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The Chain: How The World Works
The Chain: How The World Works
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  • At a Formula-E race in Chile, we uncover how tree sap, pink lithium lakes, molten rock and top-secret paint create cutting-edge electric cars.

  • At the World Food Championships, a $5 burger reveals a massive global chain of space-visible greenhouses, cow rearing, and historic ketchup.

  • Inside LA's SoFi Stadium, a touchdown is made possible by Chinese rare earths, plastic grass, specialized ball factories, and fizzy sodas.

  • At a massive secondhand market in Ghana, the global fashion chain is traced through high-water cotton, stretchy oil denim and bug-made silk.

  • Inside a Boston maternity ward, the complex medical chain reveals how flowers become painkillers and one Pakistani town shapes global surgery.

  • The New York City Marathon highlights our connected world, driven by 62-metal smartphones, microscopic microchips, and billion-dollar cloud bunkers.

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