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
The History of the Submarine
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ For thousands of years, humans have traveled on the water and have wondered if it was possible to travel under the water like a ...
4 Feb 202213min
The Dyatlov Pass Incident
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ On February 25, 1959, a group of 10 hikers set out in the middle of the Russian Winter on what was to be a 10-day excursion into...
3 Feb 202210min
Why Isn't the West Indies a Single Country?
Subscribe to the podcast! https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/ If you have ever looked at a map of the Caribbean, you might have noticed that the tiny islands in the Lesser Antilles consist o...
2 Feb 202211min
