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Everything Everywhere Daily - Biological Taxonomy and the Tree of Life

All living things on the planet Earth, from microbes to whales, can be categorized into a single hierarchical system. 


This system has been developed over the last 300 years. Layers have been added, and there have been debates as to what creatures should go where.


However, it has proved an incredibly useful way to understand how all life is connected.


Learn more about the system of biological taxonomy and the tree of life on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.




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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Search for Life Outside the Solar System

In 1995, the first planet outside our solar system was discovered. 


Since then, with improved techniques and tools, over 5,000 exoplanets have been confirmed, and another 10,000 candidates are awaiting confirmation.


With some of these exoplanets, astronomers can actually study their atmospheres and search for signs of life.


Learn more about the search for life outside the solar system, and what exactly astronomers are looking for and why, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.



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NPR's Book of the Day - Two new children’s books view the natural world as a site of personal growth

Two new picture books explore how the outside world can transform our relationships with our communities and ourselves. First, Kiese Laymon is out with a children's book about three Black boys who connect during a transformative summer in the South. With City Summer, Country Summer, Laymon says he wanted to explore the experience of getting lost as a kind of experimentation. In today's episode, the author speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his wish to write a book about the emotional tenderness of Black boys. Then, The Littlest Drop is Sascha Alper's debut children's book, based on a parable from the indigenous Quechua people of South America. Brian Pinkney took over illustrations for the project after his father, Jerry Pinkney, died in 2020. In today's episode, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe brings Alper and Brian Pinkney together in conversation. The author and illustrator discuss the collaboration between father and son and Alper's desire to broaden the story beyond the climate crisis.

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Curious City - How sweet the sound: The history of Evanston folk coffeehouse AmazinGrace

Folk music surged in popularity across America in the late 1950s through the ‘70s, including here in the Chicago area. Last episode, we looked at how a few area coffeehouses catered to many patrons in their teens and early twenties. These were alcohol-free spaces where people could listen to live music and hangout for hours. Curious City host Erin Allen looks at one of those beloved coffeeshops of the 1970s: AmazinGrace, which was born out of Vietnam War protests on the campus of Northwestern University and later moved to the heart of downtown Evanston. She was joined by a panel of AmazinGrace founders, performers and patrons at last year’s Evanston Folk Festival. WBEZ is a programming partner of the Evanston Folk Festival, which is taking place this year Sept. 6-7, 2025. A pre-sale is happening now through April 22. Enter the code EFFWBEZ to access the sale.
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Bay Curious - Who is the ‘Stevens’ of Stevens Creek?

A lot of things in the South Bay, specifically around Cupertino and Mountain View, are named after somebody called Stevens. There’s Stevens Creek Boulevard, the Stevens Creek watershed, and Stevens Creek Reservoir, to name a few. Our question asker, Pete Smoot, wants to know: Who exactly was Stevens? Turns out we should really be asking: "Who was Stephens?" with a P-H! We've been misspelling the name of Elisha Stephens for decades. In this episode we learn more about the man behind the name, and his adventurous pioneer life in early California.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - Rare Earth Elements (Encore)

Modern society is completely dependent on a set of technologies that include computer chips, fiber optic cables, lasers, video screens, electric motors, and batteries. 


All of those things are dependent on a small category of chemicals called rare earth elements. 


Their importance in technology has made them a focal point of international trade and politics. 


Learn more about rare earth elements and how the world has become completely reliant on them, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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the memory palace - Episode 230: Helen Hulick Takes the Stand

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  • Hallway Rug and a bit of Watering Plants by Omni Gardens
  • Dripping Icicles from Lalo Schiffrin's great score to The Fox.
  • Girl Talk by the Howard Roberts Quartet
  • Jules et Therese from the score to Jules et Jim
  • Franz Waxman's main title theme to Woman of the Year
  • Your Love from the legend, Frankie Knuckles
  • Then we go back and forth between Joe Morello's Timeless and Lara Downes playing Leonard Bernstein's Big Stuff.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Economic lessons learned from Investopedia (and Ferris Bueller)

The current economic upheaval has lots of us scrambling for our glossaries and history books.

Today on the show, the editor-in-chief of Investopedia walks us through three vocab terms — spanning topics from tariff history to market volatility — that are spiking on the website lately.

Related listening:
What can we learn from the year's most popular econ terms?
What's a moneyline bet anyway? (Apple / Spotify)
Why tariffs are SO back (Apple / Spotify)

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