. In today's episode, Thunberg speaks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about how she hopes a new collection of essays written by her and more than 100 scientists and journalists – The Climate Book, can become a jumping off point to better understand environmental challenges. She explains why it's crucial for countries like the U.S. to step up and take accountability for their reliance on the fossil fuel industry, and why politicians have a responsibility to underline the relationship between climate and social justice.

Everything Everywhere Daily - The First Battle of The Marne

If you think of the first world war, your mind probably turns to images of trench warfare and thousands of men losing their lives to try and gain just a few meters of land. 

However, in the first few weeks of the war, this was not at all the case. In fact, it initially looked like the war might not even last two months. 

What stopped the collapse of France and began widespread trench warfare was a desperate battle that took place in the first week of September 1914.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Artificial Sweeteners

In 1879, Constantin Fahlberg, a chemist at Johns Hopkins University, made an astonishing discovery. He was conducting experiments with coal tar when he forgot to wash his hands. 

When he started eating lunch, he noticed something odd. His fingers tasted sweet. 

Fahlberg’s discovery was the start of a century-long pursuit to create alternatives to sugar.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The 27th Amendment (Encore)

The American constitution was written in 1787, but there was a mechanism built in to amend and change the document. 

Since 1787 the Constitution has been amended 27 times, most recently in 1992. 

The most recent amendment, however, had a path to ratification, which was far different than any other of the 26 before it. 

Learn more about the 27th amendment and the very circuitous route it took to ratification on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘How Far The Light Reaches’ dives into the deep sea for lessons on community and care

The deep sea – and the creatures that occupy it – can often feel like a scary and intimidating unknown. But in Sabrina Imbler's new book, How Far The Light Reaches, the author finds a lot of common ground with marine life ranging from the common goldfish to the Bobbitt worm. In today's episode, Imbler speaks with Greta Johnsen, host of WBEZ's Nerdette podcast, about writing a memoir that weaves biology and personal anecdotes into a greater understanding of gender, family and coming of age.

the memory palace - Episode 67: Every Night Ever

This episode was originally released in summer of 2015.

Music

* Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth’s Modesty Blaise score.
* Then, we have the most obvious crickets/summer night song ever: the fantastic, perpetually delightful Green Arrow from Yo La Tengo’s I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, which has soundtracked many crickety summer nights for me over the years.
* The cops roll in to a loop of the very beginning of the epic Ptah, the El Daoud, the title track to Alice Coltrane’s album from 1970.
* Then we have a mix of two improvisations from Charles Cohen’s “Brother I Prove You Wrong”: Cloud Hands and The Boy and the Snake Dance.
* There’s a brief dip into Dorian, by Fang Island.
* The jaunty accordion, typewriter thing is Biking is Better on Wintergatan’s eponymous album.

Notes
I researched this one primarily through old newspapers. The easiest place to find a number of them is to read the excellent site, The Museum of Hoaxes’ page on this event. Also: if you’re in the Atlanta area and ever want to have yourself a day, you can see the actual monkey. It’s preserved in a jar at the Georgia Bureau of Investigations museum in Decatur Georgia.

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