Containers
Fusion
Containers is an 8-part audio documentary about how global trade has transformed the economy and ourselves. Host and correspondent Alexis Madrigal leads you through the world of ships and sailors, technology and tugboats, warehouses and cranes. At a time when Donald Trump is threatening to toss out the global economic order, Containers provides an illuminating, deep, and weird look at how capitalism actually works now.
Episodes
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Introducing Containers
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Welcome to Global Capitalism
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Meet the Sailors
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The Ships, The Tugs, and the Port
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The Hidden Side of Coffee
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The America-First Ships
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And They Won, They Won Big
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The Lost Docks
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Robots, Piers Full of Robots