DAVID KING DUNAWAY - "A Four-Eyed World: How Glasses Changed the Way We See" (Author) - Episode 278

What's going on this week on the Rick Flynn Presents worldwide podcast? Get ready for something we all just take for granted but very few of us know the true story behind them and how our lives changed dramatically since their inception. Today we welcome author David King Dunaway to our show.An engaging and informative cultural history of glasses that explores their origins, stigmas, future in technology, and more.Eyeglasses have become so commonplace we hardly think about them-unless we can't find them. Yet glasses have been controversial throughout history. Roger Bacon pioneered using lenses to see and then spent a decade in a medieval prison for advocating that he could “fix” God's creations by improving our eyesight. Even today, people take off their glasses before having their picture taken, despite how necessary they are.David King Dunaway is a professor of English, oral historian, and author whose books and radio series have brought cultural history to life for decades. Known for his deeply researched biographies and his work in public radio - Dunaway turns his curiosity to a most familiar invention: eyeglasses. In 'A Four-Eyed World: How Glasses Changed the Way We See,' he offers the first cultural history of eyewear, tracing how lenses have shaped science, society, media, and our very notions of sight. Far from a niche topic, this book mixes fascinating historical episodes, cultural analysis, and Dunaway’s own reflections on living with and without his glasses, revealing the deep ways eyewear has altered how we see ourselves and each other.We welcome author David King Dunaway to the Rick Flynn Presents podcast and invite one and all to purchase this book wherever books are sold.Contact author/professor David King Dunaway at:: www.AFourEyedWorld.com