{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a2ad2e9440b9d7bbf6bde6b/6a8dadbc3e4ed0e7c2192ba4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Lightbulb moments – Jonn Elledge on the big ideas that created our world ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a2ad2e9440b9d7bbf6bde6b/1787669677696-91668115-959a-4de9-86d7-def508120602.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>We’re living through another technological revolution, but it’s easy to take for granted how much of the world around us was once a radical new invention. Author, columnist and Oh God, What Now? regular<strong> Jonn Elledge </strong>joins <strong>Alex von Tunzelmann</strong> to reveal the 31 inventions that made modern life possible. They answer questions such as: Before windows, did people just live in stinking darkness? Are trees really the “most useful technology” a city can invest in? And are buses slowly morphing into… crabs?&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>• Buy Jonn’s book <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9781035432769\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">31 Inventions that Built our World: The Making of Modern Life</a> from our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Get tickets for <a href=\"https://www.gigantic.com/origin-story-tickets/london-union-chapel/2026-09-01-19-00\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Origin Story Live! at Islington’s Union Chapel on Tuesday, September 1&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>• Back us on Patreon – <a href=\"http://www.patreon.com/bunkercast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.patreon.com/bunkercast</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Written and presented by Alex von Tunzelmann. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson.</em><strong><em> THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.</em></strong>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://www.podmasters.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.podmasters.co.uk</a>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Podmasters"}