Category: DailyShorts

Computers have obviously transformed our world. You wouldn’t be listing to my voice right now if it wasn’t for computers.

However, the first computers, a device that could perform arbitrary calculations, actually came well before electronics. It was made of gears, cogs, and levers, and it was able to perform mathematical calculations as well as run simple program.

Learn more about Charles Babbage and his analytical engine, the world’s first mechanical computer, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

--------------------------------

Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen

Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere

Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 4, 2022

Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of the Submarine

Subscribe to the podcast!

For thousands of years, humans have traveled on the water and have wondered if it was possible to travel under the water like a fish.

The idea of underwater travel stuck around for centuries, but eventually, humans did figure out how to travel underwater, even if the first efforts were not successful.

Learn more about the submarine, how it was invented, and how they work, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

--------------------------------

Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen

Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EEDailyPodcast/

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 4, 2022

NPR's Book of the Day - Writers Lizzie Damilola Blackburn and Edmund White want to talk about sex

The first interview today is with debut novelist Lizzie Damilola Blackburn about her book, Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? The protagonist Yinka is constantly being hounded by her family to get married. But Damilola Blackburn tells NPR's Sarah McCammon that learning to love oneself first can be important. The second interview is with award-winning writer Edmund White who is out with a new book about sex. A Previous Life follows a couple – they are writing to each other about their romantic pasts. White told NPR's Scott Simon that though the book might offend some, he has always written this way.

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Dyatlov Pass Incident

Subscribe to the podcast!

On February 25, 1959, a group of 10 hikers set out in the middle of the Russian Winter on what was to be a 10-day excursion into the wilderness.

One of the hikers returned early. The other nine were never heard from again.

Week’s later their bodies were found, and it spawned a mystery that researchers are still trying to solve.

Lear more about the Dyatlov Pass Incident on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

--------------------------------

Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen

Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/EEDailyPodcast/

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Curious City - People Who Quit Their Jobs During COVID Share Their Stories

By now you’ve probably pretty familiar with that term the “Great Resignation.” We asked our listeners why they quit their jobs and how they’re doing now. We heard from more than a hundred people who talked about burnout, stress and toxic workplaces. And we heard a lot about the fear and risk that comes with quitting a job you know. In this episode we share some of those stories.

Curious City - People Who Quit Their Jobs During COVID Share Their Stories

NPR's Book of the Day - How did humans get here? Historian Yuval Noah Harari is thrilled to tell you

Historian Yuval Noah Harari wrote a book back in 2015 that looked at the entirety of human history; from hunter-gatherers to space exploration. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind packs all of this into a mere 400 pages. Harari noted to NPR's Arun Rath that humans have done a great job cultivating power – but where we tend to fall short is translating that power into happiness.

February 2, 2022

Everything Everywhere Daily - Why Isn’t the West Indies a Single Country?

Subscribe to the podcast!

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.

--------------------------------

Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen

Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/