
Swiss Mercenaries
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ When most people think of Switzerland, they of small country embedded in the Alps that makes fine chocolates and is the home of ...
12 Feb 202212min

How Göbekli Tepe Changed History (Encore)
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ In 1994, a German archeologist named Klaus Schmidt was investigating a site in southeastern Turkey which had been known to be a ...
11 Feb 20228min

How Tides Work
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Every single day, the oceans of the world go through a cycle with two high tides and two low tides. For thousands of years, no...
10 Feb 202212min

The Travels of Ibn Battuta
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Prior to the modern era, very few people traveled anywhere. It was rare for anyone to travel more than about 20 miles from where...
9 Feb 202211min

A Brief History of New York City
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ New York City has been called the city that never sleeps. It is the world center for finance, the location of the United Nations...
8 Feb 202211min

Why Do Scandals End In "-gate"?
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ I’m sure all of you are familiar with Watergate. You also might be familiar with Gamergate, Contragate, Pizzagate, Partygate, Ch...
7 Feb 20229min

The Birth of the Modern Olympic Games (Encore)
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Almost 2,800 years ago the Ancient Greeks held a sporting event every four years on Mount Olympus. The festival was part compe...
6 Feb 202212min

The Babbage Analytical Engine
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Computers have obviously transformed our world. You wouldn’t be listing to my voice right now if it wasn’t for computers. Howe...
5 Feb 202212min






















