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   E2283 · 6 Oct 2026 · 16 min

   The History of Sausages

   For thousands of years, people have taken some of an animal's least desirable parts and turned them into a culinary tradition found almost everywhere on Earth. The basic idea is remarkably simple, but different cultures turned it into thousands of distinct foods shaped by climate, religion, preservation, and local taste. Some were dried for months. Others were smoked, fermented, or cooked fresh. Learn more about the long, surprising history of sausages in this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. ⁠Shop the store at ⁠⁠Shop.Everything-Everywhere.com⁠ Sponsors Hexclad Get 10% off your order…

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   E2282 · 5 Oct 2026 · 14 min

   The Long Telegram (Encore)

   On February 22, 1946, George F. Kennan, a career diplomat working in the American embassy in Moscow, sent an 8,000-word cable to the State Department in Washington.In it, he explained why the Soviet Union behaved as it did, outlining its unique combination of a communist ideology and historical Russian paranoia and suspicion. He also gave a prescription for how the United States should respond. Although he couldn’t have known it at the time, that message became the foundation for American policy during the Cold War. Learn more about the Long Telegram and its influence on this episode of…

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   E2281 · 4 Oct 2026 · 15 min

   Simón Bolívar

   In the early 19th century, the Spanish Empire in the Americas began to fracture. From the chaos emerged a wealthy young aristocrat with little formal military training, enormous ambition, and a vision that extended far beyond his own country's independence. He would cross mountains, survive exile, win impossible campaigns, liberate nations, and ultimately struggle against the very political forces his victories unleashed. Learn more about Simón Bolívar, the Liberator of South America, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. ⁠Shop the store at ⁠⁠Shop.Everything-Everywhere.com⁠…

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   E2279 · 2 Oct 2026 · 15 min

   The World's Worst Predictions

   Throughout history, experts, executives, scientists, and journalists have tried to predict what the future would look like. Some of those predictions were insightful. Others were so spectacularly wrong that they became famous in their own right. They dismissed revolutionary inventions, underestimated new technologies, and confidently predicted the exact opposite of what happened. Learn more about some of the world’s worst predictions on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.⁠ Shop the store at ⁠⁠Shop.Everything-Everywhere.com⁠ Sponsors Hexclad Get 10% off your order at…

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   E2278 · 1 Oct 2026 · 15 min

   Questions and Answers: Volume 46

   What do the element palladium, William Shakespeare, and this episode have in common? Palladium is the 46th element on the periodic table. Shakespeare was rumored to have secretly written the King James Bible at the age of 46. In Psalm 46, the 46th word from the beginning of the psalm is often claimed to be “shake,” while the 46th word from the end is “spear.” And this episode is the 46th time I’ve answered your questions. Stay tuned for the 46th episode of questions and answers on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. ⁠Shop the store at ⁠⁠Shop.Everything-Everywhere.com⁠ Sponsors…

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   E2277 · 30 Sep 2026 · 17 min

   Neanderthals

   For hundreds of thousands of years, another kind of human lived across Europe and western Asia. They hunted enormous animals, survived brutal Ice Age climates, made sophisticated tools, cared for the injured, and even left traces of themselves in the DNA of people living today. For much of modern history, people dismissed them as primitive and brutish, but new discoveries have forced scientists to rethink almost everything about them. Learn more about Neanderthals, who they were and what happened to them, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. ⁠Shop the store at…

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   E2288 · 11 Oct 2026 · 16 minNew

   Ytterby: The Swedish Village That Completed the Periodic Table

   Throughout history, scientists have made great discoveries in laboratories, universities, and research institutions. However, some of chemistry’s most important discoveries can be traced to a single rock quarry in a small Swedish village. Over more than a century, scientists studying minerals from this one quarry identified a remarkable number of previously unknown elements. Without this one quarry, our knowledge of the Periodic Table would be incomplete. Learn more about Ytterby, the village that helped fill the periodic table, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. ⁠Shop the store…

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   E2287 · 10 Oct 2026 · 16 minNew

   The History of Helicopters

   For centuries, inventors dreamed of creating a flying machine that could rise straight into the air, hover in place, and move in any direction. While airplanes conquered the skies in the early twentieth century, achieving this seemingly simple feat proved far more difficult. It required breakthroughs in aerodynamics, engineering, and flight control before the dream finally became reality. The result was an aircraft that would revolutionize warfare, transportation, and emergency rescue. Learn more about the helicopter's history and development in this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.…

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   E2286 · 9 Oct 2026 · 15 minNew

   The New Deal

   In 1933, the United States was in the midst of the worst economic crisis in its history. Millions were unemployed, banks were collapsing, and Americans were losing faith in the institutions that had once promised prosperity. A newly elected president entered office promising bold action and launched an unprecedented series of experiments that would forever change the relationship between Americans and their government. Some programs succeeded, others failed, and their legacy remains controversial nearly a century later. Learn more about the New Deal on this episode of Everything Everywhere…

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    E2285 · 8 Oct 2026 · 15 min

    Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar

    European powers, missionaries, and foreign merchants seeking influence over her kingdom. She responded by closing much of her country to outsiders, strengthening royal authority, and using methods that made her one of the most feared and controversial monarchs of her age. Her reign would later be remembered as both brutal and fiercely independent. Learn more about Queen Ranavalona I, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. ⁠Shop the store at ⁠⁠Shop.Everything-Everywhere.com⁠ Sponsors Hexclad Get 10% off your order at hexclad.com/DAILY Mint Mobile Save 50% on Unlimited premium…

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