Comedy writer Kashana Cauley grew up watching the film Conspiracy Theory, starring Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts, with her parents. She says that's likely her earliest entryway into a world she explores in her debut novel, The Survivalists – it follows a millennial lawyer falling in with a community of doomsday preppers. In this episode, Cauley tells NPR's Juana Summers about the control people might feel preparing for an impending apocalypse, and how that experience is ultimately shaped by our understanding of race in the U.S.
Located in the middle of North America lies one of the largest collections of freshwater lakes in the world.
These lakes have a unique geological origin and function, like few lakes in the world.
Also, given their location, they are home to several large industrial centers and is part of one of the most important economic waterways on the planet.
Learn more about the Great Lakes, how they were made, and their importance on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Novelist Barbara Kingsolver loves living in the Appalachian hills of southwestern Virginia. But she says she feels that the region is often misconstrued by mainstream media. Her new book, Demon Copperhead, follows a young boy grappling with the consequences of loss, addiction and poverty – but also finding ways to survive through creativity and imagination. In this episode, Kingsolver speaks with Here & Now's Scott Tong about the Dickensian influences in the novel, the divide between urban and rural, and the idea that "the middle of nowhere is relative."
In 1947, a Norwegian adventurer named Thor Heyerdahl set out to prove a theory of his that the people of Polynesia came there from South America.
To prove his theory, he built a raft out of local materials in Peru and set sail across the Pacific.
His voyage was successful, but the same couldn’t be said for his theories.
Learn more about Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Jessica Johns' thriller, Bad Cree, opens with a startling image: a severed crow's head in someone's hand. In today's episode, Johns tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe she hoped that image would set the tone for the winding mystery within her new novel. It follows a young Cree woman who returns to a home and culture she left behind in hopes of helping her cope with grief. Much of Mackenzie's story involves her dreams, and Johns explains why she felt it was so important to honor that world – especially after a professor told her otherwise.
Depending on how you define it, there were approximately 70 Roman Emperors.
They were a mixed bag ranging from philosophers to the insane, from generals to children.
Some were truly horrible, but some were actually pretty good at their job. In particular, there were five consecutive emperors who reigned during the peak of Pax Romana.
Learn more about the Five Good Emperors on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
The titular protagonist of Meredith, Alone has not left her home in three years. In today's episode, author Claire Alexander tells NPR's Scott Simon about the character's self-imposed isolation, and how trauma from earlier in life can leave long-lasting impacts on a person's mental health. And yet Meredith's trauma doesn't define her – so Alexander explains why she wanted to write a story that provided a full scope of what it means to overcome mental and emotional wounds.
Two years, nine months, and 1 day ago, I sat down and recorded the first episode of a daily podcast.
Today, I’m recording the 1000th episode of that show.
It has been a lot of work, but it has been a great experience, and to date, hundreds of thousands of people from almost every country on Earth have listened to the show.
Join me as I celebrate the milestone of episode number 1000 of Everything Everywhere Daily.
Every day on April 1st, you have to be careful what you read and hear. This day, known to accounts as the beginning of the second quarter, is known to most people as April Fool’s Day.
Why do we have a day where we try to trick people, and why does that day occur on April 1st?
Learn more about April Fool’s Day on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
