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Connections with James Burke

Connections with James Burke

2023•41m•8.2/10
Documentary

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8.2/10(6)

Historian James Burke continues his journey through random historical connections that together have shaped our world and provide important clues to our future.

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Production

Bigger Bang

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

November 9, 2023

Last Aired

November 9, 2023

Networks

CuriosityStream

Created By

James Burke

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Seeing the Future
E1
Seeing the Future
Air date: 2023-11-09
James connects the dots between Napoleon’s toothpick and the Nielsen TV ratings to see how scientists have built the quantum computer – a data-processing machine so powerful that it can predict the future.
The End of Scarcity
E2
The End of Scarcity
Air date: 2023-11-09
James jumps in the sensory deprivation tank with a man who took LSD with dolphins to discover how syphilis in the French aristocracy kicked off a journey to the nanofabricator–a machine that can build anything you wish for, molecule by molecule, for free. What will that mean for the value of things?
In the Net
E3
In the Net
Air date: 2023-11-09
James opens a cabinet of curiosities to discover how the French Revolution, wallpaper, and NORAD brought about the rise of big data – and a world where humans finally merge with the internet.
None of This is Real
E4
None of This is Real
Air date: 2023-11-09
Dog pee, the Polaroid camera, and rocket fuel lead us to a future where AI is indistinguishable from human intelligence. If we can’t tell machines and people apart, what will that mean for humanity?
Designer Genes
E5
Designer Genes
Air date: 2023-11-09
A cup of coffee in the 18th century takes James to the pioneering woman who discovered the structure of DNA, and a future with genetically engineered people. Will we want to be Super-Human?
Limitless Energy
E6
Limitless Energy
Air date: 2023-11-09
How did a journey that began thousands of years ago with the Inca and the potato, connect to a mad scientist in a castle, and German beer, then bring us to the brink of a future with clean, limitless energy? And what will that future mean for humanity?

Cast

James Burke

James Burke

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