Humans have a long history of inventions that shape the world around us: electricity, telephones, computers, music — the list goes on. But as Ainissa Ramirez explains in her new book, The Alchemy of Us, those inventions are shaping us, too.
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This episode was produced by Rebecca Ramirez, edited by Viet Le and fact-checked by Berly McCoy.
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