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.
Everything Everywhere Daily - Martha Mitchell Was Right
Have you ever thought something and everyone else said you were crazy?
Have you ever been called crazy and then have the thing you were called crazy for turn out to be absolutely true?
This not only happened to one woman, but she was institutionalized, had a psychological condition named after her, and had a hand in bringing down a United States president.
Learn more about Martha Mitchell on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Radiation 101
Radiation or radioactivity is one of the scariest words in the English language.
While radiation can indeed be very dangerous, most people don’t really understand how it works and it is often treated as magic death cooties which leads to unwarranted fear.
Learn more about radiation, how it works, and where it’s found in nature, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Spanish Foods
Whenever lists of the world’s great cuisines are published, there is one country which is always at or near the top: Spain.
Yet Spanish cuisine is mostly a collection of regional cuisines from around the country which all fall under the umbrella of “Spanish”.
Learn more about Spanish food, its history, and where it comes from, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Battle of Cannae
One of the greatest battles in Roman history was one of its greatest losses. It was a defeat that shook the city to its core and could have very well ended the Roman Republic.
...but it didn’t. The reason why it didn’t is a story of determination and the difference between tactics and strategy.
Learn more about the Battle of Cannae, one of the greatest battles in ancient history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The House of David
What do you get when you take one part religious cult and one part Harlem Globetrotters and one part Troy Polamalu’s hair and put them all together?
You wind up with the House of David Baseball Team. One of the most popular baseball barnstorming acts of the early 20th Century.
Learn more about the House of David, both the religion and the team, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Operation Tannenbaum
In June 1940, with the conquest of France, Nazi Germany and Italy had conquered almost all of Western Europe. The map of Europe was one solid color reflecting the domination of the Axis Powers.
Except for one small hole in the donut: Switzerland.
Switzerland’s neutrality didn’t guarantee anything. In fact, the Nazis desperately wanted to invade Switzerland.
Learn more about Operation Tannenbaum, the planned German invasion of Switzerland, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Get the Lead Out
Clair Patterson was a geochemist who worked at CalTech from the 1940s through the 1990s. His work involved studying the age of rocks and the age of the Earth.
His greatest discovery, however, was one that was totally by accident and ended up directly impacting the lives of every person on the planet.
Learn more about the remarkable Clair Patterson and how he helped get the lead out on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Bay Curious - What’s Special About San Francisco’s Sourdough?
We've got food on the mind this week, so are bringing back one of our all-time favorite episodes! Dig into the science behind San Francisco sourdough, and get to know the bacteria that shares our name: Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis.
Additional Reading:
Reported by Julia Scott. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, and Katie McMurran. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Ethan Lindsey and Vinnee Tong.
Curious City - A Most Unusual School Year: Part II
In Part II of our special series on education during COVID-19, reporters Susie An and Kate McGee share stories of two high school juniors going through the college application process during remote learning and several college freshmen experiencing a strange first semester. Some of those college students are studying remotely from the homes where they grew up while others packed up and headed off to campus, only to face a quarantine.
Then, we hear from Curious City question askers and experts about what they’re thankful for this year.