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Tom Standage's fleet-footed and surprising global histories have delighted fans and sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Now, he returns with a provocative account of an overlooked form of technology - personal transportation - and explores how it has shaped societies and cultures over millennia. Beginning around 3,500 BCE with the wheel - a device that didn't catch on until a couple thousand years after its invention - Standage zips through the eras of horsepower, trains, and bicycles, revealing how each successive mode of transit embedded itself in the world we live in.

Examining entertainment law and music history from an audiences perspective. Let me tell you a story about copyright... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is an audio podcast series that focuses on the ultra rare, highly unusual, one of a kind metal works of art from days long gone.

The History in Motion Podcast follows one historical figure at a time to make big events easier to understand. Stay in period, trace real choices and consequences, and see how a life reveals an age. Hosted by Paul and Ritchie. New episodes every two weeks on Tuesday. Start anywhere: pick a person and press play.

Welcome to the Historical Motion Picture Organisation, a podcast in which I imagine ancient history in the manner of fictional, HBO style productions. The HMPO is an imaginary production department with an unlimited budget and millennia of stories to tell from the ancient past. Tune in and hear how I would bring batshit historical events into a contemporary, Golden Age of Television setting!

A space for exploring the great ideas at the heart of the Jewish tradition.

Had enough of the scripted and abridged version of Jewish History you learned as a child? This weekly podcast features remastered audio from Marc Shapiro’s Torah in Motion classes given from 2011 to the present. Listen to learn about big ideas, interesting personalities, and astounding events in modern Jewish History.For more information visit torahinmotion.org

Travel back in time and be enthralled by unheard, unseen voices of The Harlem Renaissance as they are brought to life in half-hour radio dramas written by playwrights of color. ICONS: Harlem Renaissance in Motion is produced by The Classical Theatre of Harlem (CTH) and Venus Radio Theater. This series of incredible stories is provided to you for free in partnership with Broadway Podcast Network. ICONS was curated by CTH's Director of Literary Programs & Dramaturg Shawn René Graham and Mellon Foundation Playwright-in-Residence Betty Shamieh. Produced by The Classical Theatre of Harlem ...

Does your child play video games for hours but dreads picking up a book? Do they think history is just a bunch of boring old facts? What if you could give them all the excitement of screen time but also spark their love of reading and history? You can with these exciting tales of military battles written especially for boys who are reluctant readers. Popular history teacher Joe Giorello's hugely successful class, Great Battles for Boys is now an engaging and best-selling non-fiction series written for boys ages 8-14.