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Adventures in Research – Typewriter History. ep188, 460827

Posted by By Keith August 27, 2019Posted inAdventures in Research, Documentary and Interview
What would modern business do without the common typewriter? It all started with a machine designed to quickly print numbers. Christopher Latham Sholls added mor keys and linkage to include…
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Behind The Mike – Impersonations Of Famous People. ep63, 411130

Posted by By Keith August 24, 2019Posted inBehind the Mike, Documentary and Interview
A top Impersonator of the day, Aurthur Buraham, begins the show. He impersonates anything from the moo of a cow, to any noise, to any person that he admires. How…
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Adventures in Research – The First American Patent. ep187, 460820

Posted by By Keith August 20, 2019Posted inAdventures in Research, Documentary and Interview
Rolling the clock back to 1646, in the early colonial days of America, we learn the circumstances of the first patent issued in America. An ironworker had already been inventing…
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Behind The Mike – Zulu Radio Star. ep56, 411012

Posted by By Keith August 17, 2019Posted inBehind the Mike, Documentary and Interview
A radio personality from Africa is on hand, for some behind the scenesaction of radio. A dramatization of how radio impacted African superstition. A nervous singer ran out of the…
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Adventures in Research – Golden Jubilee. ep186, 460813

Posted by By Keith August 13, 2019Posted inAdventures in Research, Documentary and Interview
Shouts of, "Get a horse!" often fell on the ears of early motorists as their mechanical marvels broke down to become the butt of jokes. In days when horses, and…
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Behind The Mike – The Associated Press. ep41, 410629

Posted by By Keith August 10, 2019Posted inBehind the Mike, Documentary and Interview
A 30 minutes salute to the reporters at the Associated Press. Beginning with the history of the AP we eavesdrop on a meeting of arguing reporters who have to share…
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Adventures in Research – The Paper Invention That Worked. ep185, 460806

Posted by By Keith August 6, 2019Posted inAdventures in Research, Documentary and Interview
In the early days of automobiles, Rudolph Diesel came up with a new kind of engine to power the machines that would be more efficient than steam. We learn that…
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Behind The Mike – Selling A Show To A Sponsor. ep38, 410608

Posted by By Keith August 3, 2019Posted inBehind the Mike, Documentary and Interview
On an earlier episode we learned how a sponsor cells a show to a client. Today we'll learn how a producer uses an advertising firm to sell a show to…
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Adventures in Research – King of Clocks. 460730

Posted by By Keith July 30, 2019Posted inAdventures in Research, Documentary and Interview
Enjoy the story of Big Ben, and how the famous clock came to be, and got its name. Though it seems to have been there for centuries, it was finished…
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Adventures in Research – Electronics in Communications. ep180, 460702

Posted by By Keith July 2, 2019Posted inAdventures in Research, Documentary and Interview
The story of man's friend, the electron, and how they have been harnessed to carry his message around the world. From native drumbeats, and the ever expanding distances people have…
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