S01E01 Out of Eden
Jared Diamond’s journey of discovery began on the island of Papua New Guinea
Guns Germs & Steel
Overview
A PBS documentary concerning Jared Diamond's theory on why there is such disparity between those who have advanced technology and those who still live primitively. He argues it is due to the acquisition of guns and steel and the changes brought about by germs.
Episodes
S01E02 Conquest
On November 15th 1532, 168 Spanish conquistadors arrive in the holy city of Cajamarca, at the heart of the Inca Empire, in Peru. They are exhausted, outnumbered and terrified – ahead of them are camped...
S01E03 Into the Tropics
So far, Jared Diamond has demonstrated how geography favoured one group of people – Europeans – endowing them with agents of conquest ahead of their rivals around the world.
Cast
Jared Diamond
Self
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
