240. Yes, the American Economy Is in a Funk -...

As the Trump administration rolls back environmental regulations, we revisit a 2022 episode that explored the hidden cost of an invisible threat: air pollution. SOURCES: Angela Duckworth, psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Michael Greenstone, economist at the Univers ...  Show more

Another war in the Middle East. A retreat from the international order. A presidency built on self-dealing and arbitrary power. It’s enough to make you think the U.S. is in a steep decline — but Fareed Zakaria thinks otherwise. SOURCES: Fareed Zakaria, journalist and author. RESO ...  Show more

In the first of two programmes, Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Industrial Revolution.Between the middle of the eighteenth century and the early years of the nineteenth, Britain was transformed. This was a revolution, but not a political one: over the course of a few gene ...  Show more

Leading British industrialist and pioneer of automation Sir Leon Bagrit continues his Reith lectures. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of Elliott Automation Ltd, one of the first companies in Europe devoted to automation, and speaks on this topic in his series entitled 'T ...  Show more

Dans cet épisode de Crousti-History, on vous parle de la révolution industrielle ! Oui, il y a même eu une révolution INDUSTRIELLE….L’histoire commence en Angleterre au XVIIIe siècle avec une loi d’enclosure sur les terres agricoles. Et les travailleurs se tournent vers l’industr ...  Show more

في الحلقة الأولى من بودكاست ثورة بنتكلم عن الثورات الصناعية ، وكيف غيرت العالم والتاريخ ، بداية من اختراع المحرك البخاري ، وحتى الثورة الصناعية الرابعة ، ثورة التصنيع الرقمي والروبوت ،  تعلم الآلة والبيانات الضخمة ، وش علاقتها بحركة الصناع ، وكيف ممكن تنضم لهم في السعودية والمنطق ...  Show more