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John Wilson finds the fascinating in 'The History of Concrete'

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Published October 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM EDT
John Wilson poses for a photograph at the Low Cinema on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in the Ridgewood section of Queens borough of New York. (Jake Coyle/AP)
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John Wilson poses for a photograph at the Low Cinema on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in the Ridgewood section of Queens borough of New York. (Jake Coyle/AP)

Documentarian John Wilson, known for his HBO show “How To with John Wilson,” is out with his first feature-length documentary on what might seem like a rather dense subject: “The History of Concrete.”

NPR’s Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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