Tristan Redman

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94 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3 Jul

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In Our Time · The Global Story - The soft power superpower, with Roman Mars · 3 Jul 2026 podcast

Roman, we are here today to talk a little bit about US soft power, because that's one of the things that you touch on in the show. voice-verified

These days, we live in something of a world of American empire, empire with a small e, but it looks very different to the British Empire capital E. Why do you think that is? voice-verified

What have you learned during the journey you've been on about what American soft power actually looks like in the world? voice-verified

Standardization of screws is not a topic that I thought I was going to be as interested in. voice-verified

Okay, well, take us to the beginning then. voice-verified

What was the problem with screws that needed solving? voice-verified

And what did the United States do so effectively that not only solved it, but created greater US influence in the world? voice-verified

Well, I mean, what I found really interesting is the revisionist history job you've done for Herbert Hoover here. voice-verified

I mean, you've brought him back from a certain ignominy. voice-verified

Why was he the man for the job? voice-verified

all kinds of things paving stones the type of glassware if we just made the system more efficient everyone got richer and it was better and that was his solution to things can you spell out though what the consequences would be of not standardizing things like paving stones and glassware like what are the examples of inefficiencies as a result of non-standardization voice-verified

Okay, so that's Herbert Hoover's remit. voice-verified

Our remit on this show is to talk about stories where the world and America meet. voice-verified

So rationalization of things and standardization in the United States, when does that start creeping into the rest of the world? voice-verified

Like I put it to you, that is not the first time that this was attempted. voice-verified

So in the French Revolution, that's something that they did. voice-verified

They standardized a meter, you can go and see it. voice-verified

museum in Paris. voice-verified

They standardize temperature, centigrade, for example. voice-verified

I mean, France has had a certain amount of success because, you know, kilometers are used throughout the world. voice-verified

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