How to Change the World: The History of Invention
Episodes
[~39,000BC] Music - The Surprising History of Rhythm (that secretly created civilization)
Host Sam Webster-Harris argues that music, dance, and storytelling are not evolutionary accidents but essential survival technologies that bonded early human groups.
Immortal Beings: The Selfish History of Things That Refuse To Die - From DNA & Religion to Memes & Digital Gods
Host Samuel Webster Harris explores how genes and memes function as replicating entities that drive evolution and cultural change.
[~52,000BC] The Eyed Needle: The History of Clothes, Fashion, Beauty and Status Games
Host Sam Webster-Harris explores the invention of clothing, tracing its evolution from survival technology in the Ice Age to a driver of human psychology and civilization.