RadCasts

John J. Miller is joined by Tyler O'Neil to discuss his new book 'The Woketopus.'

In the 18th century, a French astronomer who was a regular comet hunter kept finding things in the sky that weren’t comets, but they also weren’t stars or planets. 

He created a list of these objects, not because he was trying to catalog the night sky, but rather to help other comet hunters avoid these common objects.

It turned out his list consisted of some of the most incredible objects inside and outside of our galaxy.

Learn more about Messier Objects, how they were documented and what they are on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

Sponsors

• Mint Mobile
• Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed
• Quince
• Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order!
• Stitch Fix
• Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best
• Tourist Office of Spain
• Plan your next adventure at Spain.info 
• Stash
• Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures.

Subscribe to the podcast! 

https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/

--------------------------------

Executive Producer: Charles Daniel

Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer

 

Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere

Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily

Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip

Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie hasn't published a novel in more than a decade. After writing literary hits like Americanah and essays like the popular We Should All Be Feminists, the author says she went through a period of writer's block. But now, she's out with a new novel Dream Count that tells the stories of four interconnected women. In today's episode, Adichie speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about a phrase that lodged itself in the author's mind and ultimately served as the book's first line. They also talk about a loss that caused Adichie to question how well she knew herself and a real-life sexual assault case that inspired her to write one of the novel's central characters.

To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookoftheday

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

Sponsors

• Mint Mobile
• Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed
• Quince
• Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order!
• Stitch Fix
• Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best
• Tourist Office of Spain
• Plan your next adventure at Spain.info 
• Stash
• Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures.

Subscribe to the podcast! 

https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/

--------------------------------

Executive Producer: Charles Daniel

Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer

 

Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere

Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily

Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip

Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1965, the world’s first full enclosed sports facility, the Houston Astrodome, was opened to the public. 

The Astrodome itself was a marvel of engineering, but because it was enclosed, the grass that was initially planted soon died. 

It was replaced with artificial grass, which was basically a synthetic carpet that looked like grass but played and behaved totally differently. 

Today, the next generations of that artificial grass can be found in stadiums all over the world.

Learn more about artificial turf, how it was created and improved over time on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

Sponsors

• Mint Mobile
• Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed
• Quince
• Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order!
• Stitch Fix
• Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best
• Tourist Office of Spain
• Plan your next adventure at Spain.info 
• Stash
• Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures.

Subscribe to the podcast! 

https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/

--------------------------------

Executive Producer: Charles Daniel

Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer

 

Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere

Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily

Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip

Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices