The Highlands of New Guinea are one of the most remote places on the planet, a maze of crosscutting valleys and enormous mountains that weren't reached by outsiders until the 1930s. Yet they're also one of the world's original centers of agriculture, a place responsible for domesticating crops like taro and the omnipresent banana. Crops on which millions of ... Show More
Nov 21
Patrick's New History Show, Past Lives, Launches December 3rd!
<p>From Patrick Wyman (host of Fall of Rome and Tides of History) comes Past Lives, a brand new podcast! Every week, we’ll focus on the lived experiences of real people from the past, bringing their stories to life.</p><p>The first season of Past Lives is available December 3rd! ... Show More
2m 37s
Nov 13
The Phoenicians, the Greeks, and the Iron Age Mediterranean
<p>As the Bronze Age gave way to the Iron Age, the economy of the Mediterranean shifted dramatically. It expanded to encompass the entire sea for the first time, everywhere from the Levant to Iberia, and laid the foundations for what would eventually become the Roman Empire.</p>< ... Show More
38m 2s
Apr 2023
The Rise of Agriculture
For hundreds of thousands of years, humans lived a nomadic life, hunting for game and foraging for food.
Then, several thousand years ago, they stopped. They began domesticating animals, started growing crops, and lived a sedentary lifestyle.
The question anthropologists have a ... Show More
11m 52s
May 2018
History Through Innovation | Interview with Steven Johnson | 7
<p>The phone in your hand is more powerful than all of the computers that put a man on the moon, combined. In the age of supercomputers, driverless cars, and mail-order DNA testing it’s easy to forget that the journey to these incredible innovations was a lot of surprising moment ... Show More
40m 41s
Sep 2020
Australie : adoptée par les Aborigènes de la Terre d'Arnhem, elle raconte
Retour de terrain, c’est le podcast du magazine GEO. Chaque mois, nos reporters posent leurs valises et vous racontent leurs aventures, leurs découvertes et les rencontres qui les ont marqués.Ce septième épisode de Retour de terrain vous propose un entretien un peu spécial avec u ... Show More
46m 6s