Gil Eanes and the Volta do Mar

Gil Eanes and the Volta do Mar

For thousands of years, civilizations that rose along the Mediterranean or along the European shores of the Atlantic mostly stuck to the shore.  They also never sailed out into the open Atlantic, and they didn’t sail very far down the African coast because the prevailing winds made it difficult or impossible to return home.  That was until an obscure 15th-century Portuguese mariner figured out a solution that changed human history and opened the door to the Age of Exploration. Learn more about Gil Eanes, the man who conquered the edge of the world, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Shop the store at Shop.Everything-Everywhere.com [https://shop.everything-everywhere.com/] Sponsors Hexclad * Get 10% off your order at hexclad.com/DAILY [http://hexclad.com/DAILY] Mint Mobile * Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED [http://mintmobile.com/EED] Quince * Go to quince.com/daily [http://quince.com/daily] for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! DripDrop * Go to dripdrop.com [http://dripdrop.com/] and use promo code EVERYTHING for 20% off your first order! Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ [https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/] -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere [https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere] Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ [https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ [https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/] Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily [https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily] Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip [https://twitter.com/everywheretrip] Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ [https://everything-everywhere.com/]  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Florence Nightingale and the Birth of Modern Healthcare

Florence Nightingale was far more than a compassionate nurse.  She was a reformer, statistician, administrator, and relentless critic of systems that allowed people to die unnecessarily.  Her work in the Crimean War made her a legend, but what she did afterward changed hospitals, armies, and the entire profession of nursing.  She was one of the most important characters in the creation of the modern medical system we know today. Learn more about Florence Nightingale on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Shop the store at Shop.Everything-Everywhere.com [https://shop.everything-everywhere.com/] Sponsors Hexclad * Get 10% off your order at hexclad.com/DAILY [http://hexclad.com/DAILY] Mint Mobile * Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED [http://mintmobile.com/EED] Quince * Go to quince.com/daily [http://quince.com/daily] for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! DripDrop * Go to dripdrop.com [http://dripdrop.com/] and use promo code EVERYTHING for 20% off your first order! Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ [https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/] -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere [https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere] Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ [https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ [https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/] Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily [https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily] Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip [https://twitter.com/everywheretrip] Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ [https://everything-everywhere.com/]  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The History of the 4th of July Celebrations

Few dates carry as much significance in the United States as July 4th, but the celebration of the date has evolved over time. July 4, 1776, was not a day of celebration across the country, as nobody outside of Philadelphia knew what had happened. Just one year later, it was being celebrated and has been ever since for a quarter of a millennium.  Learn more about the history of the celebration of the Fourth of July on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Shop the store at Shop.Everything-Everywhere.com [https://shop.everything-everywhere.com/] Sponsors Hexclad * Get 10% off your order at hexclad.com/DAILY [http://hexclad.com/DAILY] Mint Mobile * Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED [http://mintmobile.com/EED] Quince * Go to quince.com/daily [http://quince.com/daily] for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! DripDrop * Go to dripdrop.com [http://dripdrop.com/] and use promo code EVERYTHING for 20% off your first order! Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ [https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/] -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere [https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere] Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ [https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ [https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/] Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily [https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily] Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip [https://twitter.com/everywheretrip] Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ [https://everything-everywhere.com/]  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Wealth of Nations

In 1776, a work was published that challenged an empire, questioned old systems of power, and helped reshape the modern world. But this wasn’t the Declaration of Independence. It was a dense, ambitious book about trade, labor, money, and prosperity that changed how people understood nations and wealth itself. It attacked mercantilism, defended markets, and introduced ideas that are still debated 250 years later. Learn more about Adam Smith and The Wealth of Nations on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Shop the store at Shop.Everything-Everywhere.com [https://shop.everything-everywhere.com/] Sponsors Hexclad * Get 10% off your order at hexclad.com/DAILY [http://hexclad.com/DAILY] Mint Mobile * Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED [http://mintmobile.com/EED] Quince * Go to quince.com/daily [http://quince.com/daily] for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! DripDrop * Go to dripdrop.com [http://dripdrop.com/] and use promo code EVERYTHING for 20% off your first order! Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ [https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/] -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere [https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere] Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ [https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ [https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/] Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily [https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily] Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip [https://twitter.com/everywheretrip] Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ [https://everything-everywhere.com/]  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Hippie Movement

In the 1960s, a generation of young people rejected the world their parents had built.  They turned away from war, conformity, consumerism, and traditional authority, and embraced music, peace, love, psychedelics, communal living, and a radically different vision of freedom.  For a brief moment, it seemed as if they might change everything. Then, almost as quickly, the movement began to fall apart.  Learn more about the rise and fall of the hippie movement on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Shop the store at Shop.Everything-Everywhere.com [https://shop.everything-everywhere.com/] Sponsors Hexclad * Get 10% off your order at hexclad.com/DAILY [http://hexclad.com/DAILY] Mint Mobile * Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED [http://mintmobile.com/EED] Quince * Go to quince.com/daily [http://quince.com/daily] for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! DripDrop * Go to dripdrop.com [http://dripdrop.com/] and use promo code EVERYTHING for 20% off your first order! Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ [https://podfollow.com/everythingeverywhere/] -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere [https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere] Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ [https://discord.gg/Ds7Rx7jvPJ] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ [https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/] Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily [https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily] Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip [https://twitter.com/everywheretrip] Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ [https://everything-everywhere.com/]  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]