Why is Christmas on December 25? (Encore)
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Every year, people around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25. In many countries, it is the biggest single holiday of th...
24 Dec 20217min
The History of Santa Claus
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ He sees you when you are waking, he knows when you are asleep, and he puts your name on a list. No, I’m not talking about an omn...
23 Dec 202111min
The World’s Strangest Christmas Traditions
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Christmas is the time of year where we celebrate traditions that have been developed over centuries. However, traditions can var...
22 Dec 20218min
The Highly Improbable Flight of Mathias Rust
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ In 1987, a German teenager and novice pilot named Mathias Rust set out on a two-week flight where he visited several countries in...
21 Dec 20219min
The James Webb Space Telescope
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ Sometime within the next week of my recording this episode, hopefully, a rocket will be launched from the European Space Agency’s...
20 Dec 20219min
Why You Can’t Resign From the British Parliament (Encore)
The British House of Commons has been called the Best Club in Town due to the fact that there is a 1,000-gallon vat of Scotch whiskey located in the cellar. However, I prefer to think of it as a roach...
19 Dec 20219min
Tsunamis
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ They are some of the most devastating natural disasters on Earth. They can strike without warning, or sometimes you might have se...
18 Dec 202110min
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
On March 25, 1911, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in American history took place. In the middle of Manhattan, a fire broke out in a garment factory that killed 146 people. Most of the death...
17 Dec 202110min
