S1 EP2 - Great Leap Years - A Faustian Pact

Stephen Fry's Great Leap Years

Apr 16, 201850:51Society & Culture

A medieval tech start-up led by serial entrepreneur Johannes Gutenberg and his invention that unleashed a societal revolution. As Europe recovered from the scourge of the Black Death, a young man from a family that had m...

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