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Chris Wild is a real life Time Lord and creator of Retronaut, a ‘time machine’ that at it simplest level is a unique website that allows people to access millions of pieces of historical content including videos, pictures, music and text from public and private archives. It is a passport into history where people can pick their own entry point, be it people, places or objects, and take a fascinating, inter-connected journey back in time. He joins us in the present to share some incredible insights from the past, pick some historical highlights and talk about the importance of his incredible project.