S09E03 - Nikola Tesla Revisited

DEEP DIVE - On this episode we revisit one of the most revered and wildly enigmatic minds in human history; a pioneering engineer, prolific inventor, bonafide genius and all-round kooky eccentric, whose astonishing ideas, theories and inventions were often so far ahead of their time, they couldn't be realised for another century. Nikola Tesla helped build the modern electronic world, and pretty awesomely became known as the legendary 'Master of Lightning' and yet still, somehow managed to succumb to the typical fate of such an extraordinary personality; to die penniless and alone... despite spending years living in a luxury New York hotel suite and carrying on what can only be described as, a serious long-term relationship with a pigeon. Tale as old as time itself! From Tesla's infamous feud with the nefarious Thomas Edison and the AC/DC War of the Currents to harnessing the mysterious and awesome power of the earth itself to generate global free wireless electricity with his Wardenclyffe Tower; top secret and highly advanced government work at Colorado Springs, getting into a billionaires tiff with J.P. Morgan; missing government files including an Earthquake Machine, a Death Ray and even a device that bends the fabric of space and creates time travelling wormholes, as we explored in our episode on The Philadelphia Experiment. We separate the documented history from the astounding legend and ask whether Nikola Tesla was simply a misunderstood genius... or something greater still; a man whose talent, vision and imagination reached so far into the future that the rest of the world has spent the last hundred years trying to catch up. You can get this episode (and all the others) AD FREE and in VIDEO with EXTRA CONTENT for FREE when you join the TCG PATREON (so many capital letters) and you can find the episode here: https://www.patreon.com/thoseconspiracyguys/posts/s09e03-nikola-165321984 or by ⁠clicking here⁠ and you can sign up for a FREE Patreon account, follow TCG and get this and loads more. If you want to support the show and get even more content and exclusives, please consider becoming a subscriber! Thanks to everyone who is already a Patreon supporter; I literally wouldn't be here without y'all! <3 Joining me on this episode are Edwin Sammon and Colin Geddis. You can find Edwin at his wonderfully silly podcast show 'Edwin Sammon of Knowledge' and follow him on socials @edwinsammon or on his webbing site https://edwinsammon.com. He is also very often live doing comedy in many places, find out when and where and go! You can find Colin on his socials @colingeddiscomedy and at his two smash hit comedy podcasts General Banter and The Bomb Squad where Colin sits with the good and great of the Northern Irish Comedy Community and they knock out top craic at frighteningly high quality and frequency. Colin also is the proprietor of Lavery's Comedy Club in Belfast if you want a night out with world class live comedy and you may also find Colin performing stand-up on stages globally too, so follow him for updates. (00:00:00) Nikola Tesla: Revisited (00:21:00) Introduction (00:51:40) Young Tesla (00:55:03) A Serb Croat (01:03:59) A Beautiful Mind (01:10:25) College Dropout (01:13:13) The War of The Currents (01:26:59) Horrible Bosses (01:48:57) The Tesla Electric Light Company (02:00:09) Better Company (02:04:39) Westinghouse In The House (02:51:19) Niagara Falls (03:16:33) Colorado Springs (03:28:54) WardenClyffe Tower (04:11:57) The Lonely Genius (04:15:13) The Death Ray (04:25:19) Jewish Space Lasers (04:31:01) The Nazi Hitman (04:45:51) Tesla Patents (04:55:31) Three Six Nine (05:15:32) Off The Fence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices