Everything Everywhere Daily - A Brief History of the Mongol Empire

In the year 1162, in the Khentii Mountains of what is today Northeastern Mongolia, a baby by the name of Temüjin was born. 


He would go on to become the single greatest conqueror and establish the largest contiguous empire in world history. 


His empire would reverberate throughout history and is still being felt today, both politically and genetically.


Learn more about Ghengis Khan and the Mongol Empire on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - The debate on reforming the Supreme Court in Eric Holder’s ‘Our Unfinished March’

The leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade earlier this month has reignited debates about the power and reach of the highest court in the country. In his new book, Our Unfinished March, former Attorney General Eric Holder argues in favor of reforms, such as term limits and streamlining appointments, that he says would protect minorities. In an interview with Michel Martin on All Things Considered, Holder talks about how citizens can also take part by being active and engaged in politics locally.

Everything Everywhere Daily - Correlation vs Causation

You have probably heard the old saying that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. 

There are several reasons why statistics are often misinterpreted. One of the biggest is the confusion between the two concepts of correlation and causation. 

This confusion is not only made by laypeople but also by members of the media and scientists.


Learn more about correlation and causation and why one doesn’t necessarily imply the other on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 



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NPR's Book of the Day - Traveling in time with Emma Straub in her new novel ‘This Time Tomorrow’

If you could go back in time to when you were 16 years old, what would you change? This question is at the heart of Emma Straub's new novel, This Time Tomorrow, a story about a father-daughter relationship that gives readers a more intimate and personal exploration of time travel. In an interview with All Things Considered, Straub told Mary Louise Kelly that she wrote the novel in 2020 as a way to escape from feeling trapped in quarantine and that, in many ways,the story turned out to be autobiographical.

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Thirty Mile Zone (Encore)

Hollywood is known the world over for being the center of the motion picture industry. 


But did you ever wonder why the movie business is centered there or why it hasn’t moved somewhere else?


Well, it all has to do with a clause in various union contracts.


Learn more about the Thirty Mile Zone, or the TMZ, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.



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Everything Everywhere Daily - Was the Holy Roman Empire, Holy, Roman, or an Empire?

In the 18th century, the French writer and philosopher Voltaire said, ​​"This body which was called, and which still calls itself, the Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire."


Since then, some variation of this quote has found itself into history classes around the world. 


So what exactly was the Holy Roman Empire, and was Voltaire right?


Learn more about the Holy Roman Empire and find out if it was holy, was Roman, and if it was an empire on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of Rice

For thousands of years, rice has been one of the most important agricultural crops in the world. 


It has fed billions of people, has been crossbred into tens of thousands of variants, and is now grown in every continent except Antarctica.


The importance of rice has not diminished over time and in fact, might grow in the future. 


Learn more about rice, and how it was domesticated and spread around the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Understanding China’s brutal treatment of Uyghur Muslims through two nonfiction books

It's estimated that more than 1 million Uyghur Muslims have been detained in camps in China, where they may be subjected to forced labor, sexual violence, torture, and religious restrictions. Today, we explore two nonfiction books that help understand the crisis. First, Geoffrey Cain speaks to Scott Tong on Here and Now about his book The Perfect Police State, an overview of the surveillance technology China is employing to monitor Uyghurs. Then, Nury Turkel speaks to Ayesha Roscoe on Weekend Edition Sunday about his book No Escape, an investigation into these torture camps and the life of Uyghur refugees.