Nayan Chanda, director of publications at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, presents the Art Institute of Chicago 2008 Presidential Lecture during the annual Chicago Humanities Festival. His lecture refers to research found in his recent book Bound Together; How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers and Warriors Shaped Globalization. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.