Approximately 3,200 years ago, one of the most momentous events in human history took place.
Multiple major civilizations during the Bronze Age collapsed within a generation. International trade ground to a halt, almost every major city around the Mediterranean was destroyed, and much of the world entered a dark age.
Despite its significance, this event is one of the least known and understood periods in human history.
Learn more about the Late Bronze Age Collapse and its possible causes on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Soccer in South America
07.2.2026 | 13 Min.
Ranking the “greatest soccer players of all time” often leads to a top three dominated by South Americans: Lionel Messi, Pelé, and Diego Maradona.
While soccer originated in Europe, its arrival in the Americas was a turning point for the sport.
How did a game with such a late start in the Western Hemisphere evolve into a cultural sensation, and how did these nations become an engine for the world’s most brilliant talent?
Learn more about the history and rapid ascendancy of soccer across South America on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The Revolutions of 1848
06.2.2026 | 15 Min.
In 1848, a series of Revolutions occurred against European Monarchies across the continent.
The revolutions were not part of an organized effort. They were spontaneous and often quite different.
Although ultimately unsuccessful, the Revolutions sparked social change across multiple countries, improving the lives of some and strengthening the power of others.
Learn about the Revolutions of 1848 on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The Indus Valley Civilization
05.2.2026 | 15 Min.
In 1922, archeologist Howard Carter stunned the world by discovering King Tut’s tomb in Egypt.
Two years later, his contemporary John Marshall published the results of his excavations of the Indus Valley.
Marshall’s findings reconstructed the timeline of urban civilization in South Asia, revealing cities with overlapping, sophisticated planning and sanitation systems.
Although it lacked golden artifacts, the discovery demonstrated that ancient South Asia was as advanced and complex as Egypt.
Learn more about the rise and fall of the Indus Valley civilizations on Everything, Everywhere, Daily.
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The Science of Swimming
04.2.2026 | 14 Min.
Swimming was one of only four sports to have appeared at every Summer Olympic Games, beginning in 1896.
The sport has been among the most popular events at the Olympic Games since its introduction. In fact, it had the second-highest viewership after Gymnastics in the Paris Olympic Games.
As simple as competitive swimming seems, perhaps no sport has seen greater improvements in performance than swimming. This is due to a host of innovations that have revolutionized the sport.
Learn about competitive swimming and the advances that have improved performance in 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.