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A look at documents that have had a profound effect on the world. Telling the stories of these information objects, their genesis, contexts, impacts, and fates also tells the story of human society ... more
FAQs about Documents That Changed the World:How many episodes does Documents That Changed the World have?The podcast currently has 73 episodes available.
December 22, 202463. Incan Quipu (knotted fiber cords), by c1300How can you know what you can't read? A writing system without a key, suspended knots and strings we can't interpret, leaving entire peoples also in suspense to understand their past and stories (researched/written by Diego Licea)...more13minPlay
August 11, 202462. Sumerian Complaint Tablet, c1750 BCE"How dare you treat me like this?" The cry of untold millions of consumers with a grievance to air, or type, or phone in - or bake into clay tablets, in the faint but eternal hope of being heard (researched/written by Ellianna Thayne)...more10minPlay
July 19, 202461. Oldest Known Galaxy, 13+ billion years agoHow is a galaxy a document? How could it change the world? Well, look out there, as far as we can see, and even farther - and then look inside, and maybe you'll find out....more13minPlay
July 09, 202460. Mètre des Archives (original standard meter), 1799I love you, a bushel and a peck - or maybe an acre, or fathom, or hundredweight, or any of the thousands of measurements we have created, which somebody has to establish and standardize, like the meter, one way or the other...more14minPlay
September 11, 202359. Egyptian "Book of the Dead", c1600 BCEThe road map and guide book to the afterlife, all spelled out to ensure a successful and surprisingly personalized journey...more13minPlay
July 22, 202358. Emily Post's Etiquette, 1922According to Emily Post...etiquette is meant to make people feel comfortable and at ease, and the more who know the better - and it's not about the forks...more13minPlay
June 17, 202257. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948Human rights and how they came to be recognized, agreed upon and most importantly recorded and declared, for all of us to share...more13minPlay
January 03, 202156. Electoral College Documents, 2020Papers, signatures, seals, ceremonies, rules that produce documents to let hundreds speak for millions in having their say in the most important decision they make...more0minPlay
August 06, 202055. World's Fair Time Capsule, 1938The best known example of an attempt to help the future to understand the present when it's the past, even 5000 years on...more0minPlay
July 29, 202054. Articles of Impeachment, 1868The extraordinary ordinariness of articles of impeachment, then and now, and the lessons to be learned, over and over again...more0minPlay
FAQs about Documents That Changed the World:How many episodes does Documents That Changed the World have?The podcast currently has 73 episodes available.