It took author Madeleine Thien nearly a decade to write her new novel The Book of Records. In the story, 7-year-old Lina and her father take refuge at an imagined place called the Sea. There, buildings serve as a waystation for people who are fleeing one place to make home in another. Thien says she wanted to set her novel in a location where centuries and histories might converge. In today's episode, Thien talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about her personal relationship to the three historical thinkers who enter the story: Hannah Arendt, Baruch Spinoza, and Du Fu.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1389: Regrowing Our Forests
Episode: 1389 The supply of wood: trouble along the Equator, good news to the North. Today, some good news and some bad.
Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of Ice Hockey
One of the most popular sports in North America and Northern Europe is ice hockey.
Ice hockey, like all popular sports, has undergone considerable changes since its inception. In fact, hockey has a rather surprising origin and a relationship to other sports that many people are unaware of.
Today, professional hockey is a multibillion-dollar business, and it is played internationally and at the Olympics by both men and women.
Learn more about ice hockey and its origins on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1388: A Short Discourse of Tunneling
Episode: 1388 A short history of tunneling. Today, let's tunnel our way through history.
Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of Surgery
Over the years, human life expectancy has increased dramatically.
While there have been many developments that have led to longer human lifespans, most of that has come from just a few major advancements.
One of the biggest of which has been the development of surgery.
The types of surgical procedures that exist today are just the latest in a long line of physical medical procedures.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1387: The Wooden Ships of Mallows Bay
Episode: 1387 The ghost fleet of wooden ships in Mallows Bay. Today, a fleet of sunken ships.
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Eruption of Krakatoa (Encore)
On the morning of August 27, 1883, one of the most destructive natural disasters of the 19th century occurred between the islands of Java and Sumatra, in what is today the nation of Indonesia.
After weeks of low-level rumblings, a volcanic eruption totally obliterated the mountain that it had formed.
The devastation wasn’t limited to the immediate area around the volcano. The blast’s effects literally affected the entire planet.
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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘What Will People Think?’ and ‘Climbing in Heels’ star women trying to make it big
New novels by Sara Hamdan and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas follow women in the entertainment industry who must balance ambition with the pressures of family, friendship and love. First, in What Will People Think?, a Palestinian-American woman named Mia works as a fact checker by day and performs standup comedy by night. She hides her comedy career in order to protect her family until she discovers her grandmother has a secret too. In today's episode, Hamdan joins NPR's Ailsa Chang for a conversation about the politicization of the Palestinian identity and using comedy to explore cultural stereotypes. Then, in Climbing in Heels, three women working as secretaries at a Hollywood agency face sexism as they aspire to careers beyond their office jobs. In today's episode, Goldsmith-Thomas talks with NPR's Leila Fadel about moving from secretary to agent in her own career.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1386: Franklin’s Glass Armonica
Episode: 1386 Benjamin Franklin invents the glass armonica -- no mouth organ, this. Today, singing wine glasses.
The Indicator from Planet Money - Gilded Age 2.0?
To hear President Trump tell it, the late 1800s, i.e. the Gilded Age, was a period of unparalleled wealth and prosperity in the U.S. But this era was also marked by corruption and wealth inequality. Sound familiar? On today's show, is history repeating itself?
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