Hidden Histories of the Information Age Podcast
Aleks Krotoski explores technological innovations and cultural events from the age of communication.
Episodes to download
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GPS
Fri 24 Oct 2014
5/5 Aleks Krotoski tells the story of how GPS helped navigation in the first Gulf War.
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Leo Computer
Thu 23 Oct 2014
4/5 How the teashop and cake company Lyons built the first business computer in the 1950s.
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Our World
Wed 22 Oct 2014
3/5 How Our World became the first programme to link the globe by satellite in June 1967.
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Tat-1
Tue 21 Oct 2014
2/5 How Paul Robeson used the transatlantic telephone cable to sing live to British fans.
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Enfield Exchange
Mon 20 Oct 2014
1/5 Aleks Krotoski reveals how telephone exchanges changed young women's working lives.
