Dave Broker (IndRevPod) 🥖🌹

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Shout out Chapter 47 and congrats to all you Palace supporters.

#facup #crystalpalace

Chapter 66: The Revolt of Labor — The Industrial Revolutions At the end of the 19th Century, workers throughout the world were fighting increasingly bitter, bloody battles against their capitalist bosses and the governments protecting them.

Happy #MayDay! 🌹 To learn more about the #labor connection the holiday, check out Chapter 66 of the #podcast.

Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.

An interesting op-ed highlighting ideas that came out of the 2nd #IndustrialRevolution - and are apparently being pursued today.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...

From Bell Labs to Lumon Industries: The Building That Brings ‘Severance’ to Life Bell Works, the setting of the hit serial for Apple TV+, is now a tourist attraction, drawing fans to the architectural wonder.

For the hit show “Severance”, inspiration was taken from Bell Labs, a key company in our industrial #history!
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#severance #BellLabs www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/r...

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DeepSeek Doesn’t Scare OpenAI, Thanks to the ‘Jevons Paradox’ The economic theory, which traces to 1865, says that as a resource becomes more efficient to use, demand will increase. It came up a lot in A.I. circles last month.

In the AI race of this latest #IndustrialRevolution, we return to the “Jevons Paradox” - listeners will remember how William Stanley Jevons noted that increased efficiency of steam engines actually led to MORE coal use, not less. (Shout out Chapter 50!)

My ethos is don’t use the platform, but keep your account so they have to keep reserving server space for you.

Very little did I realize how prescient my last episode was going to be. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Workers on a #Guatemala plantation load #bananas onto a United Fruit Company train. #UnitedFruit became the poster child for American economic #imperialism in the 20th Century, giving rise to the term “banana republic.”
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Learn more in Ch 69, available now.
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#history #podcast

(4/4) Trump is apparently so “anti-woke” that he is… defunding the police?

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- FBI Advanced Police Training and Crime Lab Support

- Local Law Enforcement Grants for Cybercrimes

- VALOR

- Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program and Educational Assistance

- State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training

- High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program

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- Homeland Security Grant Program

- Public Safety & Violence PREI

- State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program

- Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program

- Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program

- Emergency Law Enforcement Assistance Grant

(1/4) Here are some of the programs on the chopping block as part of Trump’s “anti-woke” policies… 🧵

President Theodore Roosevelt sitting on some equipment in #Panama in 1906, during construction of the canal. Learn more about Teddy’s foreign policy, the Panama Canal, and the American Empire in Chapter 69 of the #podcast. 🇺🇸🇵🇦
#history #imperialism #historypodcasts

Boy, if you don’t like what the bishop had to say, just wait until you meet Jesus.

I 100% have never followed Donald Trump on any social media platform. But then this showed up in my Facebook feed today. Apparently Meta has made me follow him, as of this month.

European #colonialism in #Africa could be unthinkably violent. These images, for example, are from the Herero Genocide (1904-1908). Following an uprising against their German occupiers in present-day Namibia, the Herero were shot en masse and rounded up into concentration camps.

Before and after the Scramble for #Africa.
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Learn more about it (and its implications) in Chapter 69: “The New #Imperialism”, available now.
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#history #historypodcasts #podcasts #africanhistory #worldhistory

This famous 1898 illustration from Le Petit Journal depicts the way foreign, industrialized powers competed to control as much of China (and its coastal waters) as possible as the turn of the century neared. It’s little wonder that the #BoxerRebellion came about not long after.

Trump’s Wish to Control Greenland and Panama Canal: Not a Joke This Time In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that his “America First” philosophy has an expansionist dimension.

Looks like Donald Trump wants to re-create the American Empire as described in my latest episode! 😬
#historypodcasts

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/u...

I’m not sure how Christmas can top my night last night!

The Empress Dowager Cixi effectively ruled #China for about 38 (non-consecutive) years between 1861 and 1908. Though she made many efforts to modernize and industrialize China, it was always too slow to keep up with the rising imperial powers of the age. Learn more in Chapter 69!

People Are Cheering on a Shooting. This Theory Could Explain Why. The theory of “social banditry” explains our grim political moment.

“as [our old friend, Eric] Hobsbawm proffered, when people lose faith in the state’s ability to address their concerns and grievances, they sometimes look to outlaws who offer themselves as an alternative.”

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

‘‘Tis the season for bonus episodes! For your present, I’m re-posting the 3 holiday specials from years past. Enjoy!

#HappyHolidays #Christmas #podcasts #history #IndustrialRevolution #ChristmasCarol #victorians #SantaClaus

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I’ve been saying this for years: If you don’t think America is a conservative place, you don’t talk much with ordinary Americans. (Now, I don’t mean fascist or libertarian, necessarily, but yeah, generally conservative in attitudes.)

Finally: A new episode! 🥳 In the late 19th Century, Westerners scrambled for power over the rest of the world. 🌎 🌍 In this chapter, we will explore the impact of this transformation in China, Africa, and the empire of the United States.

Lol, I was invited back when it was in beta testing, but not many people were using it yet, so I kinda forgot about it. That is until a week or two ago.

A fun game for the next episode: Count how many times Dave butchers the pronunciation of “Cixi” 🤦🏻‍♂️

Microsoft at 50: An AI Giant. A Kinder Culture. And Still Hellbent on Domination When Satya Nadella took over as CEO, the company was lumbering and uncool. He cleaned up a toxic culture, crafted the deal of the decade, and put Microsoft back on top.

One of the most important firms of the 3rd #IndustrialRevolution turns 50.
www.wired.com/story/at-age...