[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":74},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-from-whales-to-wind-a-history-of-energy":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":21,"excerpt":27,"content":28,"transcript":23,"transcript_file":23,"audio":29,"resources":33,"segments":38},279,"from-whales-to-wind-a-history-of-energy","From Whales to Wind","A History of Energy",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1229704240,"12.19.08","Dec 19, 2008","December 19, 2008",[14,15,16,17,18,19,20],"conservationism","energy","energy production","fossil fuels","oil consumption","renewable energy","technology",{"src":22,"caption":23,"derivatives":24},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Ffrom-whales-to-wind-a-history-of-energy\u002FFromWhalestoWind.jpg",null,{"square_small":25,"square_medium":26},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Ffrom-whales-to-wind-a-history-of-energy\u002Fsquare_small\u002FFromWhalestoWind.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Ffrom-whales-to-wind-a-history-of-energy\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FFromWhalestoWind.jpg","In this episode, BackStory takes on big oil! And big trees, big water, big whales.. How have changing energy sources shaped the growth and decline of cities and towns? What are the social costs and benefits of new energy technologies?","\u003Cp>Three decades after Jimmy Carter donned his famous cardigan and asked us to go on an energy diet, the US is consuming more than ever. \u003Cspan class=\"moz-txt-slash\">In this episode, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cem>BackStory\u003C\u002Fem> takes on big oil (and big whales, trees and water)!  Historian David Nye discusses the origins of our gluttony for energy, and historian Anne Norton Greene explains why the “Age of Steam” was also the Age of Horses.  Join us on our power trip!\u003C\u002Fp>",{"url":30,"duration":31,"formatted_duration":32},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Ffrom-whales-to-wind-a-history-of-energy.mp3","3179","00:52:59",[34],{"title":35,"content":36,"files":37},"Related Links","\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.eia.gov\u002Ftotalenergy\u002Fdata\u002Fannual\u002Findex.cfm\">Brush up\u003C\u002Fa> on consumption and production of different energy sources.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fdotearth.blogs.nytimes.com\u002F2008\u002F12\u002F10\u002Fenergy-choice-nobelist-with-climate-passion\u002F\">Find out\u003C\u002Fa> more about the new Energy Secretary.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmyaccount.nytimes.com\u002Fauth\u002Flogin?URI=\u002F2008\u002F11\u002F30\u002Fbooks\u002Freview\u002FCrain-t.html&OQ=_rQ3D5&REFUSE_COOKIE_ERROR=SHOW_ERROR\">Read\u003C\u002Fa> a review of Anne Greene’s “Horses at Work.”\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Ffiles\u002Ffrom-whales-to-wind-a-history-of-energy\u002Fresources-inline\u002Ftechnology%20david%20nye.pdf\">Learn\u003C\u002Fa> about our complex relationship to Technology.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Farchive.org\u002Fdetails\u002FisforAto1953\">View\u003C\u002Fa> the 1953 video “A is for Atom.”\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmillercenter.org\u002Fscripps\u002Farchive\u002Fspeeches\u002Fdetail\u002F3398\">Watch\u003C\u002Fa> Jimmy Carter’s 1977 energy crisis speech\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.history.org\u002FFoundation\u002Fjournal\u002FSummer08\u002Fpower.cfm\">Powering\u003C\u002Fa> the 18th century\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n",[],[39,53],{"index":40,"title":41,"description":42,"audio":43,"tags":47,"transcript":23,"episode":48},0,"Energy Gluttons","\u003Cp>Historian David Nye discusses the origins of Americans’ ample appetites for energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":44,"duration":45,"formatted_duration":46},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Ffrom-whales-to-wind-a-history-of-energy\u002Ffrom-whales-to-wind-a-history-of-energy-01.mp3","470","00:07:50",[14,15,16,17,18],{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":49,"tags":50,"thumb":51},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16,17,18,19,20],{"src":22,"caption":23,"derivatives":52},{"square_small":25,"square_medium":26},{"index":54,"title":55,"description":56,"audio":57,"tags":61,"transcript":23,"episode":69},1,"The Age of Horses","\u003Cp>Historian Ann Norton Greene explains why the “Age of Steam” was also the Age of Horses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":58,"duration":59,"formatted_duration":60},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Ffrom-whales-to-wind-a-history-of-energy\u002Ffrom-whales-to-wind-a-history-of-energy-02.mp3","626","00:10:26",[62,63,64,65,15,66,67,68,20],"animal history","automobiles","canals","cities","excrement","infrastructure","public health",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":70,"tags":71,"thumb":72},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16,17,18,19,20],{"src":22,"caption":23,"derivatives":73},{"square_small":25,"square_medium":26},1790963882844]