Adventures_in_Research – Page 2 – Retro Radio Podcast

Adventures in Research – Electronics in Communications. ep180, 460702

By Keith July 2, 2019Adventures 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…

Adventures in Research – Victory in the Desert. ep13, 430427

By Keith April 27, 2016Adventures in Research, Documentary and Interview

Adventures in Research – Dirty Hands. ep10, 430406

By Keith April 6, 2016Adventures in Research, Documentary and Interview

Surgical theaters were once far from clean places, and considered a torture chamber by some. Death rates in hospitals were high, as much as 15% or so. What is it…

Adventures in Research – The Immigrant Inventor. ep9, 430330

By Keith March 30, 2016Adventures in Research, Documentary and Interview

Michael Popien was a Cerbian shepherd boy some 80 years prior to this recording. His early experience taught him how to use the hardened ground to communicate with sound waves.…

Adventures In Research – The Man Who Found A Continent. ep8, 430323 (retro428)

By Keith March 23, 2016Adventures in Research, Documentary and Interview

In 1823 an expedition to the center of the earth was proposed. The idea was that the earth was hollow, and that people could be liing in it's interior region.…

Adventures in Research – Mariah Coventry. ep7, 430316

By Keith March 16, 2016Adventures in Research, Documentary and Interview

A womans life has been made one of comparative ease. Time was the only kitchen utensils were her own two hands. No refridgerator, no gas stove, no washing machine. Listen…

Adventures in Research – Yesterdays Secret Weapon. ep6, 430309

By Keith March 9, 2016Adventures in Research, Documentary and Interview

The most commonplace tool of a man in uniform was once yesterday's secret weapon. Learn how a German inventor used black powder to propel arrows through space. With it, many…

Adventures in Research – I Scream You Scream. ep5, 430302

By Keith March 5, 2016Adventures in Research, Documentary and Interview

One of the most popular people on the Summertime streets is the ice cream man. Todays story tells the story behind ice cream. Dispelling a popular myth about it's origin…

Adventures in Research – The King of Ice. ep3, 430216.

By Keith February 16, 2016Adventures in Research, Documentary and Interview

Modern conveniences were unheard of in times before the 19th century. For instance, ice was only a seasonal feature, and an unimaginable luxury in the tropics, until the Ice King.…

Adventures In Research – George Westinghouse. ep173, 460516

By Keith July 24, 2013Adventures in Research, Documentary and Interview

The early days of railroad cars saw accidents due to faulty brakes. Progress expanded at the development of that new and reliable invention known as the air brake, the transcontental…