From the Walnut Room restaurant to its window displays, Marshall Field’s figured out how to draw in the crowds during the holiday.
Everything Everywhere Daily - Roman Concrete
There are lots of stories about lost technologies and techniques of the ancients which have been lost to us through history.
In reality, most things were figured out independently by modern people, and we have better modern versions of almost everything the ancients had, including things like Damascus Steel.
That is, except for one thing.
Learn more about Roman Concrete, the stuff which has lasted over 2,000 years, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Mercator Projection
Have you ever looked at a map and said to yourself “Wow, Greenland is really big!”, only to then look at a globe and realize, that Greeland wasn’t actually that big?
If so, then you have discovered the Mercator Projection. A map that was originally created in 1569 and is still with us today.
Learn more about the Mercator Projection, its problems, and its benefits, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Picasso
He has been called the most famous artist of the 20th century. His work single-handedly defined an artistic style. He was more loved and criticized than any other artist in history.
He created over 20,000 works, and legend says that he could pay for a meal with just his signature.
Learn more about Pablo Picasso, Spains greatest artist, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Real Illuminati
In 1776, an obscure Bavarian professor of philosophy created a society for like-minded individuals who upheld the values of the Enlightenment.
Fast forward over 200 years, and that organization is now the basis for conspiracy theories and fantastic stories of global dominance.
Learn more about the Illuminati, the real Illuminati, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Voynich Manuscript
In 1912, a Polish rare book dealer purchased an extremely old codex that contained an unknown system of writing.
Since then, the best and brightest minds in cryptography, linguistics, and artificial intelligence have not been able to decipher what is written in the book.
That hasn’t stopped people from trying and periodically making claims that they have cracked the code.
Learn more about the Voynich Manuscript on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - How Many Nobel Prizes Should Einstein Have Won?
In the 120 year history of the Nobel Prize, there have been four people who have been given the award twice.
One of them is not Albert Einstein.
Yet, when you look at his list of accomplishments and the fields of physics which he has touched, he arguably deserved more than one Nobel prize.
Join me as I play fantasy physics and try to figure out how many Nobel Prizes Albert Einstien should have won on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Syndrome K
In 1943, the Italian government surrendered to the Allied forces. The Germans, not wanting to cede such a larger part of Europe to the Allies, quickly occupied northern and central Italy.
However, as the Germans occupied Rome there occurred an outbreak of what was known as Syndrome K.
Caes of Syndrome K in one Rome hospital was so great, that even members of the dreaded German Gestapo feared to enter.
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Bay Curious - Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Life in San Francisco
Bay Curious listener Erin Al Gwaiz wanted to know more about the time that famous Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera spent in San Francisco. In this episode, reporter Marisol Medina-Cadena immerses us in their world — exploring who they were, how they spent their time here, and ultimately how their legacy still resonates today.
Additional Reading:
- Inside Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera's Life in San Francisco
- Book: Frida in America: The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist
Reported by Marisol Medina-Cadena. Frida Kahlo voice acting by Maria Pena. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Katie McMurran and Paul Lancour. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Ethan Lindsey and Vinnee Tong.
Curious City - The Radical Existence Of Lucy Parsons, The ‘Goddess Of Anarchy’
In this episode, reporter Arionne Nettles tells us the story of Lucy Parsons, a Chicago labor activist and anarchist known for her fiery speeches and dubbed “more dangerous than 1,000 rioters.” But who she was and what she fought for was complex — and just as complicated was her true identity.