Ice is one of those invisible little gears of the modern, westernized world. We don't notice it when we have it, and as soon as we can't get it we find ourselves desperate to get it back. It wasn't always like this: ice started as a luxury of more northern climates, and the story of how it became more ubiquitous -- including in southern climates where natural ice is rare to non-existant -- is a fascinating one. We speak to writer and author Amy Brady about her new book "Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks - a Cool History of a Hot Commodity" and learn about the origins of our modern obsession with and dependency on ice.
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#524 The Human Network
#523 Happy As A Clam (Garden)
#522 Home Alone?
#521 The Curious Life of Krill
#520 A Closer Look at Objectivism
#519 Animal Architects
#518 With Genetic Knowledge Comes the Need for Counselling
#517 Life in Plastic, Not Fantastic
#516 The Keys to Skeletons Lost
#515 Humanimal
#514 Arctic Energy (Rebroadcast)
#513 Dinosaur Tails
#512 All Over The Map
#511 Ok you worked out, now what?
#510 Gene Drives (Rebroadcast)
#509 Anisogamy: The Beginning of Male and Female
#508 Freedom's Laboratory
#507 Poaching, and We Don't Mean Eggs
#506 Everybody Poops (Rebroadcast)
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