Show notes and more at historian.live!
I recorded this way back in September when I had ambitious dreams of doing a whole series on the history of British social clubs, but I’ve been unfortunately wiped with work and with the emotional toll of American politics lately, so I was never able to get the series off the ground. But what we have is a fantastic conversation with my colleague, Seth Thévoz, talking about his research on clubs in 19th Century Britain. Seth is the author of a really wonderful book on how London gentlemen’s clubs had a massive impact on 19th century politicians and politics. At the height, probably over 19 out of every 20 Members of Parliament were a member of at least one club. We talk about Seth’s book and then talk about the differences we see between clubs in the 18th and the 19th century.
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Show notes and more at historian.live!
I recorded this way back in September when I had ambitious dreams of doing a whole series on the history of British social clubs, but I’ve been unfortunately wiped with work and with the emotional toll of American politics lately, so I was never able to get the series off the ground. But what we have is a fantastic conversation with my colleague, Seth Thévoz, talking about his research on clubs in 19th Century Britain. Seth is the author of a really wonderful book on how London gentlemen’s clubs had a massive impact on 19th century politicians and politics. At the height, probably over 19 out of every 20 Members of Parliament were a member of at least one club. We talk about Seth’s book and then talk about the differences we see between clubs in the 18th and the 19th century.
The Force that thru the Green Fuse Drives the Flower, a Deep History of Plants with David Beerling
Making of a Historian
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The Force that thru the Green Fuse Drives the Flower, a Deep History of Plants with David Beerling
Full show notes, including pictures, further reading, and my PATREON are available at the website, historian.live.
I’m honored to have Professor David Beerling on the podcast this week, to talk about his book Making Eden, which is a deep history of the evolution of land plants. We’ve talked a bit about environmental history in the past, but I’ve been curious about the longer history of the planet. Professor Beerling’s book is a fantastic look into one of the greatest stories of this history: how plants came to evolve and turn a rocky, eroding planet green. If you—like me—know nothing about plant biology, don’t worry. Professor Beerling guides us through our latest understanding of how plants enslaved bacteria, put on coats, learned to breathe, and started making seeds.
Professor Beerling is the director of the Leverhulme Center for Climate Change Mitigation. They just have a new article out in NATURE about how we might mitigate climate change by adding ground up rocks to soil, and thus harnessing the power of plant roots to eat up carbon dioxide.
The title is inspired of course by the great Dylan Thomas poem, which Professor Beerling quotes in the book.
Making of a Historian
Show notes and more at historian.live!
I recorded this way back in September when I had ambitious dreams of doing a whole series on the history of British social clubs, but I’ve been unfortunately wiped with work and with the emotional toll of American politics lately, so I was never able to get the series off the ground. But what we have is a fantastic conversation with my colleague, Seth Thévoz, talking about his research on clubs in 19th Century Britain. Seth is the author of a really wonderful book on how London gentlemen’s clubs had a massive impact on 19th century politicians and politics. At the height, probably over 19 out of every 20 Members of Parliament were a member of at least one club. We talk about Seth’s book and then talk about the differences we see between clubs in the 18th and the 19th century.
