Leo Baekeland and Bakelite: The Basement Lab That Launched Plastics
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Chemist Leo Baekeland sold a new photographic paper to Eastman Kodak in a $750,000 buyout, with ...
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LaserDisc: The 1978 Analog Format That Paved the Way for CD and DVD
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In December 1978, in Atlanta, Georgia, MCA launched a home video format called DiscoVision with ...
8 Loka 23min
Keyboard Cat: Charlie Schmidt's 1984 Tape and the Fight to Own a Meme
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1984, in Spokane, Washington, a bored Charlie Schmidt dressed his cat Fatso in a light blue i...
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Kevin Mitnick: From Most Wanted Hacker to Corporate Security Advisor
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the late 1990s, federal authorities persuaded a judge that an inmate named Kevin Mitnick coul...
8 Loka 21min
Kabosu: How a Teacher's Rescue Dog Became Doge and Moved Markets
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On May 24, 2024, an 18 year old rescue dog named Kabosu died of leukemia at home in Japan, strok...
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Justin Kan and Justin.tv: The Lifecasting Stunt That Became Twitch
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On March 19, 2007, a website called Justin.tv went live with a single product: Justin Kan. Funde...
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Jean Bartik: The ENIAC Programmer Who Wrote Code Without a Manual
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Betty Jean Jennings was born in Gentry County, Missouri, in 1924, the sixth of seven children of...
8 Loka 21min
Jawed Karim: The YouTube Founder Who Turned Me at the Zoo Into Protest
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 2004, Jawed Karim was an engineer at PayPal, working alongside Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, an...
8 Loka 20min
