Holiday Special 2020: A Victorian Christmas

For this year's Holidays bonus episode, we discuss the origins of two of the most popular Christmas traditions: Christmas trees and Christmas cards. Both came out of the First Industrial Revolution thanks to a couple of our old friends.

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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.