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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Jonathan responds to your texts and tweets, is joined in studio for all the latest science stories for Newsround and speaks to one of our two guests featured on the show. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

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Futureproof Gold: How 8 Technologies Made Us Human & Changed Society

We often think of philosophers, politicians, trendsetters and artists as the catalysts for great ideas and real change. However, it is technology and technological advancement that provides the conditions within which great ideas can be developed. In his book, Unbound: How Eight Technologies Made Us Human, Transformed Society, and Brought Our World to the Brink, Richard Currier delves deep into our past to look at the fundamental technological advancements that brought us to where we are now. First Aired in 10/10/2015