About this episode

This episode discusses the history and development of water-resistant garments, particularly focusing on the invention of the rubber raincoat.

This 2023 episode covers how humans have worked on ways to make garments water resistant almost since they started to wear them. But figuring out how to manufacture a raincoat using rubber was a big breakthrough that took centuries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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