Simo Häyhä: The White Death
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ On November 30, 1939, as part of their secret agreement with Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union invaded the nation of Finland. Des...
2 Mar 202211min
Carnival and Mardi Gras
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Every year, before the start of Lent, in hundreds of cities around the world, there is a massive celebration. While the celebrat...
1 Mar 202212min
The Peace of Westphalia
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ In 1648, Europe saw the end of two of the most horrific wars that had ever been seen on the continent up until that point. The...
28 Feb 202212min
The Voyages of Admiral Zheng He (Encore)
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ In the early 15th century, just before Europe began its Age of Exploration, China was embarking on a series of voyages that put ...
27 Feb 20229min
Joseph Bonaparte: The King of New Jersey
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ When Napoleon Bonaparte conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century, he didn’t create a monolithic empire that was centra...
26 Feb 202210min
Roman Naming Conventions
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Every culture has a different way of assigning names to people. Sometimes they use different words as names, sometimes names are...
25 Feb 202211min
The Trinity Test: The World's First Atomic Explosion
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 am, 35 miles southwest of Socorro, New Mexico, the world’s first nuclear bomb was detonated. This wa...
24 Feb 202214min
The Lindbergh Kidnapping
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ On March 1, 1932, one of the most famous men in the world, Charles Lindbergh, woke up to find that his 20-month-old son had been...
23 Feb 202212min
