The Quiet Revolution of Global Trade

Alexis Madrigal has been making an eight part radio documentary about how global trade has transformed the economy and ourselves. Containers are those boxes you see on cargo ships and on the backs of semi trucks and almost everything that you buy once traveled in one of them. The rise of logistics is what enabled American manufacturing to be off-shore to China. Using the port of Oakland as a prism, I'm going to lead you through this world of ships and sailors,. tugboats and warehouses, cranes and coders. Come back Tuesday, February 28th when the first episode drops.