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What Defines the History of the Modern World?

Released Monday, 20th November 2017
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What Defines the History of the Modern World?

What Defines the History of the Modern World?

What Defines the History of the Modern World?

What Defines the History of the Modern World?

Monday, 20th November 2017
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In this introduction to Season Two, historian Brad Harris challenges the growing cynicism toward the ideas of progress and modernity, recalling what The Enlightenment was all about.

Music provided by Zack Hemsey, "Redemption," from the album, The Way, 2011.

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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 along the way.

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