The United States digs its heels in over measurement - or does it?



This episode is a co-production with the podcast 99% Invisible.



Guests

Professor Stephen Mihm

Sally Mitchell

Elizabeth Gentry



Thanks to Don Hillger, the President of the U.S. Metric Association.



Check out Sally's website, and this excellent blog by Elizabeth, "Busting Myths about the Metric System". Victoria Clayton's article in The Atlantic, "Why the Metric System Hasn’t Failed in the U.S." is a great read and was a big influence in the early stages of researching this story.





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Whatsapp Metric system use in the U.S. lies along a continuum where some measures are entirely in metric and others are entirely devoid of it, at least at the consumer level.

Producer

Joel Werner

Delaney Hall

Sharif Youssef



Host

Joel Werner

Roman Mars



Sound Engineer

Sharif Youssef

Mark Don

