Bay Curious - This Old Bay Area House

Why would a house have a garage if it was built before cars were available? How come some Bay Area homes have a front door that's technically on the second floor? When did everyone decide to paint their Victorian houses in bright, vivid colors? This week on the show, we answer multiple questions about some of the Bay Area's architectural curiosities.

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This story was reported by Katherine Monahan and Darren Tu. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Amanda Font and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Paul Lancour, Christopher Beale, Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Jenny Pritchett and Holly Kernan.

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Purchase of Alaska (Encore)

In 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward signed a treaty with the Empire of Russia to purchase the territory of what would be called Alaska.

The United States purchased it for 2 cents an acre. 

At the time, it was called one of the worst deals in American History. Today, it is considered the greatest bargain of all time.

Learn more about the purchase of Alaska on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 


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NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘Bad Cree,’ a horror mystery unfolds in the aftermath of loss and colonialism

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.

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Lykov Family (Encore)

In 1978, a Soviet helicopter pilot flying over the forests of Siberia made an incredible discovery. Not far from the border of Mongolia, up the side of a mountain, he saw a clearing and signs of human habitation. 

The location was far removed from any other humans. In fact, it was almost 250 kilometers to the nearest human settlement. 

What they found there was astonishing.

Learn more about the incredible Lykov Family on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 


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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Life on Delay’ chronicles what it means to live with – and accept – a stutter

In 2019, John Hendrickson wrote a piece for The Atlantic about then-presidential candidate Joe Biden's life with a stutter. Hendrickson himself stutters – and in his new reported memoir, Life on Delay, he takes a closer look at his relationship with talking out loud. In this episode, Hendrickson tells NPR's Scott Simon about the physical discomfort that he and others experience when stuttering and how, beyond that, there are layers of mental work to be done to remember it's still worth it to keep speaking up.

Everything Everywhere Daily - Did Ancient Rome and China Know About Each Other? (Encore)

2,000 years ago the Han Empire in China and the Roman Empire in Europe were the two greatest empires in the world. Between them, they covered an enormous amount of the Earth’s land and a large percentage of the world’s population. 

But were these two great empires even aware of each other? If so, was there any contact between them?

Find out how these two great ancient empires interacted with each other on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Decent People’ is a murder mystery grappling with race in the segregated South

In a small North Carolina town in 1976, three siblings are shot to death. That's the mystery at the center of De'Shawn Charles Winslow's new book, Decent People – and it's one the segregated town's white police officers aren't paying much attention to. In today's episode, Winslow tells NPR's Scott Simon about the heroine who takes it upon herself to solve the case, and why the author feels a need to paint a nuanced portrait of even the antagonists in his books.