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				Connections with James Burke			


			

				
Connections with James Burke


				

					8.2											
							IMDb tt30222317
						
										2023										Documentary				


				
Historian James Burke continues his journey through random historical connections that together have shaped our world and provide important clues to our future.

				

									

						
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																		James Burke
								

													

					

							

		


					

				

	

		
Episodes							6
					

			


	

				
			

									Seeing the Future
								1
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				Seeing the Future
				45m				James connects the dots between Napoleon’s toothpick and the Nielsen TV ratings to see how scientists have built…			

		
				
			

									The End of Scarcity
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				The End of Scarcity
				47m				James jumps in the sensory deprivation tank with a man who took LSD with dolphins to discover how…			

		
				
			

									In the Net
								3
								
			

			

				In the Net
				47m				James opens a cabinet of curiosities to discover how the French Revolution, wallpaper, and NORAD brought about the…			

		
				
			

									None of This is Real
								4
								
			

			

				None of This is Real
				40m				Dog pee, the Polaroid camera, and rocket fuel lead us to a future where AI is indistinguishable from…			

		
				
			

									Designer Genes
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				Designer Genes
				41m				A cup of coffee in the 18th century takes James to the pioneering woman who discovered the structure…			

		
				
			

									Limitless Energy
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				Limitless Energy
				41m				How did a journey that began thousands of years ago with the Inca and the potato, connect to…			

		
			



			

		
		

			

	
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