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How We Got to Now

Join best-selling author Steven Johnson to hear extraordinary stories behind remarkable ideas that made modern life possible, the unsung heroes who brought them about and the unexpected and bizarre consequences each of these innovations triggered.

Aired: 11/12/2014 | | Expires: 5/8/2019

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