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February 18, 2022

NPR's Book of the Day - Two authors tell stories of the weird and wild in the classical music world

Both interviews today will transport you into the exciting world of classical music. No, really! The first is with Brendan Slocumb, whose new book, The Violin Conspiracy, is a mystery surrounding a musician trying to recover his stolen violin. It's also about how hard it is to be a Black classical musician, Slocumb told NPR's Asma Khalid. The second is Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman's conversation with NPR's Scott Simon. Hindman's memoir Sounds Like Titanic follows her experience touring with an orchestra that wasn't really performing for the audience.

February 17, 2022

Everything Everywhere Daily - Spartacus and the Third Servile War

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In the year 73 BC, Rome faced one of its greatest threats to its existence. An army of over 100,000 liberated slaves rose up in revolt and threatened the very fabric of the Roman Republic.

The revolt was led by a gladiator slave who lead his motley army and, to the astonishment of Rome, managed to defeat many Roman legions.

The end of this rebellion resulted in one of the most horrific displays in all ancient history.

Learn more about Spartacus and the Third Servile War, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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February 17, 2022

Curious City - An Aldi closes and a Chicago neighborhood is reeling from the impact

Last year the Garfield Park Aldi closed after 30 years, leaving thousands of West Siders without a nearby grocery store where they can buy affordable, fresh produce or other staples. Now, the City of Chicago is considering purchasing the Aldi property to ensure it remains a grocery store. WBEZ reporter Linda Lutton and Curious City intern Asia Singleton head to the West Side neighborhood to find how the store’s closing is impacting residents — and what they’re doing about it.

February 17, 2022

NPR's Book of the Day - Author Maeve Higgins humorously reflects on her immigrant experience

Author Maeve Higgins starts her new book, Tell Everyone on This Train I Love Them, by saying she hopes the pandemic doesn't impart any lessons. This kind of dark humor persists throughout Higgins' book, which is a reflection on America and its many flaws. But, as an immigrant, she can see this country in a way others cannot — with a fresh pair of perhaps more forgiving eyes. Higgins told NPR's Tamara Keith that because she loves this country she wants it to be the best it can be.

February 16, 2022

Everything Everywhere Daily - More Than You Ever Really Wanted to Know About Sewers

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Sometimes the most important things are things we don’t even want to think about let alone talk about.

The issue of handling and removing human waste and dirty water is one such problem that has confronted humans since the dawn of time.

The elimination of waste and excess water was one of the fundamental things which allowed cities to grow all over the world.

Learn more about sewers…..yep, I’m doing an episode on sewers, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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February 16, 2022

NPR's Book of the Day - What does ‘The Family Chao’ have in common with Dostoyevsky? Murder and more.

Patriarch Leo Chao is murdered at his restaurant at the beginning of Lan Samantha Chang's new novel The Family Chao. Eventually family secrets and bitterness reveal themselves — much like a Dostoyevsky novel, from whom Chao took a lot of inspiration. But NPR's Scott Simon points out that even though this novel is about a murder, it's quite funny. Chang told Simon that she just enjoyed writing it so much that humor became part of it.

February 15, 2022

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Wonderful World of Stromatolites

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If you measure the success of a lifeform by how long they manage to exist on Earth, then by far the most successful forms of life have been stromatolites.

Stromatolites aren’t the sexiest form of life. They still exist on Earth today, but if you have seen them, you might never have known it.

In addition to having been around a long time, stromatolites are responsible for the entire world that we know today.

Learn more about stromatolites, the oldest form of life on Earth, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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February 15, 2022

NPR's Book of the Day - Author Tara Westover says we need to consider how people have been ‘Educated’

Author Tara Westover grew up in an extreme survivalist family in Idaho. She and her siblings had no formal education, but she taught herself algebra, aced the entrance exam for BYU and got in. It was the start of her way out from under an often abusive family situation. Westover wrote about her experiences and what it was like for her to totally change her worldview in her memoir, Educated. Westover told Here & Now's Robin Young that she thinks we need to stop judging people for their incorrect opinions if they don't have access to education.