Steven Johnson is host of the PBS/BBC series “How We Got to Now,” and the “American Innovations” podcast. He joins us to talk about societal change that has pushed us to live older, fuller lives and why that’s dependent on the greater good.
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We discuss how history has been shaped by the pursuit of amusement with Steven Johnson, creator of the PBS series “How We Got to Now.”
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Can political progress still be possible in our country at a time when gridlock and extreme partisanship seem to be the norm?
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Was there a scientific influence on the founding of American Democracy? We’ll talk this hour with Steven Johnson, who profiles the brilliant 18th Century British scientist, theologian and political philosopher Joseph Priestly in his new book “The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith Revolution, and the Birth of America” (Riverhead Books, 2009).
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