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A Short History of Saving The World

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Every generation thinks it’s living through the end of the world. A Short History of Saving the World is a monthly history podcast hosted by political economist Angus Hervey, and historian Ada Palmer, that explores world history through a new lens - zooming out to uncover the hidden patterns inside humanity’s biggest crises and turning points. From ancient civilisations to modern global events, each episode revisits the moments where everything could have collapsed … but didn’t. Part conversation, part historical detective work, the series reveals history not as a timeline of collapse, but as...

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The Long History of AI: From Descartes to Astro Boy & ChatGPT 03.07.2026 1:01:57

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 futures we o...

How the World Survives Information Revolutions: Fake news, censorship & what history teaches us about echo chambers 18.05.2026 53:29

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 episo...

A Short History of Saving the World - Official Trailer 18.05.2026 1:54

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: what a...