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Drought and Famine
In which John Green teaches you a little bit about drought, which is a natural weather phenomenon, and famine, which is almost always the result of human activity. Throughout human history, when food shortages strike humanity, there was food around. There was just a failure to connect those people with the food that would keep them alive. There are a lot of reasons that food distribution breaks down, and John is going to teach you about them in the context of the late-19th century famines that struck British India.
Aired: Sep 05, 2014 Genre: DocumentaryCasts: John GreenDuration: 12m Rating: 0 Country: United States of America Production: Complexly, Thought Bubble
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Episodes
01: Rethinking Civilization02: Money & Debt03: Disease!04: War & Human Nature05: War and Civilization06: Climate Change, Chaos, and The Little Ice Age07: Humans and Energy08: Drought and Famine09: How World War I Started10: Who Started World War I11: The End of Civilization (In the Bronze Age)12: The Rise of the West and Historical Methodology13: Asian Responses to Imperialism14: The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution15: Population, Sustainability, and Malthus16: Islam and Politics17: The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation18: Luther and the Protestant Reformation19: Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire20: World War II, A War for Resources21: Congo and Africa's World War22: Water and Classical Civilizations23: Conflict in Israel and Palestine24: The Vikings!25: War and Nation Building in Latin America26: Iran's Revolutions27: Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History28: Nonviolence and Peace Movements29: Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company30: Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China