Podcasts by Wonderland Podcast with Steven Johnson
A series about the past and future of play and innovation, hosted by Steven Johnson, bestselling author and co-creator of the PBS series How We Got To Now. Necessity isn't always the mother of invention; some of our most important ideas arise out of moments of playful exploration. Inspired by Johnson's new book, Wonderland: How Play Made The Modern World, the podcast features conversations about creativity and invention with leading contemporary scientists, programmers, musicians, and more. More info at wonderland.audio.
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Episode 10: For the Fun of It (Or, the Play in Great Work) from 2017-01-25T17:00
In the final episode of the season, we explore ornamentation, the non-medica...
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Episode 9: Sphere of Life (Or, Why Humans Are So Obsessed With a Bouncing Ball) from 2017-01-11T17:00
An investigation into one of humanity's oldest and most ubiquitous invention...
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Episode 8: Party in the Front (Or, How We Incorporate Play into Work) from 2016-12-15T17:00
An exploration of the cultural shift that began with a leisure space of idle...
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Episode 7: In Pursuit of Condiments (Or, How the Spice Trade Changed Our Palates) from 2016-11-30T17:00
From the thrilling story of the Pepper Wreck and its salvage to the strange ...
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Episode 6: Clever Like a Fox (Or, What Happens Inside Our Brains When We Play?) from 2016-11-02T16:00
A look into how games and childhood play encourage the kind of adaptive, fle...
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Episode 5: Greater Than Zero (Or, the Politics of Serious Games) from 2016-10-19T16:00
An investigation into the surprising history of games designed to change our...
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Episode 4: Airplanes, Zoos, and Infinite Chickens (Or, Why Do Humans Like To Play?) from 2016-10-05T16:00
An exploration of the power of play, from screen-based games like Pokemon Go...
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Episode 3: Strange Loops and Circuit Benders (Or, How New Music Comes from Broken Machines) from 2016-09-21T16:00
A mysterious stranger in San Francisco's Union Square helps jumpstart a soni...
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Episode 2: 32 Dots Per Spaceship (Or, the Video Game That Changed Tech History) from 2016-09-07T16:00
A look back at the origins of Spacewar!, the first original video g...
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Episode 1: Babbage and the Dancer (Or, Can You Fall in Love With a Robot?) from 2016-08-16T16:00
An eight-year-old boy's encounter with a robotic toy doll ends up changing t...
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