Episode – 1157 : Questions and Answers: Volume 10 Podcast Transcript Every day, in most countries with a Westminster System of parliament, whenever parliament is in session, there is a […]
Episode – 1044 : Moneyball and the Rise of Advanced Statistics in Sports
Episode – 1044 : Moneyball and the Rise of Advanced Statistics in Sports Podcast Transcript Ever since organized sports began, people have been collecting statistics. These statistics were originally collected […]
Episode – 1000 : Episode 1000!
Episode – 1000 : Episode 1000! Podcast Transcript 2 years, nine months, and one day ago, I sat down and recorded the first episode of a daily podcast. Today, I’m […]
Episode – 0993 : Libraries
Episode – 0993 : Libraries Podcast Transcript As soon as humans developed systems of writing, they faced a problem. What to do with all of the things that were written […]
Episode – 0883 : Questions & Answers: Volume 2
Episode – 0883 : Questions & Answers: Volume 2 Podcast TranscriptThis episode can be found at: https://everything-everywhere.com/questions-and-answers-volume-2/
Episode – 0853 : Questions & Answers: Volume 1
Episode – 0853 : Questions & Answers: Volume 1 For over two years and 850 episodes, I have been providing you with daily podcasts on a wide assortment of topics. […]
Episode – 0808 : Shakespeare’s English
Episode – 0808 : Shakespeare’s English Podcast Transcript English is a very strange language. It is a Germanic language where half of the words come from a Romance language. We […]
Episode – 0768 : Innumeracy
Episode – 0768 : Innumeracy Podcast Transcript Over the last several centuries, there has been a concerted effort to raise literacy rates around the world. For the most part, although […]
Episode – 0725 : Two-Year Anniversary Show
Episode – 0725 : Two-Year Anniversary Show Podcast Transcript On July 1, 2020, I published the very first episode of this podcast. Since then, it has been quite a journey. […]
Episode – 0686 : Correlation vs Causation
Episode – 0686 : Correlation vs Causation Podcast Transcript You have probably heard the old saying that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. There are several reasons why statistics […]
Episode – 0677 : The Library of Alexandria
Episode – 0677 : The Library of Alexandria Podcast Transcript Sometime during the reign of Ptolemy I or Ptolemy II, the Egyptian state decided to build an institution dedicated to […]
Episode – 0642 : The Republic of Letters
Episode – 0642 : The Republic of Letters Podcast Transcript Starting in the early Renisanase and going through to the early 19th century an intellectual community developed in Europe and […]
Episode – 0558 : Mandarins and the Chinese Imperial Exams
Episode – 0558 : Mandarins and the Chinese Imperial Exams Podcast Transcript In the year 607, the Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty implemented a reform whereby a series of […]
Episode – 0526 : The History of World Fairs
Episode – 0526 : The History of World Fairs Podcast Transcript A world’s fair used to be a very big deal. They would draw tens of millions of visitors and […]
Episode – 0521 : How Accounting Changed The World
Episode – 0521 : How Accounting Changed The World Podcast Transcript There are some subjects that are perceived to be mind-numbingly dull and boring. One such subject is accounting. Yet, […]
Episode – 0500 : Episode 500!
Episode – 0500 : Episode 500! Podcast Transcript Back in July of 2020, a man in the middle of a pandemic decided to launch a new podcast. It would be […]
Episode – 0405 : History of the Lullaby
Episode – 0405 : History of the Lullaby Podcast Transcript There are few things that are truly universal across all cultures and throughout history. These things are often so obvious […]
Episode – 0396 : The 27th Amendment
Episode – 0396 : The 27th Amendment Podcast Transcript The American constitution was written in 1787, but there was a mechanism built in to amend and change the document. Since […]
Episode – 0392 : The Periodic Table of the Elements
Episode – 0392 : The Periodic Table of the Elements Podcast Transcript You’ve seen it in your science classroom, and there was probably a copy of it on the inside […]
Episode – 0344 : The History of the Microwave Oven
Episode – 0344 : The History of the Microwave Oven Transcript According to legend, in 1945 an engineer by the name of Perry Spencer was working in front of an […]