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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 68 episodes available.
April 22, 201427. Airplane Black Box/Flight Data Recorder, 1958The black box that reveals, not conceals: how flight recorders were developed, how they work, how they're used, what happens to the information, and how they're related to the 8-track tape...more0minPlay
April 06, 201426. "We Can Do It!" Poster/Rosie the Riveter, 1943That poster--isn't what you think. She's not Rosie the Riveter, and the lives she's led, as, feminist icon, symbol of wartime solidarity, cultural nostalgia touchstone, are almost all entirely wrong...more0minPlay
March 19, 201425. Alaska Purchase Check, 1868Seward's Folly, enabled by a single piece of paper exchanged for $7.2 million, adding vast new territories to the US, and telling us about how money moves, and how people feel about how that's changing (researched/produced/co-written by Andrew Kyrios)...more0minPlay
November 13, 201324. Zapruder Film, 1963486 frames, likely the most scrutinized film of all time, dissected, debated, debunked, and the harbinger of things to come as events are increasingly documented and shared...more0minPlay
September 05, 201323. Rosetta Stone, 196BCEUndoubtedly one of the great document stories of all time, which help us to think about permanence, durability, and what can happen when media outlast messages...more0minPlay
August 08, 201322. Mental Disorder Diagnosis Manual, 1952Are you crazy? Maybe yes, maybe no, but either way, this book lays out what mental disorders are, and aren't, and reinforce the power that we give names of all kinds...more0minPlay
July 20, 201321. The Book of Mormon, 1830Joseph Smith: led to long-buried golden tablets revealing lost truths...or the most successful humbug even known? Words, faith, a backstory that defies logic, and the power of belief...more0minPlay
July 06, 201320. Einstein's Letter to Roosevelt, 1939A two page letter from a great mind to a great leader about a great subject matter, the beginning of the Atomic Age and one of the oldest forms of writing...more0minPlay
June 13, 201319. First X-Ray, 1895A shadowy skeletal hand gives us the first good look inside ourselves, and we've not been the same since...more0minPlay
June 09, 201318. Riot Act, 1714If you don't say it out loud, it doesn't work--magic spells, wedding ceremonies, and how to stop a riot, 18th Century style...more0minPlay
FAQs about Documents That Changed the World:How many episodes does Documents That Changed the World have?The podcast currently has 68 episodes available.