Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More

Las Vegas: The City That Shouldn’t Exist

In the middle of one of the harshest deserts in North America sits a city that, by all rights, shouldn’t exist.  What began as a watering hole for ancient peoples became a railroad stop, then a gambling outpost, and ultimately one of the most famous cities on Earth.  Its story involves mobsters, mega-resorts, nuclear tests, and reinvention after reinvention.  But how exactly did a barren stretch of desert in the middle of nowhere become the entertainment capital of the world?  Learn more about Las Vegas and how it beat the odds on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors * Samsara * Don’t wait for the next accident to take action. Head to Samsara.com/EVERYTHING [http://Samsara.com/EVERYTHING] * ButcherBox * Get your choice between chicken breast or top sirloin for a year OR ground beef for life, PLUS $20 off when you go to ButcherBox.com/everything [http://butcherbox.com/everything] * Quince * Go to quince.com/daily [http://quince.com/daily] for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! * Mint Mobile * Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED [http://mintmobile.com/EED] * Audible * Listen to Project Hail Mary Audible.com/hailmary [http://audible.com/hailmary] * Fast Growing Trees * Get 20% off your first purchase when using the code DAILY at checkout at fastgrowingtrees.com/daily [http://fastgrowingtrees.com/daily] 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]

Flags of Convenience: The Hidden System Behind Global Shipping

Every day, thousands of ships crisscross the oceans, carrying the goods that power the global economy. But flying at the stern of those ships often flies a flag that puzzles people. Many vessels are registered in countries they’ve never visited, and in some cases cannot visit, under legal systems chosen not for geography, but for convenience.  This practice shapes labor, safety, and the cost of everything you buy.  Learn more about flags of convenience, how they work, and why they matter on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors * Quince * Go to quince.com/daily [http://quince.com/daily] for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! * Mint Mobile * Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED [http://mintmobile.com/EED] * Audible * Listen to Project Hail Mary Audible.com/hailmary [http://audible.com/hailmary] * Fast Growing Trees * Get 20% off your first purchase when using the code DAILY at checkout at fastgrowingtrees.com/daily [http://fastgrowingtrees.com/daily] * ButcherBox * Get your choice between chicken breast or top sirloin for a year OR ground beef for life, PLUS $20 off when you go to ButcherBox.com/everything [http://butcherbox.com/everything] 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 Year 1000

A thousand years ago, the world was a radically different place. Europe was fragmented and struggling, while China and the Islamic world stood at the height of their power and innovation.  Great empires rose and fell, religions spread across continents, and trade routes quietly stitched distant civilizations together.  It was a world without a single center, yet full of momentum in every direction. Learn more about the world in the year 1000 on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.  Sponsors * Quince * Go to quince.com/daily [http://quince.com/daily] for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! * Mint Mobile * Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED [http://mintmobile.com/EED] * Audible * Listen to Project Hail Mary Audible.com/hailmary [http://audible.com/hailmary] * Fast Growing Trees * Get 20% off your first purchase when using the code DAILY at checkout at fastgrowingtrees.com/daily [http://fastgrowingtrees.com/daily] * ButcherBox * Get your choice between chicken breast or top sirloin for a year OR ground beef for life, PLUS $20 off when you go to ButcherBox.com/everything [http://butcherbox.com/everything] 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 African Great Lakes: Ancient Waters That Shape Modern Africa

They are some of the largest bodies of freshwater on Earth, yet they weren’t carved by ice, but by a continent literally tearing itself apart.  These lakes are older, deeper, and more biologically diverse than almost any others on the planet, home to thousands of unique species and tens of millions of people who depend on them every day. But their story isn’t just geological or ecological, it’s human, evolutionary, and ongoing.  Learn more about the African Great Lakes and why they are unlike any lakes on Earth, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors * Quince * Go to quince.com/daily [http://quince.com/daily] for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! * Mint Mobile * Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED [http://mintmobile.com/EED] * Audible * Listen to Project Hail Mary Audible.com/hailmary [http://audible.com/hailmary] * Fast Growing Trees * Get 20% off your first purchase when using the code DAILY at checkout at fastgrowingtrees.com/daily [http://fastgrowingtrees.com/daily] * ButcherBox * Get your choice between chicken breast or top sirloin for a year OR ground beef for life, PLUS $20 off when you go to ButcherBox.com/everything [http://butcherbox.com/everything] 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 Icelandic Althing: The World's Oldest Parliament

Long before modern democracies, before constitutions or elections as we know them, a society of Viking settlers gathered in a windswept valley to create laws, settle disputes, and govern themselves without a monarch.  Against the odds, this institution endured for over a thousand years, in various forms, shaping a nation and influencing ideas about law and representation. It wasn’t just one of the first parliaments ever created; it helped define what governance could look like.  Learn more about the Icelandic Althing, one of the oldest and most influential political institutions in history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors * Quince * Go to quince.com/daily [http://quince.com/daily] for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! * Mint Mobile * Save 50% on Unlimited premium wireless plans starting at $15/month at MintMobile.com/EED [http://mintmobile.com/EED] * Audible * Listen to Project Hail Mary Audible.com/hailmary [http://audible.com/hailmary] * Fast Growing Trees * Get 20% off your first purchase when using the code DAILY at checkout at fastgrowingtrees.com/daily [http://fastgrowingtrees.com/daily] * ButcherBox * Get your choice between chicken breast or top sirloin for a year OR ground beef for life, PLUS $20 off when you go to ButcherBox.com/everything [http://butcherbox.com/everything] 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]