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Ada Palmer
Ada Palmer. Renaissance history is so much wilder and weirder than you would have expected.
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2026
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Dwarkesh Podcast / March 6, 2026 / Episode #103
Why Leonardo was a saboteur, Gutenberg went broke, and Florence was weird – Ada Palmer
Ambassador visiting Renaissance Florence: “Where am I? None of this has existed for a thousand years."
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Ada Palmer
Ada Palmer. Renaissance history is so much wilder and weirder than you would have expected.
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March 6, 2026 to March 6, 2026
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