{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Rosenberg Podcast","title":"The Drug in Your Mug","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2289,"description":"There's a cup sitting on my desk.\nIt seems ordinary. But inside that cup is a history of religion, information, commerce, empire, labor—and one of the most widely consumed psychoactive drugs on Earth.\nLong before coffee became the fuel of offices, factories, night shifts and morning commutes, people gathered around it to pray, talk, exchange news, argue about politics and do business.\nIn this episode of The Rosenberg Podcast, Dan Rosenberg follows coffee from its early use in Yemen through the coffeehouses of the Ottoman world, into the information networks of London, the beginnings of Lloyd's, the industrial workplace, the coffee break—and eventually the energy drink.\nIt's the story of how a drink became a social network, an information network, and eventually something remarkably well suited to a world obsessed with productivity.\nAnd it raises a strange question:\nDid modern civilization simply develop a taste for coffee—or did coffee help shape modern civilization?\nThe Rosenberg Podcast is a podcast about history, psychology, technology, communication, mystery, and the ideas and hidden forces that shape the world around us.\nHosted by Dan Rosenberg, from the eastern edge of The Pacific.\nGo further down the rabbit hole\nIf this episode made you look at your morning coffee a little differently, The World Atlas of Coffee by James Hoffmann is a beautiful deep dive into where coffee comes from, how it's grown and processed, and the enormous world behind what's in your cup.\nThe World Atlas of Coffee — James Hoffmann\nhttps://amzn.to/45xQdsh\nKurukahveci Mehmet Efendi Turkish Coffee\nThis is the Turkish coffee I personally drink and recommend. Mehmet Efendi has been making coffee in Istanbul since the 19th century, so it also has a nice connection to the Ottoman and Turkish coffee culture I talk about in this episode:\nhttps://amzn.to/4xHHUpA\nAs an Amazon Associate, I may earn from qualifying purchases.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ETN8pxw_dDn0-Ykpb_7lqzioz5ZSuImmg73NW8JTJmE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZGNm/Nzc4ZGU4NDk5ODZj/ZGMwZTViYWJmMWU5/YjdkYS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}