You're Blowing My Mind, Rit Ae

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i think that it's a lot easier to team up to do a big, you know, common a waterworks project when it's a frontier. One of the most important federal power in the constitution is to regulate interstate commerce. The erie canal is the reason why new york is as big a city as it is to day. It really does all come back to water. We celebrate the landscapes around boston and san francisco where we make different choices for the water they provide.

As humans, we like to believe that we shape the natural world. But in reality, its laws and patterns have deeply structured our own society. To tell the story of how water has shaped humanity, on the show this week is Giulio Boccaletti, author of Water: A Biography. Check it out at http://factuallypod.com/books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.