389 Episodes

  1. How the mobile phone changed everything

    Published: 4/15/2023
  2. The submarine: Stealth machine

    Published: 4/13/2023
  3. Hazel Scott: Jazz star and barrier breaker

    Published: 4/6/2023
  4. The bittersweet tale of cocoa

    Published: 3/30/2023
  5. The dam builders

    Published: 3/23/2023
  6. Alexander the Great or not so great?

    Published: 3/16/2023
  7. Rituals: Our anchors in a changing world

    Published: 3/9/2023
  8. Tropicália: the movement that defied Brazil’s dictatorship

    Published: 3/2/2023
  9. How the shipping container changed the world

    Published: 2/23/2023
  10. Neanderthals: Meet the relatives

    Published: 2/16/2023
  11. Cavalry and code-breaking: The Polish-Soviet war

    Published: 2/9/2023
  12. How we work: Redesigning the office

    Published: 2/2/2023
  13. When money died: The world's worst inflation

    Published: 1/26/2023
  14. The writer Rachel Carson who fought insecticide wars

    Published: 1/19/2023
  15. Why do we have a seven-day week?

    Published: 1/12/2023
  16. Forugh Farrokhzad: A trailblazing voice for women in Iran

    Published: 1/5/2023
  17. The Cynics: Counter-culture from Ancient Greece

    Published: 12/29/2022
  18. Calories: How to fuel a human

    Published: 12/22/2022
  19. Belarus: The crossroads of Eastern Europe

    Published: 12/15/2022
  20. Margaret Sanger: Mother of birth control

    Published: 12/8/2022

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