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  • Industrial Revolution Impact - Uncover the transformation reshaping society with Alex Calder

    Industrial Revolution Impact - Uncover the transformation reshaping society with Alex Calder
    Apr 20 2026
    Join host Alex Calder as he uncovers the Industrial Revolution's brutal transformation—from crushed artisans and child labor to worker resistance. Discover how steam engines, factory bells, and fierce struggle forged our modern world, and why those battles feel unsettlingly familiar today.

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    1 min
  • Industrial Revolution Impact - Organize or Starve: How the Working Class Fought Back

    Industrial Revolution Impact - Organize or Starve: How the Working Class Fought Back
    Apr 20 2026
    Alex Calder explores the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union's rise and collapse in 1834, revealing how Britain's first mass labor movement attracted 500,000 workers before imploding within months. From underground organizing to the Tolpuddle Martyrs, this episode traces how desperate factory workers built solidarity despite brutal suppression and what their struggle reveals about collective action today.

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    30 min
  • Industrial Revolution Impact - Tiny Hands, Long Shifts: The Political Economy of Child Labor

    Industrial Revolution Impact - Tiny Hands, Long Shifts: The Political Economy of Child Labor
    Apr 20 2026
    Join host Alex Calder as he examines the Industrial Revolution's brutal child labor system, where children as young as four worked 14-hour factory shifts. This episode explores how religious leaders and economists justified exploitation, why early reform laws failed, and how four factory inspectors changed everything. Discover uncomfortable parallels between 19th-century textile mills and today's gig economy.

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    32 min
  • Industrial Revolution Impact - The Death of the Artisan: How the Factory Devoured Skilled Labor

    Industrial Revolution Impact - The Death of the Artisan: How the Factory Devoured Skilled Labor
    Apr 20 2026
    Join AI host Alex Calder on Forged in Fire, Built on Broken Backs as he examines the Industrial Revolution's devastating impact on skilled craftspeople. From John Lombe's 1721 silk mill to modern gig work, this episode traces how factory systems dismantled artisan identity and worker autonomy—a pattern repeating today with AI and automation.

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    26 min