Factually! with Adam Conover

How Water Shaped Humanity with Giulio Boccaletti

Dec 15, 2021

01:00:31

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Water's Not a Technological Issue, It's a Political Issue

01:34

Climate Change and Water in the Mediterranean

02:54

Water Is the Agent of the Climate System on the Landscape

02:03

Introduction

4min

Water, a History - A History of the Relationship Between Water and Society

3min

Water Is the Agent of the Climate System on the Landscape

2min

Water's Not a Technological Issue, It's a Political Issue

2min

The Water Challenge Resulted in the Birth of a State

3min

The Origin of the Incans

2min

We're at the Mercy of Water

2min

The Relationship Between Water and the Landscape

3min

The Promise of Total Control

2min

10.

We've Always Done It

3min

11.

Is Total Control a Real Aspiration?

4min

12.

The Legacy of the Re Engineering of the United States

4min

13.

Ke Wee Co - The One Stop Gift Shop for Kids

4min

14.

The Justinian Code and Water in Europe

4min

15.

The Variability of Nature Is Culture, Right?

3min

16.

Climate Change and Water in the Mediterranean

3min

17.

What Are the Limits of Collective Action?

3min

18.

The American Project, the Long Ark

3min

19.

The Constitution of the United States

4min

20.

You're Blowing My Mind, Rit Ae

4min

21.

Water, a Biography

2min

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.

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