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S1E2: The Body Electric

The Secret History of the Future by Slate

Sep 12, 201833:53Technology

We’ve used electricity to treat our brains for thousands of years, from placing electric fish on our heads to cure migraines to using electroconvulsive therapy to alleviate depression. But over time, our focus has shifte...

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S1E2: The Body Electric is an episode from The Secret History of the Future by Slate. We’ve used electricity to treat our brains for thousands of years, from placing electric fish on our heads to cure migraines to using electroconvulsive th...

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Published Sep 12, 2018, 33:53 long, audio available.

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