Description
Introducing Measure for Measure, a new limited series from Ministry of Ideas.
We love a good chart or graph but we think measurement is more complex and interesting than data points. In each episode of the Measure for Measure, we look at a different unit of measure as a fundamental grammar of our lives.
Learn more at ministryofideas.org/measure
PRODUCTION TEAM
Liya Rechtman is Executive Producer and co-host of Measure for Measure and Managing Producer of Ministry of Ideas. She is a climate activist and Jew about town.
Andrew Middleton is Creator and co-host of Measure for Measure and a Producer of Ministry of Ideas. He is a cartographer, diver, and the founder of Open Dive Sites.
Greg Fredle is Sound Engineer for Measure for Measure. He is a freelance filmmaker and audio producer.
Zachary Davis is Executive Producer and Host of Ministry Ideas, Writ Large and Making Meaning; advisor to Measure for Measure.
Tyler Morrisette is the art director for Measure for Measure.
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