A Short History of Saving The World
A Short History of Saving the World is a monthly history podcast hosted by political economist Angus Hervey and historian Ada Palmer. It explores world history through a lens of resilience, examining moments where civilization faced collapse but ultimately survived. Each episode revisits historical crises and turning points, uncovering patterns of human ingenuity and adaptation. The podcast presents history not as a timeline of decline, but as an ongoing story of how the world has been saved repeatedly.
Episodes
We’ve Been Arguing About Gender Equality for 2,300 Years. Why Aren’t We Done?
We figured out that women and men were equal thousands of years ago. So why did it take so long for the world to catch up? Arguments for gender equality stretch back at least 2,300 years. Plato imagined men and women ruling together. And yet, again and again, the idea surfaced, stalled, disappeared and returned. In this episode of A Short History of Saving the World, Angus Hervey and hist
The Long History of AI: From Descartes to Astro Boy & ChatGPT
What if artificial intelligence isn't just about machines? What if it's part of a much longer story about how we understand ourselves? In every age, humans have questioned what separates us from animals, machines, and each other. In this episode, Angus Hervey and Ada Palmer explore our changing ideas of consciousness and intelligence. From Descartes and religion to Astro Boy and the futur
How the World Survives Information Revolutions: Fake news, censorship & what history teaches us about echo chambers
Every generation thinks it’s living through an unprecedented information crisis. But according to historian Ada Palmer, we’ve been here before. In this episode, Angus and Ada explore the first great information revolution - from Machiavelli hiding The Prince and Leonardo da Vinci’s coded notebooks to the printing press, censorship, and Shakespeare’s anxieties about misinformation. In this
A Short History of Saving the World - Official Trailer
Every generation thinks it’s living through unprecedented change. A Short History of Saving the World is a new history podcast with Angus Hervey and historian Ada Palmer that explores the turning points, crises, and ideas that shaped world history - and the hidden patterns that connect them. From ancient civilisations to modern global events, this series zooms out to ask a bigger question
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