Category: DailyShorts

William Shakespeare had a son, Hamnet, who likely inspired one of his most famous plays and who died when he was 11 years old. Novelist Maggie O'Farrell was disappointed that more people weren't familiar with him, so she set out to fix that with her book, Hamnet. O'Farrell wanted to reimagine Hamnet's life, his death, and William Shakespeare's family life. But, she told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, she had a much harder time writing this book than she thought she would.

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László Polgár was born just after World War II in Hungary. His field of study was the nature of human intelligence. After studying the lives of over 400 great intellectuals from throughout human history, he came to a startling conclusion: geniuses weren’t born, they were made. 

So he set about conducting an experiment on his own children. The results were astonishing. 

Learn more about Judit, Susan, and Sophia, the incredible Polgar sisters, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

 

 

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Dwyane Wade's new memoir is not a traditional one. He wanted to show the reader a lot of his cherished memories instead of just writing about them. His new photographic memoir, Dwyane, visually wraps up his basketball career with a series of pictures from his time at Marquette to his 16 years with the Miami Heat. Wade talked to Here & Now's Tonya Mosely about when he knew it was time to step away from the game he loves.

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This episode was originally released as Episode 184: Betty Robinson in July of 2021.

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Music

• Pollen by H.Takahashi and, later, Photosynthese.

• The New York Herald Tribune by Martial Solal

• Trying Something Again, Again by Lullatone

• Wiffle Ball from Joel P. West’s score for Short Term 12

• The title theme to Cani Arrabbiati

• Increase by David Lang and Alarm Will Sound

• Nijuichi by Sylvain Chaveau

• Occam II for Violin by Eliane Radigue

• Drunken Aviator by the (great, truly) Ida.

• Eyes Closed and Travelling by Peter Broderick

Notes

• If you are looking to read more about Betty, I’d suggest Rosanne Montillo’s terrific book, Fire on the Track.

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If I was to ask you what the wealthiest royal family in Europe was, your first guess would probably be the British Royal Family. 

But it isn’t. 

It also isn’t the royal families in Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, or even the wealthy enclave of Monaco. 

The richest royal family is also the unlikeliest. 

Learn more about Liechtenstein, how their family got so wealthy, and why the country even exists, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Author Emma Straub has written a book about family dynamics and the mess and love that comes with them in All Adults Here. It's no secret that families are complicated. Straub argues a lot of our familial relationships are watching each other grow up and whether or not you allow those you love to grow and change. She told NPR's Scott Simon though that even the bits that aren't perfect are worth loving.

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Henrietta Lacks was a mother of five who died of cervical cancer in 1951 at the age of 31. Before she passed, a tissue sample of her cancer cells was taken.

Those cells have been the basis for decades of cancer and biological research, and have also been at the center of one of the greatest medical ethics controversies in modern times. 

Learn more about the immortal Henrietta Lacks on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The bible talks of three wise men who traveled to Bethlehem bringing gifts to the infant Jesus. These gifs were gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 

I think most of you probably have a good conceptual grasp of gold, but what is the deal with frankincense, and myrrh? Were they really that big of a deal that they would bring it as a gift? 

Learn more about frankincense and myrrh, what they are and why they were such a big deal, on the episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Every year, people around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25. In many countries, it is the biggest single holiday of the year. 

Why is it celebrated on December 25? Is there any historical basis for this date and if not, then why do we celebrate it on this date?

Learn more about why we celebrate Christmas when we do on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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It's the holiday season so we at Book Of The Day wanted to bring you two of our holiday favorites. The first is David Sedaris' Santaland Diaries, which first aired on Morning Edition in 1992 and has been an annual NPR tradition ever since. It's a hilarious recounting of his time as a department store elf named Crumpet. The second is some of our staff here at NPR reading the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, which you might know as The Night Before Christmas. Happy holidays "...and to all a good night!"