How It Began: A History of the Modern World
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A thrilling podcast about the History of the Modern World. Humanity has been hard at work for centuries to empower itself with better tools and insights, from science and surgery to electricity and the Internet, and this series celebrates the history of those triumphs. Compared to our ancestors, we live like superheroes and sorcerers, endowed with powers they could never have imagined. But how did we achieve all this? Historian Brad Harris tackles that question head on, revealing how the most important scientific, technological, and cultural advancements in history began, and inspiring us to keep reaching for new historical triumphs...
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- A Message From Brad Harris
- Context
- Money: From Barter to Blockchain
- Measuring Time: The Hidden Mechanism of Modernity
- The Enlightenment: From a Medieval to a Modern Mindset
- The Printed Book: Opening the Floodgates of Knowledge
- Mastering Metals: From Sticks & Stones to Cars & Computers
- Coffee: Sobering Up for The Enlightenment
- Refrigeration: From Ice Harvests to Superconductivity
- What Defines the History of the Modern World?