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Chapter 42: The Early Socialists
Chapter 42: The Early Socialists
This month we get to know the first wave of socialist thinkers – the Utopian socialists – including Robert Owen, Étienne... Read more
4 May 2020
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1hr 4mins
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Chapter 3: The Rise of the Global Empires
Chapter 3: The Rise of the Global Empires
Beginning in the 1300s, a rivalry between two kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula led to a whole lot of exploring, trading... Read more
8 Feb 2019
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42mins
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Chapter 6: Agriculture, Metal, and Mining
Chapter 6: Agriculture, Metal, and Mining
During the 18th Century, the British came up with many innovations that allowed them to get more out of the land. Not on... Read more
8 Mar 2019
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43mins
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Chapter 13: The Factory System
Chapter 13: The Factory System
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3 May 2019
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Chapter 14: The Machine Makers
Chapter 14: The Machine Makers
To support the National Alliance on Mental Illness: NAMI.orgWhen Joseph Bramah hired Henry Maudslay to help him make loc... Read more
10 May 2019
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Chapter 8: Mill Towns Become Mill Cities
Chapter 8: Mill Towns Become Mill Cities
Nearly half the world’s population today lives in an urban area. Before the first Industrial Revolution, only about 3% d... Read more
22 Mar 2019
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25mins
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Chapter 9: Economic Ideas (Part 1: The Oldies)
Chapter 9: Economic Ideas (Part 1: The Oldies)
At the dawn of the First Industrial Revolution, a new academic field emerged: Economics. (Well, something called “Politi... Read more
29 Mar 2019
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28mins
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Chapter 33: Industry in the USA
Chapter 33: Industry in the USA
At the start of the 19th Century, the U.S. economy was very similar to the cash-crop export economies of the soon-to-be-... Read more
22 Oct 2019
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54mins
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Chapter 18: Men of Faith (Part 2: Religious Upheaval)
Chapter 18: Men of Faith (Part 2: Religious Upheaval)
In the late 18th Century, increasing religious freedom led to violent rioting in London and Birmingham. The Quakers, mea... Read more
11 Jun 2019
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36mins
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Chapter 19: The American Revolution
Chapter 19: The American Revolution
In this episode, we explore the underlying intellectual reasons for the American Revolution, and how that Revolution res... Read more
25 Jun 2019
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37mins
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Chapter 34: Brunel and Vanderbilt
Chapter 34: Brunel and Vanderbilt
This week we explore the lives and careers Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Cornelius Vanderbilt – two of industrial history’... Read more
5 Nov 2019
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35mins
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Chapter 20: America's First Great Debate
Chapter 20: America's First Great Debate
As the first President of the United States, George Washington appointed two cabinet secretaries who went to war with ea... Read more
2 Jul 2019
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33mins
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Chapter 32: Industrialization and the Wider World
Chapter 32: Industrialization and the Wider World
This week, we’re stepping away from Europe and the United States to look at the impact of the Industrial Revolution on t... Read more
8 Oct 2019
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Chapter 35: The Telegraph
Chapter 35: The Telegraph
This week, we discuss the development and impact of the electric telegraph – a new means of communicating through metal ... Read more
12 Nov 2019
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34mins
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Chapter 24: The Luddites
Chapter 24: The Luddites
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6 Aug 2019
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32mins
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Chapter 31: Railway Fever Spreads
Chapter 31: Railway Fever Spreads
This week we discuss how railroads rapidly spread across Great Britain, the United States, and Continental Europe betwee... Read more
1 Oct 2019
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38mins
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Chapter 22: Industry on the Post-Napoleonic Continent
Chapter 22: Industry on the Post-Napoleonic Continent
First came the French, led by Napoleon, ending feudal economic traditions across Europe. Then came the British, bringing... Read more
23 Jul 2019
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37mins
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Chapter 27: Finance and Industrialization
Chapter 27: Finance and Industrialization
Going back to the 1600s, the development of modern financial systems transformed life on planet earth. Debt markets and ... Read more
27 Aug 2019
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32mins
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Chapter 36: Let There Be Light!
Chapter 36: Let There Be Light!
Without advancements in artificial light, much of the economic development and material improvement of the Industrial Re... Read more
19 Nov 2019
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36mins
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Chapter 21: The French Revolution and Empire
Chapter 21: The French Revolution and Empire
If you compare the histories of Great Britain and France in the 16th through 18th Centuries, you see how they led to ver... Read more
16 Jul 2019
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41mins
