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Hosted by Fix The News · history · EN · 5 episodes
Every generation thinks it’s living through the end of the world.A Short History of Saving the World is a monthly history podcast hosted by political economist Angus Hervey, and historian Ada Palmer, that explores world history through a new lens - zooming out to uncover the hidden patterns inside humanity’s biggest crises and turning points. From ancient civilisations to modern global events, each episode revisits the moments where everything could have collapsed … but didn’t.Part conversation, part historical detective work, the series reveals history not as a timeline of collapse, but as an ongoing story of human ingenuity, adaptation, and resilience. It’s a history podcast about how the world has been saved - again and again - and what that might mean for the future we’re building now.
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Booking probability
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Guest openness
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Signup to Generate a PitchEvery generation thinks it’s living through the end of the world.A Short History of Saving the World is a monthly history podcast hosted by political economist Angus Hervey, and historian Ada Palmer, that explores world history through a new lens - zooming out to uncover the hidden patterns inside humanity’s biggest crises and turning points.
A Short History of Saving The World is hosted by Fix The News. The show has published 5 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Invention of Doubt: Science and the Problem with Certainty" (10 September 2026, 55 minutes), "We’ve Been Arguing About Gender Equality for 2,300 Years. Why Aren’t We Done?" (13 August 2026, 56 minutes), and "We’ve Been Arguing About Gender Equality for 2,300 Years. Why Aren’t We Done?" (13 August 2026, 56 minutes).
A Short History of Saving The World publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 49 minutes across 5 episodes.
Booking probability for A Short History of Saving The World is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. A Short History of Saving The World requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. A Short History of Saving The World's contact route on record: public web form.
Fix The News hosts A Short History of Saving The World, a history show with 5 episodes published.
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Episode #4
We expect science to give us answers. But what if its greatest breakthrough was learning to be wrong? For most of human history, we wanted knowledge to be certain. Then, around 400 years ago, something changed. After...
Episode #3
<p>We figured out that women and men were equal thousands of years ago. So why did it take so long for the world to catch up?</p><p> </p><p>Arguments for gender equality stretch back at least 2,300 years. Plato imagined...
Episode #3
We figured out that women and men were equal thousands of years ago. So why did it take so long for the world to catch up? Arguments for gender equality stretch back at least 2,300 years. Plato imagined men and women...
Episode #2
<p>What if artificial intelligence isn't just about machines? What if it's part of a much longer story about how we understand ourselves?</p><p> </p><p>In every age, humans have questioned what separates us from...
Episode #2
What if artificial intelligence isn't just about machines? What if it's part of a much longer story about how we understand ourselves? In every age, humans have questioned what separates us from animals, machines, and...
Episode #1
<p>Every generation thinks it’s living through an unprecedented information crisis. But according to historian Ada Palmer, we’ve been here before.</p><p> In this episode, Angus and Ada explore the first great...
A Short History of Saving The World
<p>Every generation thinks it’s living through unprecedented change. A Short History of Saving the World is a new history podcast with Angus Hervey and historian Ada Palmer that explores the turning points, crises, and...
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