Stephen Fry's 7 Deady Sins - I will take each one of the Seven Sins in turn, lay them out on the surgical table and poke, prod, pry and provoke in an attempt to try to anatomise and understand them; I hope and believe it will be, if nothing else, delicious fun and something of a change from the usual run of podcastery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
http://stephenfry.com/7deadlysins
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 10 hours 28 minutes
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Trailer — Season 1: Great Leap Years
Stephen Fry previews his epic new documentary podcast series entitled Stephen Fry’s Great Leap Years – the stories behind inventions.
episode 1: S1 EP1 - Great Leap Years - When We Were Very Young
Far out in the ocean of discovery huge swells have been gathering and combining to create the great tsunami that will soon engulf us, We look back at how innovation in technology has, from the first, changed our ways of living, our sense of who we are ...
episode 2: S1 EP2 - Great Leap Years - A Faustian Pact
A medieval tech start-up led by serial entrepreneur Johannes Gutenberg and his invention that unleashed a societal revolution.
episode 3: S1 EP3 - Great Leap Years - Bells, Nobels, More Bells and Prizes
Napoleon Bonaparte is on the phone.Beginning with the electric tale of Alessandro Volta and his creation of the battery via Napoleon and his establishment of the Volta Prize in his honour. Napoleon sowed the seeds that bloom in Silicon Valley today.
episode 4: S1 EP4 - Great Leap Years - Raising the Vail and Catching the Tube
The sperm whale, Bell Labs, vacuum tubes and the dawning age of information at the speed of light.Researched, written & read by Stephen Fry. Music composed and conducted by Guy Farley with The Chamber Orchestra of London.
episode 5: S1 EP5 - Great Leap Years - Let's Play Monopoly
The War of the Currents and a new type of person arises, an almost wholly American invention - the salesman. The foundations are set for the rise of one of the mightiest company's the world had ever seen - International Business Machines. ...
episode 6: S1 EP6 - Great Leap Years - The Iotatron that Wasn't
Series 1 Finale! Across the ocean of discovery the swells are building with ever increasing mass and speed.
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