32A The New Pakistan, Professor Michael H. Fisher, The Great Courses, A History Of India
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy - Battery
Murderers in early 19th century London feared surviving their executions. That’s because their bodies were often handed to scientists for strange anatomical experiments. If George Foster, executed in 1803, had woken up on the lab table, it would have been in particularly undignified circumstances. In front of a large London crowd, an Italian scientist with a flair for showmanship was sticking an electrode up Foster’s rectum. This is how the story of the battery begins – a technology which has been truly revolutionary. As Tim Harford explains, it’s a story which is far from over.
Producer: Ben Crighton
Editors: Richard Knight and Richard Vadon
(Image: Used Batteries, Credit: Gerard Julien/Getty Images)
31A West And East Pakistan, Professor Michael H. Fisher, The Great Courses, A History Of India
the memory palace - Episode 106 (A Washington Monument)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows.
Music
- We hear three pieces of Matthew Robert Cooper's score to Some Days Are Better Than Others: Expectation, Drifting, and Katrina Outtake.
Notes
- If you want the story of the construction of the actual Washington Monument, you could check out John Steele Gordon's book.