The Industrial Revolutions
Summary: The story of how a primate species created a world full of skyscrapers, airplanes, nuclear weapons, and vaccines. From the mass production of cotton weaving in the first industrial revolution of the 18th Century, to the digital revolution of today, this podcast will explore the ways our world has rapidly changed.
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- Artist: Dave Broker
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Podcasts:
All about the 1843 Christmas ghost story by Charles Dickens, which totally transformed the way the world observes the holiday.
How advancements in paper-making, printing, and lithography set the foundation for modern advertising during the Industrial Revolution.
In 1839, inventors in England and France simultaneously introduced the world to photography, putting “a new force in the hands of man.”
In the days before electric lighting was possible, the people of the time needed to figure out ways to illuminate the world around them.
The development and impact of the electric telegraph!
This week we explore the lives and careers Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Cornelius Vanderbilt – two of industrial history’s most prolific individuals.
How the U.S. went from being struggling ex-colonies, ripe for exploitation, to an industrial power in under half a century.
A review of the First Industrial Revolution's impact on most of the world.
For National Manufacturing Day, Dave interviews Festo Didactic CEO Thomas Lichtenberger to learn about manufacturing in the 4th Industrial Revolution.
How railroads rapidly spread across Great Britain, the United States, and Continental Europe.
Dave sits down with historian Ty Smith, the Director of the California State Railroad Museum, to talk about the impact of the railroads on the United States (and especially the Golden State).
How impressive and colorful characters built new machines to keep pace with the rapidly advancing British economy.
The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain made the surprising success story of the Rothchilds possible -- and the Rothschilds, in turn, made the Industrial Revolution possible across the rest of Europe.
It's the "Classical" school of economics, and the various ideas about capitalism, free trade, and labor during that period.
How we learned to love the boom and the bust.
