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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The Iranian Revolution
03/2/2026 | 15 min
The story of modern Iran is a collision between a monarchy with a history dating back to the Persian Empire and a frustrated nation with massive oil reserves historically coveted by Western powers.
Governed by an authoritarian monarch in the mid-20th century who welcomed Western influence, the nation grew increasingly resentful of foreign control over its oil.
From this discontent, an influential Islamic cleric fomented dissent while in exile, which ultimately brought down the monarchy.
Learn more about the 1979 Iranian Revolution on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything You Never Really Cared To Know About Groundhog Day
02/2/2026 | 16 min
Every February 2nd, a small ceremony takes place in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
A crowd will gather to see if a rodent can see its shadow. The results of said shadow seeing are supposed to have implications for the long-term weather forecast.
If all of that sounds a bit absurd, you are not wrong.
… and then there is also a movie about it that really has nothing to do with groundhogs.
Learn far more about Groundhog Day than you ever really needed to know 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.