I first heard of this from that weird 90s PC game · 2:45pm May 21st, 2020
Not long ago I discovered that archive.org has free videos of every episode from Connections: An Alternative View of Change.
https://archive.org/details/ConnectionsByJamesBurke
I think it's the most amazing educational TV program I've ever seen (sorry Carl Sagan, you can still be #2). It finds an interesting path through history / technology that covers so many overlooked details and persons, while still tying everything back into the big picture.
I guess coincidentally I've also been hooked on the Pax series of boardgames, which I think are unique for how they simulate that kind of historical view like in Connections. Most of these civilization type games are either focused too much on the trees, or too focused on the forest, yet Pax is surprisingly able to combine both.
They're really complicated though, unless you play a bunch of weird boardgames. Connections is easy to watch and understand though, go check that out. I like how every episode's ending leads into the intro of the next.
Thanks for the link. I've heard about the original Connections, just never watched.
Richard Hammond (Top Gear) also did a series which you might find interesting as well.
Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections
archive.org posts torrents now? Of copyrighted videos?
Bizarre. But I'm downloading it. I only ever saw about 5 minutes of Connections, but was impressed by it.