In 1983, the Nobel Peace Prize honored Polish electrician Lech Walesa for leading the nonviolent revolution of "Solidarity."
The Nobel committee recognized this movement as a powerful, globe-reshaping challenge to communist authority.
Advocating human rights and free unions, Solidarity emerged as the key opposition force in Eastern Europe.
This was not only the beginning of the end of communism in Poland, but of the entire Cold War. Learn more about the rise of Solidarity and the beginning of the end of the Eastern Bloc on this episode of Everything, Everywhere Daily.
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The Baseball Hall of Fame
26/1/2026 | 15min
In the 1930s, the United States was in the grip of the Great Depression, and baseball was approaching its 100th anniversary.
One enterprising business leader in Cooperstown, New York, came up with the idea of establishing a museum and a hall of fame to honor the greatest players in the game.
Since its establishment, the Hall of Fame has become one of the most beloved institutions in the country and a source of perpetual controversy.
Learn more about the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Sigmund Freud
25/1/2026 | 15min
If you know anything about the field of psychology, you’ve probably heard of Sigmund Freud.
Best known as the founder of psychoanalysis, Freud fundamentally changed the field of psychology for decades to come. His impact extended far beyond psychology, and in the process, he became a notable figure in popular culture.
Learn about the life and theories of Sigmund Freud on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The Clovis First Hypothesis
24/1/2026 | 15min
In 1932, archaeologist Edgar B. Howard made a major discovery near the town of Clovis, New Mexico.
He found a stone spear point embedded in the rib of a woolly mammoth, which inspired what became known as the Clovis First Theory.
According to this theory, the creators of these spear points, known as the Clovis people, were the first to settle the Americas about 13,000 years ago.
Archaeologists accepted this for decades, but new discoveries have put the theory into question.
Learn more about the Clovis First hypothesis and how it is being challenged on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The Mali Empire
23/1/2026 | 15min
The Mali Empire was one of the largest and most influential states in African history, rising in West Africa during the thirteenth century and reaching its height in the fourteenth.
Known for its immense wealth, the empire became an economic powerhouse, famed for its vast gold reserves. But despite all its money, like all empires, it eventually fell.
Learn about the history, government, and economy of the Mali Empire on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Learn something new every day!
Everything Everywhere Daily is a daily podcast for Intellectually Curious People. Host Gary Arndt tells the stories of interesting people, places, and things from around the world and throughout history. Gary is an accomplished world traveler, travel photographer, and polymath.
Topics covered include history, science, mathematics, anthropology, archeology, geography, and culture.
Past history episodes have dealt with ancient Rome, Phoenicia, Persia, Greece, China, Egypt, and India. as well as historical leaders such as Julius Caesar, Emperor Augustus, Sparticus, and the Carthaginian general Hannibal.
Geography episodes have covered Malta, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Monaco, Luxembourg, Vatican City, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, the Isle of Man, san marino, Namibia, the Golden Gate Bridge, Montenegro, and Greenland.
Technology episodes have covered nanotechnology, aluminum, fingerprints, longitude, qwerty keyboards, morse code, the telegraph, radio, television, computer gaming,
Episodes explaining the origin of holidays include Memorial Day, April Fool’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, May Day, Christmas, Ramadan, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Canada Day, the Fourth of July,
Famous people in history covered in the podcast include Salvador Dali, Jim Thorpe, Ada Lovelace, Jessie Owens, Robert Oppenheimer, Picasso, Isaac Newton, Attila the Hun, Lady Jane Grey, Cleopatra, Sun Yat Sen, Houdini, Tokyo Rose, William Shakespeare, Queen Boudica, Empress Livia, Marie Antoinette, the Queen of Sheba, Ramanujan, and Zheng He.