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% did. Industrialization created urbanization. Not only did it create incentives fo...
22 Mar 201925min
Chapter 7: The Steam Engine
The steam engine was the product of centuries of experimentation, economic necessities, strong business acumen, and colorful personalities. This is how it happened.
15 Mar 201943min
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 only did the increased production of food, iron, and coal make the first industria...
8 Mar 201943min
Chapter 5: The Textile Industry
We’ll never know the names of the first farmers of the Neolithic Revolution, but we do know the names of the inventors who kick-started the Industrial Revolutions. Their simple innovations gave us a n...
22 Feb 201938min
Chapter 4: Creating Utopia
Are we living in Thomas More’s Utopia? In this chapter, we’ll explore his book and his life to chart the path toward the industrialized world we inhabit today, including: The rise of cottage industry;...
15 Feb 201936min
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, and conquering. Before long, other European powers were getting in on the acti...
8 Feb 201942min
Chapter 2: Europe in the Middle Ages
Europe was (rightly or wrongly) considered the backwater of the civilized world for most of history. So how is it the Europeans built global empires and changed the world with industrialization?In thi...
1 Feb 201928min
Chapter 1: Genesis
In this episode, we cover the origins of human society, which remained relatively unchanged until the Industrial Revolutions:How we evolved into “smart man”How we stopped foraging and started farmingH...
31 Jan 201940min
