Chapter 56: The Technological Revolution
A quick introduction to the Second Industrial Revolution. Become a patron of the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/indrevpod
6 Dec 202126min
Chapter 55: Bold Leaps of Discovery
In the mid-19th Century, scientists would upend everything human beings understood about themselves and the world around them, and they would drive that world forward into a second industrial revoluti...
20 Sep 20211h 10min
Chapter 54: The Great Global Shake-Up
In an age of expanding railroads, steam-driven ocean liners, transnational telegraphs, and more, the world experienced its “First Wave of Modern Globalization.” In this episode, we discuss the ways it...
2 Aug 20211h 13min
Chapter 53: Nationalism
In the wake of the Industrial Revolution, human beings were becoming increasingly aware of the things that united them and the things that divided them, as they identified themselves more and more alo...
5 Juli 20211h 21min
Chapter 52: Making Modern War
In this episode, we talk about the super-deadly conflicts that happened between the First and Second Industrial Revolutions: The Crimean War, the U.S. Civil War, the Paraguayan War, and the Taiping Re...
7 Juni 20212h 19min
Chapter 51: Making the Modern City
In the mid-19th Century, cities across the industrializing world began to modernize. New infrastructure was added, new layouts of streets and city resources were devised, and greater emphasis was plac...
5 Apr 20211h 12min
Chapter 50: Public Health Breakthroughs
The 19th Century was fraught with public health challenges – many of them spurred by the Industrial Revolution. In this episode, we look at environmental health, alcoholism, and cholera, in particular...
1 Mars 20211h
Chapter 49: Karl Marx
This month we explore the life, times, and ideas of one of history’s most controversial figures. The Industrial Revolution marked a turning point in history, and Karl Marx used a combination of philos...
1 Feb 202159min
