Listen "Heat, A History / On Barak"
Episode Synopsis
Returning to This is Hell!, On Barak, author of, "Heat, a History
Lessons from the Middle East for a Warming Planet." On is a social and cultural historian of science and technology and Professor of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University.
After the interview, we hear a new "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi.
Check out Barak's book here: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/heat-a-history/paper
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Lessons from the Middle East for a Warming Planet." On is a social and cultural historian of science and technology and Professor of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University.
After the interview, we hear a new "Rotten History" by Renaldo Migaldi.
Check out Barak's book here: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/heat-a-history/paper
Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell
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