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Welcome to episode 6 of Deltas: A Podcast About Our Collective Past & Present World. 

Episode Blurb: Today, we're tracing the history of a library that has become a legend. The Great Library of Alexandria.

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Welcome to episode 5 of Deltas: A Podcast About Our Collective Past & Present World. 

Episode Blurb: Today, we travel back to the 2nd century BC. Visiting the library of Alexandria, to meet its head librarian.

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Welcome to episode 4 of Deltas: A Podcast About Our Collective Past & Present World. 

Episode Blurb: Everything has a beginning, even language. Today we're exploring the collective past of languages, through the tower of babel. 

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Today, we’re talking about the Astrolabe. Astrolabes were, for about two millennia, a key tool in the stream of thought that would become science. They were used to study the stars & divine one’s place in the world, both geographically & spiritually.

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Welcome to episode 2 of Deltas: A Podcast About Our Collective Past & Present World.

Episode Blurb: The journey of copyright, from an obscure English law to the creative commons. 

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Welcome to episode 1 of Deltas: A Podcast About Our Collective Past & Present World. Episode Blurb: A short history of the language that gave us the word for pineapple & its connection to our modern world. Website: https://deltaspodcast.wordpress.com

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Trailer for the first season of Deltas: a podcast about our collective past & present world.