[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":136},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-climate-control-a-history-of-heating-and-cooling":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":17,"excerpt":23,"content":24,"transcript":25,"transcript_file":26,"audio":27,"resources":31,"segments":32},60,"climate-control-a-history-of-heating-and-cooling","Climate Control","A History of Heating and Cooling",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1345220572,"08.17.12","Aug 17, 2012","August 17, 2012",[14,15,16],"climate control","technological innovation","technology",{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":20},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fclimate-control-a-history-of-heating-and-cooling\u002FRestaurantAC.jpg","Air conditioning at the Keystone Restaurant (Library of Congress).",{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fclimate-control-a-history-of-heating-and-cooling\u002Fsquare_small\u002FRestaurantAC.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fclimate-control-a-history-of-heating-and-cooling\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FRestaurantAC.jpg","In this episode, the Backstory hosts consider the advent of air conditioning, and explore its far-reaching implications on everything from architecture and leisure to demography and politics. 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