You're really uploading an episode on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol?" In February? Are you crazy? Maybe!

Join us on the foggy streets of Dickens' London, a place where all sorts of wondrous folk fight to scratch out a living in the birthplace of industrial capitalism. How does light get introduced into such a bleak setting? Why does this story speak to us more than a century-and-a-half later? What can it teach us about our own world?

Let's dive in!

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Cover image from the film, "The Muppet Christmas Carol." Music by @FreeToUseMusic.