Computer Freaks

It is the late 1970s and early 1980s and the Arpanet is in decline. NSFnet is on the rise in its place. Why did the Arpanet get eclipsed by other networks, and is that OK?

13 Jul 202340min

Louis Pouzin is a French academic who some experts say really invented the Arpanet. But is that true, and should any one person be given all the credit?

6 Jul 202339min

It’s the 1970s and both the government and academia are doing everything they can to spread the word of the Arpanet. But as the Arpanet gains popularity everywhere after its 1972 coming-out ball in Wa...

29 Jun 202334min

Many historians say the Arpanet (and ultimately the internet) was born on October 29, 1969. But is that really when the Arpanet began, and who should be given credit for this key moment in internet hi...

22 Jun 202342min

After World War II, the U.S. had to change the way it communicated if it was going to keep up with the Soviets in the Cold War, especially once Sputnik was launched. It was the vision of a Missouri bo...

15 Jun 202336min

Season one of Computer Freaks is a "love letter" from host Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan to her father, Major Joseph Haughney, who managed the Arpanet for the Department of Defense from 1979 to 1981. ...

1 Jun 20231min