This time we're covering the folk music made about the Industrial Revolution. (The first of what will probably be several similar bonus episodes in the next few years.)

In an age of expanding railroads, steam-driven ocean liners, transnational telegraphs, and more, the world experienced its “First Wave of Modern Globalization.” In this episode, we discuss the ways it played out in the mid-19th Century, including massive waves of migrations, gold rushes, remittances, trade, foreign investment, international cooperation efforts, missionaries, the new tourism industry, world’s fairs, and more. To support the podcast on Patreon – and to get access to the...

In the wake of the Industrial Revolution, human beings were becoming increasingly aware of the things that united them and the things that divided them, as they identified themselves more and more along the lines of nationhood. In this episode, we discuss that push-and-pull as it started in the 19th Century, with special attention paid to Italy, Germany, and India.

In this episode, we talk about the super-deadly conflicts that happened between the First and Second Industrial Revolutions: The Crimean War, the U.S. Civil War, the Paraguayan War, and the Taiping Rebellion. Click here to become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/indrevpod

Dave interviews Dave Amos, a city planning professor at Cal Poly and host of the YouTube channel City Beautiful.

In the mid-19th Century, cities across the industrializing world began to modernize. New infrastructure was added, new layouts of streets and city resources were devised, and greater emphasis was placed on improving the quality of life for all people. Topics covered in this episode include: Edwin Chadwick’s efforts to modernize Britain’s sewers; Ellis Chesbrough and the construction of Chicago’s sewer system; the underground London Metropolitan Railway; new street layouts in the Age of...

The 19th Century was fraught with public health challenges – many of them spurred by the Industrial Revolution. In this episode, we look at environmental health, alcoholism, and cholera, in particular. And we see how the scientists, policymakers, and mass movements of the age addressed these challenges.

Dave reads Part 1 of the Communist Manifesto, in which Marx describes the history of the First Industrial Revolution through his own lens. Think about this history as we've learned it and how Marx's take compares.

This month we explore the life, times, and ideas of one of history’s most controversial figures. The Industrial Revolution marked a turning point in history, and Karl Marx used a combination of philosophy, economics, politics, and history to try to explain it – and what comes next.  To get up to 75% off at the NBA store, visit www.podgo.co/nba

For this year's Holidays bonus episode, we discuss the origins of two of the most popular Christmas traditions: Christmas trees and Christmas cards. Both came out of the First Industrial Revolution thanks to a couple of our old friends. (Available until February 2021.)

Now that the First Industrial Revolution is wrapped up, Dave takes some more questions in this "Ask Me Anything" episode. Support the Industrial Revolutions on Patreon! Want to advertise on the Industrial Revolutions? Contact me here.

A look back on all the incredible changes the world saw in the First Industrial Revolution, and some looking forward to the future. Submit your questions for this month’s AMA: www.IndustrialRevolutionsPod.com/contact Become an Industrial Revolutionary: www.Patreon.com/indrevpod

In 1848, the effects of the industrialization and financial modernization combined with the forces of burgeoning ideologies and class and national identities to create a year of revolutions. Uprisings against the existing order swept across Continental Europe – although these missions failed almost everywhere. It marked a turning point in world history – a flashpoint in the political and economic transitions underway – and for us, it will mark the end of the First Industrial...

Telling the story of the Industrial Revolution would not be complete without spending some time on Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert. Her long reign came at the height of British power and, together with her hard-working husband, she forged a legacy that embraced change. Under her rule, the economy was modernized, the constitution became more democratic, and the country promoted new learning and new technology.  Support the Industrial Revolutions on Patreon:...

The second of two episodes devoted to the cultural changes underway in the 18th and 19th Centuries, thanks (at least in part) to the Industrial Revolution. First we’ll explore the so-called Second Great Awakening, which spurred a diversity of religious traditions in the United States. Then we’ll discuss the impact of industrialization on fashion trends (and vice versa). Next, we’ll talk about the changing diets of ordinary people in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. Finally, we’ll wrap...

Dave reviews four television programs set in Great Britain during the First Industrial Revolution: “Gentleman Jack”, “The Mill”, “Blackadder the Third”, and “Victoria”. (Available until September.)

Support the Industrial Revolutions on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/indrevpodThe first of two episodes devoted to the cultural changes underway in the 18th and 19th Centuries, thanks (at least in part) to the Industrial Revolution. In Part 1, we’ll be talking about how romance became a more important part of marriage and how sexual mores changed with economic growth, urbanization, and labor reform. In Part 2, we shift our focus to the art and literature of the time and how the movement known as...

With the rise of capitalism, industrialization, and liberal economic policies, the relative power of the old, landed aristocracy was waning. And to fill their place was a nouveaux riche bourgeoisie.Check out the podcast “Physical Attraction” here: http://physicalattraction.libsyn.com/Get exclusive access to the Industrial Revolutions footnotes and bonus episodes by becoming a patron at https://patreon.com/indrevpod.

In this short bonus episode, Dave talks about four major pandemics of world history (besides COVID-19), and how they relate to industrialization.

This month we get to know the first wave of socialist thinkers – the Utopian socialists – including Robert Owen, Étienne Cabet, Jean Claude Leonard de Sismondi, Henri de Saint-Simone, Charles Fourier, and more. We also get to see how Radical associations in Britain – like the trade unions, co-ops, and Chartists – paved the way for a socialist movement.

This month I talk with Steve Prentice, a specialist in organizational psychology whose focus is the junction where people and technology interact. I wanted to ask him about about the lives of workers in the 21st Century and beyond – how new technologies will impact our lives, what the job market will look like, and more. Available through May 2020.

Historians have generally had two very different takes on the Industrial Revolution. One take is that it left workers with a lot of grime, exploitation, and suffering. The other take is that it led to workers realizing greater material well-being, greater opportunity, and greater empowerment.Today we dig deeper into the lives of workers in the First Industrial Revolution – to tell the whole story. We’ll discuss pay and working conditions, the state of the social safety net, the roles of women...

In this first bonus episode of 2020, I interview patent law professor Adam Mossoff, who explains why intellectual property rights are so important for fostering invention and innovation. (Available through April 19, 2020.)

From 1830 to 1848, a surge of liberalism swept through the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. It not only brought new political and economic reforms, it established the norms that still influence our politics and economic systems today.