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Why Weren’t Cars Electric From the Start?
Tom Standage
Aug 17, 2021
10:20 AM
What Can Podcasting Learn From the Evolution of Radio?
Podcast Episode
The Secret History of the Future
Sept 04, 2019
1:20 PM
Could a New Kind of Clock Help Us Think on a Longer Time Scale?
Podcast Episode
The Secret History of the Future
Aug 28, 2019
5:00 AM
Could We Pull the Solution to Climate Change out of Thin Air?
Podcast Episode
The Secret History of the Future
Aug 21, 2019
2:54 PM
How Do Algorithms Become Biased?
Podcast Episode
The Secret History of the Future
Aug 15, 2019
2:49 PM
Long Before Dating Apps, Young People Wooed Each Other Via Telegraph
Podcast Episode
The Secret History of the Future
Aug 07, 2019
5:01 AM
Polar Exploration Was the Victorian Equivalent of the Space Race
Podcast Episode
The Secret History of the Future
July 31, 2019
1:37 PM
What Can We Learn From the Potato, the Superfood of the Past?
Podcast Episode
The Secret History of the Future
July 24, 2019
5:15 PM
In Assuming DNA Evidence Is Infallible, Are We Making a Mistake?
Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson
July 18, 2019
3:28 PM
Could We Go Back to Wind-Powered Ships by Rediscovering a Nautical Innovation We Abandoned a Century Ago?
Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson
July 18, 2019
3:26 PM
Tables of Contents, Indexes, and Encyclopedias Were Invented to Manage Information Overload. What’s Next?
Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson
Nov 07, 2018
7:48 AM
People Thought the Trans-Atlantic Cable, or Facebook, Might Bring World Peace. Why Do We Get This Wrong?
Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson
Oct 31, 2018
6:02 AM
The Victorians Preserved Important Artifacts With Plaster Casts. Can We Use Virtual Reality for That?
Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson
Oct 24, 2018
6:02 AM
In 1714, a Huge Prize Led to a World-Changing Breakthrough. Can Prizes Still Spur Innovation Today?
Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson
Oct 17, 2018
12:02 PM
What Happens the First Time People See Themselves in Photos?
Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson
Oct 10, 2018
8:30 AM
The World’s First Cyberattack Happened in 1834. What Can We Learn From It?
Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson
Oct 03, 2018
6:00 AM
What Does the Advent of Horseless Carriages Portend for Our Driverless Future?
Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson
Sept 26, 2018
6:00 AM
Want to Know How Crazy New Technologies Catch On? Look to the Fork.
Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson
Sept 19, 2018
6:01 AM
Our Millennia-Old Fascination With What Electricity Can Do to Our Brains
Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson
Sept 12, 2018
4:00 AM
Introducing The Secret History of the Future: How Tech’s Past Explains Our Present
Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson
Sept 05, 2018
6:02 AM
