An Ancient Greek coin to a defaced penny: The groundbreaking audio series that explored world history through objects 17.7%
BBC - By Neil Armstrong - 6/5/2026, 10:20 AM
Framing Effect 20.2% - Representativeness Heuristic 10% - Optimism Bias 9.4%
In 2010, a BBC radio show was launched called A History of the World in 100 Objects, which recounted two million years of humankind through artefacts. It was a huge hit – and has now inspired a new podcast that explores 250 years of US history in the same way. What do a clay pot made in Japan 7,000 years ago, a 15th-Century brass statue... more