Podcasts about Guglielmo Marconi

Italian inventor and radio pioneer

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Latest podcast episodes about Guglielmo Marconi

Quantitude
S6E21 Quantitude: How the Sausage is Made

Quantitude

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 57:21


In this week's episode, the last of Season 6,  Patrick and Greg pull back the curtain and reveal how the Quantitude sausage is actually made. Their motivation is to share their own joys and challenges in making a podcast in the hope that others might consider doing this themselves, whether it be for simple self-satisfaction or for using it as a free speech platform in a time when other avenues of communication are feeling increasingly compromised. Along the way they also discuss baring your soul, being 20 minutes away, losing money, Guglielmo Marconi, palak paneer, Taylor Swift, Machiavelli's bad rap, Quincy Jones, hostage negotiations, two blind squirrels, our Innies, for love of the game, Jiffy (in moderation), Blood Meridian, and Edmund Burke.Stay in contact with Quantitude! Web page: quantitudepod.org TwitterX: @quantitudepod YouTube: @quantitudepod Merch: redbubble.com

3AW Breakfast with Ross and John
The top seven greatest moments in radio broadcast history!

3AW Breakfast with Ross and John

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 3:20


3AW Breakfast panel operator Damian Tardio has compiled the top seven greatest moments in radio broadcast history! It comes in honour of the anniversary of the first ever radio broadcast back in 1897 by Guglielmo Marconi.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The European Skeptics Podcast
TheESP – Ep. #476 – The Last Poke

The European Skeptics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 58:02


It's time for the last Poking of Francis but before we get into that and the other news, we go to TWISH to hear about this week's birthday boy, Guglielmo Marconi, the pioneer of radio transmissions and his wireless telegraph system.The news list contains the following:INTERNATIONAL: Medical cannabis shows potential to fight cancer, largest-ever study finds – or does it…?HUNGARY: Antivaxx nutjob gets Flat Earth AwardVATICAN: So Frankie died… one last chance to poke the pope (at least this one)EUROPE: RFK Jr having a devastating effect on Europe's vaccine acceptanceThe Dutch ultra-Christian Civitas Christiania foundation gets this week's Really Wrong Award for taking their bigoted anti-LGBTQ stance to unacceptable levels.Enjoy!https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-476.htmlSegments:0:00:27 Intro0:00:53 Greetings0:03:24 TWISH0:15:18 News0:48:19 Really Wrong0:54:48 Quote0:56:01 Outro0:57:23 Outtakes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Racconti di Storia Podcast
L'ARMA Segreta Di M: Il Raggio Della MORTE

Racconti di Storia Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 23:34


Acquista Il Libro: https://amzn.to/4c9itUD Il 5 marzo del 1896 Guglielmo Marconi depositò la richiesta provvisoria di brevetto della radio, e il 12 febbraio 1931 fu inaugurata Radio Vaticana. Un dubbio, però, persisteva nella mia mente: come era riuscito Marconi a costruire la radio avendo conseguito solo la licenza elementare? C'erano altri aiutanti oltre i nomi noti? Sono entrata nell'Archivio Apostolico (ex “Segreto”) Vaticano con l'intento di rispondere a queste domande. Non ho trovato le risposte, ma ho trovato altro: esiste un fascicolo dedicato al cosiddetto “Raggio della Morte” e la storia è ben diversa da come la conosciamo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anima Latina
Anima Latina 06.04.2025

Anima Latina

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 24:58


Habemus podcast! CLXXXVIII puntata di Anima Latina con Marcello Nobili, latinista, che ci ragguaglia sulle tavole rotonde e i "certamina" promossi dalla Delegazione di Roma dell'Associazione Italiana di Cultura Classica (AICC), e padre Antonio Salvi, scriptor dell'Ufficio Lettere Latine, che ricorda di aver visto nel Ceramico di Atene una stele dedicata all'agnostos theos citato da Paolo di Tarso. Ospiti: Padre Antonio Salvi OFM Cap, scriptor Ufficio Lettere latine della Segreteria di Stato, di cui è stato coordinatore. Studioso di epigrafia medioevale Prof. Marcello Nobili, latinista, ricercatore, tutor coordinatore nei percorsi di abilitazione per i docenti di materie letterarie presso l'Università Guglielmo Marconi, promotore della cultura greca e romana nell'ambito dell'Associazione Italiana di Cultura Classica Conducono: Fabius Colagrande & Maria Milvia Morciano Puoi ascoltare tutti i podcast di Radio Vaticana - Vatican News cliccando qui: vaticannews.va/it/podcast.html

Breaking Walls
BW - EP76: Over There—The War for Radio's Airwaves (1912 - 1922) [Rewind]

Breaking Walls

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 66:55


This episode was originally released on 2/15/2018. While new episodes of Breaking Walls are on hiatus I'll be going back and posting the older episodes beginning with this episode on the birth of radio. —————————— In Breaking Walls Episode 76, we pick up our story on the history of American dramatic radio after the sinking of the Titanic in April of 1912. The time between 1912 and 1922 saw three competing interests battle for control of the wireless airwaves as wireless telegraphy transitioned into radio broadcasting. These three interests were big private business, individual HAM radio operators, and the US Government. Highlights: • How the Titanic's Sinking changed Guglielmo Marconi's business • The Radio Act of 1912 - What it portended • Charles Herrold and KCBS San Francisco • Lee Deforest sells out to AT&T • Edwin Howard Armstrong invents regeneration, and later the superheterodyne receiver • War comes to Europe • The Navy takes over wireless • How World War I caused radio technology to boom • AT&T, Westinghouse, General Electric, and the newly formed RCA make a deal • David Sarnoff's Rise to power • KDKA and the birth of regular broadcasting • Todays' introduction music of Metamorphosis No. 2 was arranged for harp and vibraphone by David DePeters and played by Elizabeth Hainen. You can pick up her album, Home: Works for Solo Harp on iTunes and Amazon, and listen on Spotify and Pandora. Her website is ElizabethHainen.com and she is on youtube @Elizabethhainenharp The WallBreakers: http://thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers The reading material for today's episode was: • Inventing American Broadcasting 1899-1922 by Susan J. Douglas • Empire of the Air by Tom Lewis • A Pictorial History of Radio's First 75 Years by B. Eric Rhoads • Hello Everybody! The Dawn of American Radio by Anthony Rudel • The Network by Scott Woolley

Breaking Walls
BW - EP75: We Are Echoes—The Birth Of Radio (1887 - 1912) [Rewind]

Breaking Walls

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 72:04


This episode was originally released on 2/1/2018. While new episodes of Breaking Walls are on hiatus I'll be going back and posting the older episodes beginning with this episode on the birth of radio. —————————— Highlights: * Why the Blizzard of 1888 played such an important role in the need for wireless telegraphy * Who Was Heinrich Hertz? What experiment made him the father of Hertzian Waves? * What Oliver Lodge, Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, and Amos DollBear have in common * Guglielmo Marconi, father of radio? * The benefits to wireless telegraphy * David Sarnoff — His start between 1900 - 1906 * Why the press want to get involved * Lee Deforest — Inventor, Fraud, or both? * What incredibly important event happened in December of 1901 in New Foundland * Why the American Government wanted to regulate wireless telegraphy * Reginald Fessenden, Christmas Eve, Oh Holy Night, and Brant Rock * The Titanic Disaster — How it changed wireless telegraphy forever * The Radio Box Memo * What's next? —————————— The WallBreakers: http://thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers —————————— A tremendous thank you to today's cast: Samantha De Gracia Olga Lysenko Justin Peele Nancy Pop Fernando Sanabria William Schallert & John Stephenson —————————— The reading material used in today's episode was: • Inventing American Broadcasting 1899-1922 by Susan J. Douglas • Empire of the Air by Tom Lewis • A Pictorial History of Radio's First 75 Years by B. Eric Rhoads • Hello Everybody! The Dawn of American Radio by Anthony Rudel & • The Network by Scott Woolley —————————— The interview clips in today's open: • Chuck Schaden, who's interviews can be found at http://www.speakingofradio.com and • Dick Bertel and the late Ed Corcoran's Golden Age of Radio program that ran on Hartford, CT's WTIC in the 1970s, who's interviews can be found at http://otrrlibrary.org —————————— Todays' introduction music of Clair de lune was arranged for harp and vibraphone by David DePeters and played by Elizabeth Hainen. You can pick up her album, Home: Works for Solo Harp on iTunes and Amazon, and listen on Spotify and Pandora. Her website is ElizabethHainen.com and she is on youtube @Elizabethhainenharp —————————— I'd also like to thank Walden Hughes and John and Larry Gassman of SPERDVAC - http://sperdvac.com/ That thank you also extends to the late Les Tremayne and late Jack Brown for their wonderful 1986 documentary series, Please Stand By: A History of Radio.

EDENEX - La Radio del Misterio
El Superarma de Marconi que pudo cambiar la II Gran Guerra - Javier Sierra en 'Lo Misterioso' - EDENEX -

EDENEX - La Radio del Misterio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 6:56


En este episodio de Lo Misterioso, Javier Sierra nos sumerge en una de las historias más intrigantes del siglo XX: el enigma de Guglielmo Marconi y su supuesta "superarma". ¿Pudo el legendario inventor cambiar el curso de la Segunda Guerra Mundial con una tecnología secreta? ¿Qué oscuros intereses rodearon sus experimentos? Acompáñanos en un viaje a través de documentos ocultos, teorías sorprendentes y la posibilidad de que Marconi poseyera un conocimiento que trascendía su tiempo. Un relato donde la ciencia y el misterio se entrelazan para revelar secretos jamás contados. https://www.edenex.es

CQFD - La 1ere
Le parfum des roses, des psychédéliques et l'invention de la radio

CQFD - La 1ere

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 55:57


Pourquoi aimons-nous tant le parfum des roses? Les brèves du jour Se soigner en se procurant clandestinement des psychédéliques Guglielmo Marconi, récits et controverses au sujet de lʹinvention de la radio

The Mariner's Mirror Podcast
How to Catch a Murderer At Sea: Dr Crippen and the SS Montrose

The Mariner's Mirror Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 34:37


This episode links together one of the most important inventions in all of maritime technology with one of the most notorious murders in history. In 1910 Dr Hawly Crippen killed his wife Cora in their London home and buried her dismembered body under the floor of his basement. As the net closed in, Crippen ran and he sought his escape by sea, aboard the ss Montrose, a fairly run of the mill steamship, but crucially one that was equipped with the Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi's new and world-changing invention, wireless telegraphy. To put the necessary ingredients of this fabulous story in order, Dr Sam Willis travelled to the archives of the Lloyd's Register Foundation to meet their head archivist, Max Wilson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unica Radio Podcast
Giornata Mondiale della Radio 2025

Unica Radio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 95:23


Cagliari celebra la Giornata Mondiale della Radio 2025 con un evento dedicato al cambiamento climatico. Unica Radio e l'Università di Cagliari organizzano una giornata di incontri, dibattiti e collegamenti con esperti per esplorare il ruolo della radio nell'era digitale e nella sensibilizzazione ambientale. Il 13 febbraio 2025, in occasione della Giornata Mondiale della Radio proclamata dall'UNESCO, Cagliari ospiterà un evento speciale organizzato da Unica Radio in collaborazione con la Facoltà di Ingegneria e Architettura dell'Università di Cagliari. L'iniziativa mira a coinvolgere gli studenti delle scuole superiori in una serie di attività che esplorano l'evoluzione della radio, dall'invenzione di Guglielmo Marconi fino all'era digitale, con un focus particolare sul tema "Radio e cambiamento climatico". La radio come strumento di sensibilizzazione sul cambiamento climatico La scelta del tema "Radio e cambiamento climatico" da parte dell'UNESCO per la Giornata Mondiale della Radio 2025 sottolinea l'importanza del mezzo radiofonico nel sensibilizzare l'opinione pubblica su questioni ambientali cruciali. Nonostante l'avvento dei social media e dell'intelligenza artificiale, la radio rimane un mezzo di comunicazione universale e affidabile, capace di raggiungere un vasto pubblico e di promuovere la consapevolezza su temi globali come il cambiamento climatico. Programma dell'evento a Cagliari L'evento si terrà il 13 febbraio 2025, dalle 9:00 alle 13:00, presso l'Aula CD della Facoltà di Ingegneria dell'Università di Cagliari. La giornata inizierà con la registrazione dei partecipanti alle 9:00, seguita dai saluti istituzionali di rappresentanti di Unica Radio, del Prof. Daniele Cocco, Presidente della Facoltà di Ingegneria e Architettura, e del Prof. Maurizio Murroni, Coordinatore della Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria delle Tecnologie per Internet. Alle 10:00, il Prof. Murroni aprirà la giornata con una presentazione intitolata "L'evoluzione della Radio: da Marconi a Internet, un viaggio non ancora terminato e con tante prospettive", moderata da Damiano Zoppi. Seguiranno approfondimenti tematici su vari aspetti della radio nell'era moderna: Musica, Radio e Intelligenza Artificiale: chi è il vero autore? a cura del Prof. Massimo Farina, che esplorerà l'intersezione tra creatività musicale e tecnologie emergenti. La Radio nell'era dei social: quando l'ascoltatore diventa protagonista, presentato dalla Dott.ssa Alessia Palladino, focalizzato sull'interazione tra radio e piattaforme social. L'esperienza utente nella web radio: il punto di vista di un ingegnere, con il Prof. Luigi Atzori, che analizzerà come la progettazione tecnica influenzi l'esperienza dell'ascoltatore. Alle 11:00 è previsto un collegamento con Michele Caporosso di Radio Deejay, seguito alle 12:00 da testimonianze di progetti radiofonici scolastici, tra cui "I Love Radio Prof" dell'Istituto Tecnico "Primo Levi" di Quartu Sant'Elena, presentato da Emanuele Impoco e Veronica Porcu. La giornata si concluderà alle 12:30 con un intervento di Priamo Meloni su "La regia: quello che non si vede", offrendo uno sgu

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Guglielmo Marconi

AI CONFINI - di Massimo Polidoro
Il raggio della morte

AI CONFINI - di Massimo Polidoro

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 22:17


Una tecnologia rivoluzionaria capace di emettere un raggio distruttivo, in grado di abbattere aerei e persino annientare intere armate da grandi distanze. Un'arma segreta, creata nientemeno che da Guglielmo Marconi per conto del regime fascista, che avrebbe potuto cambiare la storia e consegnarci un mondo completamente diverso. Si tratta solo di leggende e di fantascienza o la storia del “raggio della morte” ha un fondamento di verità?Aderisci alla pagina PATREON e sostieni i miei progetti e il mio lavoro: http://patreon.com/massimopolidoroPartecipa e sostieni su TIPEEE il progetto del mio Tour 2022 in tutta Italia: https://it.tipeee.com/massimopolidoroScopri i miei corsi online:https://www.massimopolidorostudio.comRicevi l'Avviso ai Naviganti, la mia newsletter settimanale: https://mailchi.mp/massimopolidoro/avvisoainavigantie partecipa alle scelte della mia communityE qui l'elenco completo dei miei libri disponibili: https://amzn.to/44feDp4Le musiche sono di Marco Forni e si possono ascoltare qui: https://hyperfollow.com/marcoforniSeguimi:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/massimopolidoro/Gruppo FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MassimoPolidoroFanClubPagina FB: https://www.facebook.com/Official.Massimo.PolidoroTwitter: https://twitter.com/massimopolidoroSito e blog: http://www.massimopolidoro.comIscriviti al mio canale youtube: https://goo.gl/Xkzh8A

Ultim'ora
Il 2024 raccontato dagli adolescenti

Ultim'ora

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 1:13


ROMA (ITALPRESS) - Gli speaker di Radioimmaginaria, la radio degli adolescenti, hanno raccolto 4 storie che hanno raccontato nel 2024: dall'anniversario di Guglielmo Marconi, l'inventore del wireless, al viaggio di Dario Franco da Dakar a Città del Capo in bicicletta fino alla partita organizzata in onore di Crox, ucciso a 16 anni da alcuni loro coetanei a Pescara.fsc/gsl

Radio Pirata, la Radio nella Radio
A Cuba con La Voz de Yaguajay - Un importante appello per Cuba - Una serie per i piccoli dedicata a Guglielmo Marconi

Radio Pirata, la Radio nella Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 15:14


A Cuba con La Voz de Yaguajay - Un importante appello per Cuba - Una serie per i piccoli dedicata a Guglielmo Marconi

Arizona's Morning News
The first transatlantic radio transmission was sent on this day

Arizona's Morning News

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 2:04


On this day in 1901, the first radio transmission crossed the Atlantic ocean. Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi, called the father of radio, sent the transmission from England and it was picked up in Canada.   

La Scienza, che Storia!
Guglielmo Marconi, i premi e la ricerca scientifica

La Scienza, che Storia!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 16:00


È uno dei uno dei più grandi innovatori della storia. Un italiano che, per scrivere il proprio nome nel pantheon di coloro che hanno accelerato la corsa del progresso scientifico e tecnologico, ha dovuto ragionare da imprenditore, affidandosi a contributi economici esterni. Ti parliamo di lui e di una fonte di quei contributi, importantissimi per alimentare la ricerca scientifica: i premi. 

Radio Pirata, la Radio nella Radio
A Cuba con Radio Camoa - DRM ancora buone notizie - Una mostra dedicata a Guglielmo Marconi

Radio Pirata, la Radio nella Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 15:38


A Cuba con Radio Camoa - DRM ancora buone notizie - Una mostra dedicata a Guglielmo Marconi

Mysterious Radio
History of EVPs / Electronic Voice Phenomena

Mysterious Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 19:05


Thomas Edison, Guglielmo Marconi, and Nikola Tesla spent the last years of their lives trying to develop devices for communicating with spirit.Follow Our Other ShowsFollow UFO WitnessesFollow Crime Watch WeeklyFollow Paranormal FearsFollow Seven: Disturbing Chronicle StoriesJoin our Patreon for ad-free listening and more bonus content.Follow us on Instagram @mysteriousradioFollow us on TikTok mysteriousradioTikTok Follow us on Twitter @mysteriousradio Follow us on Pinterest pinterest.com/mysteriousradio Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/mysteriousradio]

COSMO Radio Colonia
Da Marconi al podcast: 100 anni di radio in Italia

COSMO Radio Colonia

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 25:25


Nell'ottobre 1924, venivano inaugurate ufficialmente le trasmissioni radiofoniche in Italia, Enzo Savignano ripercorre con noi questi primi 100 anni di radio. La nascita della radio è legata alle scoperte rivoluzionarie di Guglielmo Marconi, ne parliamo con Paolo Ravazzani, Direttore dell'Istituto di elettronica e ingegneria dell'informazione del CNR. Con a Andrea Borgnino di RaiPlay Sound riflettiamo sull'impatto che formati digitali come i podcast hanno avuto sulla radio tradizionale. Von Francesco Marzano.

Italian Time Zone - Learn Italian with history
68 - Cultura italiana 3/3: Guglielmo Marconi & Maria Montessori

Italian Time Zone - Learn Italian with history

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 47:13


Chi fa cultura a cavallo tra ‘800 e ‘900? Quali sono le figure, i personaggi importanti che si muovono in una Italia Unita condividendo il loro sapere? In questo capitolo 3 siamo nell'ambito della scienza e dell'educazione e andiamo a conoscere meglio Guglielmo Marconi, inventore della radio, e Maria Montessori.Studia il lessico nuovo e lascia un commento: www.italiantimezone.com/podcast-stagione-4/guglielo-marconi-radio-e-maria-montessori-metodoGrazie e buon ascolto!Giulia BorelliElia Bressanello

The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa
#092 The First Sports Broadcasts: from 'Yachts Slowly Drifting' to MCR21

The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 39:57


Episode 92 The First Sports Broadcasts: from 'Yachts Slowly Drifting' to MCR21   Our moment-by-moment origin story of British broadcasting reaches 6th June 1923 - and what's sometimes thought to be the BBC's first sports broadcast: author Edgar Wallace giving his 'reflections on the Derby'... ...The trouble is, it wasn't the BBC's first sports broadcast. But then... what is a sports broadcast? A live commentary? Or will a later summary do? Or how about a police radio transmission, where the Epsom Derby winner happens to be mentioned for anyone listening to hear? This episode we bring you the tales of every early landmark sports broadcast we know about, including: Special guest Nick Gilbey, trustee of the Broadcasting Television Technology Trust and one of the doer-uppers of the mighty MCR21 mobile control room van, first built in 1963, and now looking snappier than ever. The BBC's actual first sports broadcaster - forgotten for a century - Willie Clissett, on Cardiff 5WA with a weekly 'Chat on Sport of the day' from 2 April 1923. Was it rugby? Let's say yes. It was Wales. How jockey Steve Donoghue somehow became Britain's first broadcast sports champion... ion 3 occasions across 3 different years. He was on Britain's first sports broadcast, winning 1921's Epsom Derby. Edgar Wallace reported on his win at 1923's Epsom Derby. And his win was shouted on-air by a passerby, upsetting the press, at 1925's Epsom Derby. Three different horses, three landmark broadcasts, one incredible jockey. The boxing and billiards on London 2LO in 1922. Early clips of Wimbledon, the Boat Race and the Derby. And was the first sports broadcast Marconi's 1899 Morse message 'Yachts Slowly Drifting'? In which case, was the first sports broadcaster actually Guglielmo Marconi himself?! Correct us on any of the above! Seriously. Please do. We want this to be an accurate record of events! Email paul@paulkerensa.com with any feedback, suggestions, alterations or offers of big-screen adaptations. SHOWNOTES: Visit MCR21.org.uk for pics and words about the wonderful MCR21 mobile control room van. Click on their newsletter and subscribe to get info in your inbox. Watch Nick Gilbey's half-hour BBC tribute documentary on Peter Dimmock: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fw3c9c See the Marconi van used at the 1921 Epsom Derby broadcast - and the airship pics from above: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bbcentury/posts/966054144965706/ See the 1923 Derby - plus a little of the police use of wireless traffic tech - on this Pathe video: https://youtu.be/s-qnFvgJMFY?si=bedG3HWmyui1VNmj Original music is by Will Farmer. Support us on Patreon (£5/mth), for bonus videos and things - and thanks if you do! Rate and review the podcast where you found it? Thanks. Tell people about the podcast? Thanks again. We're a one-man operation so tis HUGELY appreciated. Paul's on tour: An Evening of (Very) Old Radio visits these places: www.paulkerensa.com/tour - come and say hi and hear about the first firsts of broadcasting. Paul's walking tour of BBC's London landmark sites returns soon - from Broadcasting House to Savoy Hill via the home of the Electrophone! Email Paul via the Contact link on his website for more details. This podcast is nothing to do with the BBC. We're talking about them, well, the only BBC, the Company. Not with or at the behest of today's Corporation... ...Although we gladly will. Corporation - call me! Next time: Summer 1923 on the BBC - music, the first whisper of television, and a cheeky pop-up station in Plymouth.  More info on this broadcasting history project at paulkerensa.com/oldradio

StarDate Podcast
Listening to Mars II

StarDate Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 2:19


Army and Navy radio stations around the world had something extra to listen for 100 years ago this week: Mars. The Red Planet was passing closer to Earth than it had in centuries. A retired astronomer thought that Martians might take advantage of the encounter to beam greetings to the neighbors. So he organized an effort to hear the transmissions. David Todd had led the astronomy program at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Most scientists of the day said there was no chance of a Martian civilization, but Todd disagreed. Radio pioneers Nicola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi had reported hearing odd signals from space several years earlier. Some interpreted the signals as broadcasts from Mars. And Percival Lowell had created maps of Martian “canals” – built to bring water from the polar ice caps to a dying civilization. All of that convinced Todd that it was worth listening for Martian broadcasts. Todd asked radio stations to go silent for five minutes of every hour for several nights. Only one complied – station WRC, in Washington, D.C. But technicians at other stations listened for odd signals. The military instructed its radio operators to listen as well, but only if it didn’t interfere with normal operations. And it made its leading cryptographer available to decode any Martian messages. Todd also enlisted the help of a television pioneer, and we’ll have more about that tomorrow. Script by Damond Benningfield

Sternengeschichten
Sternengeschichten Folge 612: Kommunikation mit Marsbewohnern im 20. Jahrhundert

Sternengeschichten

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 12:04


Kommunikation mit Marsmenschen? Dafür gab es vor 100 Jahren durchaus plausible wissenschaftliche Gründe. Was da probiert wurde und was ein telepathischer Steuerbeamter damit zu tun hat, erfahrt ihr in der neuen Folge der Sternengeschichten. Wer den Podcast finanziell unterstützen möchte, kann das hier tun: Mit PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/florianfreistetter), Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/sternengeschichten) oder Steady (https://steadyhq.com/sternengeschichten)

Total Information AM Weekend
"Celebrating National Radio Day: A Tribute to Radio's Impact and Legends"

Total Information AM Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 5:44


Celebrate National Radio Day with a journey through radio's remarkable history. Explore how Nikola Tesla's wireless radio demo in St. Louis laid the foundation for Guglielmo Marconi's breakthroughs. Delve into pivotal moments like the first transatlantic signal transmission and the birth of commercial radio broadcasts

Total Information AM Weekend
Sunday Morning Politics: Debates, Elections, and Missouri's Gubernatorial Race

Total Information AM Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 9:51


Join political analysts John Hancock and Michael Kelley as they dive into the latest political issues on this Sunday morning. They discuss the upcoming presidential debates, the VP picks, and the heated local races in Missouri. With insights into the Cory Bush vs. Wesley Bell primary and the gubernatorial contest between Jay Ashcroft and Mike Kehoe, this segment covers it all. Tune in for a lively discussion on the political landscape and what it means for voters.

Cape Breton's Information Morning from CBC Radio Nova Scotia (Highlights)

Glace Bay High students honour the wireless age re-visit the history of inventor Guglielmo Marconi on the anniversary of his birth.

Kimberly's Italy
Happy Birthday Guglielmo Marconi

Kimberly's Italy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 1:15


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History Matters
History Matters: The World’s Worst Travel Agent

History Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 9:16


This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the 150th birthday of radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi - great at technology, bad at planning trips. The post History Matters: The World’s Worst Travel Agent appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

BH Sales Kennel Kelp CTFO Changing The Future Outcome
Currents of Conflict: Tesla, Marconi, and the Birth of a Legacy

BH Sales Kennel Kelp CTFO Changing The Future Outcome

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2024 29:05


From Static to Stations: The Birth of Radio - Clash of the Titans! Forget Batman vs. Superman, it's Tesla vs. Marconi! Grandpa Bill takes you on a high-voltage journey through the early days of radio, where sparks flew not just from equipment, but between two brilliant inventors: Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi. We'll delve into their groundbreaking ideas, bitter rivalries, and the race to claim the title of "Father of Radio." Get ready for a tale of ambition, innovation, and accusations of patent theft! We'll explore the key differences in their approaches, from Tesla's focus on continuous waves to Marconi's reliance on modified Hertzian waves. We'll also unpack the complex legal battles that raged for years, leaving many to ask: who truly invented radio? But wait, there's more! This episode isn't just about two egos clashing. We'll examine the broader context of the time, including the impact of scientific discoveries and the race for technological dominance. And of course, we'll ask the question that still sparks debate today: Whom deserves the credit for ushering in the age of radio? Spark your inner history buff with these thought-provoking questions: Do you think Tesla or Marconi's approach was more instrumental in the development of radio? Why? Beyond the technical aspects, what factors do you think influenced who ultimately received credit for the invention? If you could travel back in time and mediate the conflict, what would you say? Share your theories and insights by leaving a voicemail at this show voicemail message board! We'll dissect the most electrifying ones on air! #TeslaVsMarconi, #RadioWar, #InventorControversy. #BHKennelKelpHolisticHour, #UnveilingTheTruth, #VoicemailMystery, Beyond the Buzz: The Untold Story of the Radio Wars Currents of Conflict: Tesla, Marconi, and the Birth of a Legacy Static and Secrets: Unraveling the Enigma of Radio's Invention Holistic Health Secrets and Life-Sales Strategies with Grandpa Bill Nourish Your Soul, Boost Your Business: The BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour Experience Website: https://www.7kmetals.com/grandpabill Website:https://www.myctfo.com/index.html YouTube: Bill Holt@billholt8792 Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/bill.sales.524 Social Media:https://www.instagram.com/bradybrodyboy12/ Voicemail Message Board: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsales BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Healing Hour Retired holistic health enthusiast, Grandpa Bill, shares his wisdom and experiences in the realms of health, wealth, and well-being. Join Grandpa Bill on his journey of holistic health and personal growth. With over 45 years of experience in the industry, he has a wealth of knowledge to share on topics ranging from nutrition and supplements, to meditation and spirituality. In his retirement, Grandpa Bill is dedicated to sharing his insights and helping others to achieve their full potential. He is an intuitive thinker, humorist, star seed, poetry fan, with a passion for history and coins. Hosted by Grandpa Bill, 45 year career now retired Disclaimer:This podcast site content is provided for informational purposes only, and does not intend to substitute professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. JOIN US EVERY TUESDAY AT 6PM. EST. https://freedomsnap.org/Seth/ BH Sales Kennel Kelp Holistic Virtual Mall Patriot Supply Link:  ⁠⁠https://mypatriotsupply.com/?rfsn=5615494.137cb6⁠⁠ Health Ranger Link: ⁠⁠https://www.healthrangerstore.com/?⁠⁠rfsn=301296.96452b2&utm_source=HR_Affiliate&utm_campaign=14708&utm_affiliate=301296⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Healer.com⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.HealerCBD.com/?ref=11⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsales/message

COSMO Köln Radyosu
Dünya Radyo Günü: Gurbette Türkçe radyo

COSMO Köln Radyosu

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 24:30


Her yıl 13 Şubat “Dünya Radyo Günü” olarak kutlanıyor. Bilgilendiren, eğiten ve eğlendiren bir kitle iletişim aracı olan radyoyu 1895 yılında ilk keşfeden İtalyan Guglielmo Marconi oldu. Radyonun bugün bildiğimiz anlamda bir haberleşme aracına dönüşmesi ise 1906'da ABD'de gerçekleşti. Bugün dünya üzerinde 44 binden fazla radyo istasyonu bulunuyor. İnternet radyoculuğunun başlamasıyla analog yayınlara olan ilgi azalsa da, ülkesinden ayrı yaşayanlar için ana dillerindeki yayınlar hala altın değerinde. WDR Editörü Ayça Tolun, bugün adı COSMO TÜRKÇE olan 60 yıllık Köln Radyosu'nu anlatıyor. Mikrofonda Serap Doğan ve Aydın Işık var. Von Aydin Isik.

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan
Ep. 121: generative AI creates challenges in Intellectual Property and Epistemology

Shadow Warrior by Rajeev Srinivasan

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 12:07


It is fairly obvious that the dominant, i.e. Western mechanism for generating new knowledge is rather different from the traditional Indian mechanism, and this shows up in all sorts of ways. One is that Indian epistemology seems to be empirical and practical, based on observation; whereas the Western tradition seems to prefer grand theories that must then be proved by observation.Another difference is the Western idea that Intellectual Property is a private right that the State confers on an inventor or a creator. The Western gaze is fixed on the potential monetary gains from a monopoly over the use of the IP Right (for a fixed period of time, after which it is in the public domain): the argument is that it eventually helps everybody, while incentivizing the clever. The Indian concept is vastly different. It was assumed that a creator created, or an inventor invented, as a result of their innate nature, their god-given gifts. In a way they could not avoid being creative or inventive, which would be a negation of the blessing they had received from the Supreme Brahman. Therefore no further incentive was needed: benevolent patrons like kings or temples would take care of their basic needs, allowing them to give free rein to creativity and innovation.This seems to us today to be a radical idea, because we have been conditioned by the contemporary epistemological idea that incentives are a necessary condition for knowledge creation. Although this seems common-sensical, there is no real evidence that this is true. Petra Moser, then at MIT, discovered via comparing 19th century European countries that the presence of an IPR culture with incentives made little difference in the quantum of innovation, although it seemed to change the domains that were the most innovative.. In fact, there is at least one counter-example: that of Open Source in computing. It boggles the imagination that veritable armies of software developers would work for free, nights and weekends, in addition to their full-time jobs, and develop computing systems like Linux that are better than the corporate versions out there: the whole “Cathedral and Bazaar” story as articulated by Eric Raymond. Briefly, he argues that the chaotic ‘bazaar' of open source is inherently superior to the regimented but soul-less ‘cathedral' of the big tech firms.It is entirely possible that the old Indian epistemological model is efficient, but the prevailing model of WIPO, national Patent Offices, and all that paraphernalia massively benefits the Western model. As an example, the open-source model was predicted to make a big difference in biology, but that effort seems to have petered out after a promising start. Therefore we are stuck for the foreseeable future with the IP model, which means Indians need to excel at it.In passing, let us note that the brilliant Jagdish Chandra Bose was a pioneer in the wireless transmission of information, including the fundamental inventions that make cellular telephony possible. However, as a matter of principle, he refused to patent his inventions; Guglielmo Marconi did, and became rich and famous. India has traditionally been quite poor in the number of patents, trademarks, copyrights, geographical indications, semiconductor design layouts etc. that it produces annually. Meanwhile the number of Chinese patents has skyrocketed. Over the last few years, the number of Indian patents has grown as the result of focused efforts by the authorities, as well as the realization by inventors that IP rights can help startup firms dominate niche markets. India also produces a lot of creative works, including books, films, music and so on. The enforcement of copyright laws has been relatively poor, and writers and artistes often do not get fair compensation for their work. This is deplorable. Unfortunately, things will get a lot worse with generative AI. Most of us have heard of, and probably also tried out, the chatbots that have been the object of much attention and hype in the past year, such as chatGPT from OpenAI/Microsoft and Bard from Google. Whether these are truly useful is a good question, because they seduce us into thinking they are conscious, despite the fact that they are merely ‘stochastic parrots'. But I digress.The point is that the digital revolution has thrown the edifice of copyright law into disarray. At the forefront of this upheaval stands generative AI, a technology with the uncanny ability to mimic and extend human creative output. Consider two stark examples: the contentious case of J.K. Rowling and her copyright battle with a Harry Potter-inspired fanfic, and the recent Japanese law that grants broad exemptions for training large language models (LLMs). J.K. Rowling's spat with Anna M. Bricken, the author of a Harry Potter fanfic titled "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Wine," ignited a global debate about fair use and transformative creativity. Bricken's work reimagined the Potterverse with an adult lens, but Rowling, citing trademark infringement, sought to have it taken down. While the case eventually settled, it exposed a fundamental dilemma: can AI-generated works, even if derivative, be considered distinct enough from their source material to warrant copyright protection? The answer, shrouded in legal ambiguity, leaves creators navigating a tightrope walk between inspiration and infringement.On the other side of the globe, Japan enacted a law in 2022 that further muddies the waters. This controversial regulation grants LLMs and other AI systems an almost carte blanche to ingest and remix copyrighted material for training purposes without seeking permission or paying royalties. While proponents laud it as a catalyst for AI innovation, critics warn of widespread copyright infringement and a potential future where authorship becomes a nebulous concept. The Japanese law, echoing anxieties around J.K. Rowling's case, raises unsettling questions: who owns the creative spark when AI fuels the fire?For India, a nation at the precipice of the AI revolution, these developments raise crucial questions. With a burgeoning AI industry and a large creative sector, India must tread carefully. Adapting existing copyright laws to encompass the nuances of AI-generated works is paramount. Robust fair use guidelines that incentivize transformative creativity while safeguarding original authorship are urgently needed. Furthermore, fostering ethical AI development practices that respect intellectual property rights is crucial.The debate surrounding AI and copyright is not merely a legal tussle; it's a battle for the very definition of creativity. In this fight, India has the opportunity to carve a path that balances innovation with artistic integrity. By acknowledging the complexities of AI while upholding the cornerstone principles of copyright, India can become a global leader in navigating the uncharted territory of digital authorship. The future of creativity, fueled by both human imagination and AI's boundless potential, hangs in the balance, and India has the chance to shape its trajectory.Disclaimer: The last few paragraphs above were written by Google Bard, and lightly edited. A chatbot can produce coherent text, but it may be, and often is, completely wrong (‘hallucinations'). Now who owns the copyright to this text? Traditionally, it would be owned by me and Firstpost, but what is the right answer now? Would we be responsible for any errors introduced by the AI?On the other hand, the ‘mining' of text, audio/video and images to train generative AI is an increasingly contentious issue. As an example, the New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing that they weren't being paid anywhere near the fair market value of their text that the tech companies mined. This sounds familiar to Indians, because Westerners have been ‘digesting' Indian ideas for a long time. Some of the most egregious examples were patents on basmati, turmeric and neem, which are absurd considering that these have been in use in India for millennia. The fact that these were documented in texts (‘prior art') enabled successful challenges against them.An even more alarming fact is the capture and ‘digestion' (a highly evocative term from Rajiv Malhotra, who has warned of the dangers of AI for years) of Indian personal and medical data. Unlike China, which carefully firewalls away its data from Western Big Tech, and indeed, does not even allow them to function in their country, Indian personal data is being freely mined by US Big Tech. India's Data Privacy laws, being debated now, need to be considered defensive weapons.Paradoxically, there is also the concern that Indic knowledge will, for all intents and purposes, disappear from the domain of discourse. Since the chatbots are trained on the uncurated Internet, they are infected by the Anglosphere prejudices and bigotry therein, not to mention deliberate misinformation and ‘toolkits' that are propagated. Since most Indic concepts are either not very visible, or denigrated, on the Internet (eg Wikipedia), chatbots are not even aware of them. For instance, a doctor friend and I published an essay in Open magazine comparing allopathy to generative AI, because both are stochastic (ie. based on statistics). We mentioned Ayurveda positively several times, because it has a theory of disease that makes it more likely to work with causation rather than correlation.However, when the article summarized by chatGPT, there was no mention whatsoever of the word ‘Ayurveda'. It is as though such a concept does not exist, which may in fact be true in the sense that it is deprecated in the training data that the chatbot was trained on.One solution is to create Indian foundational models that can then become competent in specific domains of interest: for example an Arthashastra chatbot. These can also be trained, if sufficient data sets are created, on Indian languages as well, which could incidentally support real-time machine translation as well. Thus there can be an offensive as well as a defensive strategy to enable Indic knowledge systems to thrive.India is at a point of crisis, but also of opportunity. If India were to harness some of the leading-edge technologies of today, it might once again become a global leader in knowledge generation, as it was a millennium ago with its great universities. 1680 words, Jan 10, 2024 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com

Too Many Captains - A Movie Podcast
Bonus Mini-Episode: WAWTA...Radio Movies

Too Many Captains - A Movie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 15:11


122 years ago the first transatlantic radio signal was sent by Guglielmo Marconi. The Captains wanted to discuss movies that involve radio.The Vast of NightPrivate PartsAirheadsGood Morning VietnamWebsite: https://amoviepodcast.com/Twitter: @ItsaFilmPodcastInstagram: @toomanycaptainsproductions

The A to Z English Podcast
A to Z This Day in World History | December 12th

The A to Z English Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 4:00


Here are some historical events that happened on or around December 12:2000: The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore, effectively ending the recount of presidential votes in Florida and settling the disputed 2000 U.S. presidential election in favor of George W. Bush.1917: Father Edward J. Flanagan founded Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska, as a home for orphans and other troubled children. The community eventually became known for its innovative approach to child and youth care.1787: Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.1901: Italian physicist and inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal, transmitted from Poldhu in Cornwall, England, to Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland.1946: A United Nations committee recommends the partition of Palestine, leading to the creation of the state of Israel.1963: Kenya gains independence from British colonial rule.2005: The Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, comes into force.These are just a few examples, and there may be other significant events on December 12th in different years.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/a-to-z-this-day-in-world-history-december-12th/Social Media:WeChat account ID: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/Piano_Rolls_from_archiveorg/ScottJoplin-RagtimeDance1906/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Les Nuits de France Culture
Guglielmo Marconi, l'invention de la Télégraphie Sans Fil 3/3 : La radio, partenaire de la vie quotidienne

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 64:59


durée : 01:04:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit - En nous donnant la maîtrise des ondes électromagnétiques dont Hertz, avant lui, avait révélé l'existence, Guglielmo Marconi a introduit la radio dans chacun des moments de la vie sociale et individuelle, créant avant l'heure un espace partagé, citoyen et virtuel. - invités : Pierre Schaeffer Compositeur, ingénieur, chercheur, théoricien et écrivain français.

Les Nuits de France Culture
Guglielmo Marconi, l'invention de la Télégraphie Sans Fil 2/3 : La radio, actrice de l'Histoire

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 69:59


durée : 01:09:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit - Deuxième volet de la série produite en 1980, "Un homme et une ville" consacrée à Guglielmo Marconi, avec sa fille Degna qui évoque les relations de son père avec Mussolini ; tandis que Pierre Schaeffer analyse le rôle de la radio dans l'Histoire du 20e siècle, notamment d'un point de vue politique. - invités : Pierre Schaeffer Compositeur, ingénieur, chercheur, théoricien et écrivain français.

Les Nuits de France Culture
Guglielmo Marconi, l'invention de la Télégraphie Sans Fil 1/3 : Degna Marconi : "Mon père disait qu'il aimait suivre la nature et la copier"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2023 65:00


durée : 01:05:00 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit - En 1980 "Un homme une ville" propose une série en trois volets sur l'un des inventeurs de la radio, Guglielmo Marconi. Dans le premier, "La découverte de la transmission par les ondes, la naissance d'une invention", magie de la radio, on y entend la voix de Marconi, Prix Nobel de physique en 1909. - invités : Pierre Schaeffer Compositeur, ingénieur, chercheur, théoricien et écrivain français.; Guglielmo Marconi Physicien, inventeur et homme d'affaires italien, considéré comme l'un des inventeurs de la "TSF".

TechTimeRadio
175: "AI Too Important Not To Get Right," per Google, as EU Boss Tells Musk, Zuckerberg, and TikTok chief that "Misinformation will no longer be tolerated." Hamas Hijacked Victims' Social Media Accounts Spread Terror | Air Date: 10

TechTimeRadio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 56:02 Transcription Available


What happens when you merge, tech news, and whiskey tasting into one exciting package? You get this episode of our show! With Nick Espinosa as our guest expert, we dissect the world of technology and its latest happenings, from Microsoft's massive acquisition of Activision Blizzard to the harrowing cyber warfare tactics of Hamas.  Nick shares his insights into the landscape of cyber attacks and how it's transforming the war field. We tackle the chilling implications of Hamas hijacking social media accounts and illuminate the shady corners of the recent FTX cryptocurrency heist. And yes, be prepared for our technology fail of the week and our intriguing Nathan Nugget!In the world of tech, innovation and failure are two sides of the same coin. We analyze the fallout of Microsoft's Bing Chat AI image generator debacle and the implications of their overreaction in pulling the platform. We also underscore the significance of responsible e-waste disposal and the fascinating discussion takes a lighter turn as we celebrate the origins of pasta and the distinctive charm of wheat whiskey compared to bourbon.  So, gear up for a captivating hour of technology news and insights, with a dash of whiskey on the side!Episode 175: Starts at 1:29This week on TechTime with Nathan Mumm®, Google says, "AI too important not to get right," as the European Union boss tells Musk, Zuckerberg, and TikTok chief that "Misinformation will no longer be tolerated." Next, we look into Hamas Hijacked Victims' Social Media Accounts being used to Spread Terror. We have Fake Rocket attacks and an FTX mess, as Nick Espinosa is here to explain. Then, Microsoft removed the Bing Chat AI image generator after the "Mickey Mouse 9/11 picture" surfaced. We explain what happened and the way it was created. Finally, Microsoft completed a $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard.Join us on TechTime Radio with Nathan Mumm, the show that makes you go "Hmmm" Technology news of the week for October 15th – 21st, 2023--- [Now on Today's Show]: Starts at 4:05--- [Top Stories in Technology]: Starts at 5:48Google boss: AI too important not to get right - https://tinyurl.com/9vhjk75t EU boss tells Musk, Zuckerberg, and TikTok chief that misinformation will no longer be tolerated - https://tinyurl.com/458kfm4c Microsoft completes $69 billion takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard the gaming industry's biggest ever deal - https://tinyurl.com/4y6ku7cx--- [Pick of the Day - Whiskey Tasting Reveal]: Starts at 22:11Bernheim Original Barrel Proof Wheat Whiskey Batch A223 | 118.8 Proof| $65 MSRP--- [Ask the Expert - Nick Espinosa]: Starts at 25:17Hamas Hijacked Victims' Social Media Accounts Used to Spread Terror and more cyber security scares--- [This Week in Technology]: Starts at 40:24October 17, 1907 - Guglielmo Marconi opened the first commercial transatlantic wireless telegraph service. --- [Marc's Whiskey Mumble]: Starts at 42:55Marc Gregoire's review of this week's whiskey  --- [Technology Fail of the Week]: Starts at 46:12This week's “Technology Fail” comes to us from Microsoft's Bing. Microsoft removes Bing Chat AI image generator after Mickey Mouse 9/11 picture surfaces. --- [Nathan Nugget]: Starts at 50:22Nearly half a billion small tech items thrown away--- [Pick of the Day Whiskey Review]: Starts at 53:54Bernheim Original Barrel Proof Wheat Whiskey Batch A223 | 118.8 Proof| $65 MSRPMarc: Thumbs UpNathan: Thumbs Up

Al Filo de la Realidad (Podcast)
AFR Nº 386: El Roswell italiano

Al Filo de la Realidad (Podcast)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 71:07


David Grusch y sus declaraciones en el Congreso de EE.UU. Lombardía 11/04/1933, se estrella o aterriza un OVNI y un grupo de investigaciones especiales "RS33" entra en escena, dirigido por Guglielmo Marconi. ¿Qué se sabe de los "archivos OVNI fascistas"? ¿De donde toman los alemanes la idea de construir sus propias naves discoidales? Un críptico discurso de Musolini de 23/03/1941 similar al de Ronald Reagan... en referencia a naves espaciales extraterrestres. Se recuperaron 2 OVNIs luego de la batalla de Los Ángeles (1942). Y unas reflexiones finales. Relacionados: Podcast AFR Nº 380: Exopolítica: la revancha de la vieja Ufología https://alfilodelarealidad.com/podcast-afr-no-380-exopolitica-la-revancha-de-la-vieja-ufologia/ Podcast AFR Nº 67: La «Campana» nazi https://alfilodelarealidad.com/podcast-afr-n%c2%ba-67-la-campana-nazi/ Más sobre el Fenómenno OVNI https://alfilodelarealidad.com/?s=OVNI Nueva plataforma de cursos (https://miscursosvirtuales.net). "FORMACIONES DE GUÍAS DE TEMAZCAL" para notificar fechas, lugares, Niveles Avanzados, Retiros de formación complementarios, detalles, etc., de las próximas Formaciones que en ese sentido haremos desde "Casa del Cóndor". Interesados: súmense al grupo donde concentraremos las actualizaciones: https://www.facebook.com/groups/153766088413706 * * * Programa de Afiliados * * * iVoox comparte con AFR un pequeño porcentaje si usas uno de estos enlaces: * Disfruta de la experiencia iVoox sin publicidad, con toda la potencia de volumen, sincronización de dispositivos y listas inteligentes ilimitadas: Premium anual https://www.ivoox.vip/premium?affiliate-code=68e3ae6b7ef213805d8afeeea434a491 Premium mensual https://www.ivoox.vip/premium?affiliate-code=7b7cf4c4707a5032e0c9cd0040e23919 * La mejor selección de podcasts en exclusiva con iVoox Plus Más de 50.000 episodios exclusivos y nuevos contenidos cada día. ¡Suscríbete y apoya a tus podcasters favoritos! Plus https://www.ivoox.vip/plus?affiliate-code=258b8436556f5fabae31df4e91558f48 Más del mundo del misterio en nuestro portal: alfilodelarealidad.com

Late Confirmation by CoinDesk
CONSENSUS CONVERSATIONS: What Will History Say About This Moment in Web3?

Late Confirmation by CoinDesk

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 35:02


A Consensus 2023 panel with Sam Ewen, Kevin Rose and Bobby Hundreds.In 1916, Charlie Chaplin declared, “the cinema is little more than a fad.” Then again, his contemporary Guglielmo Marconi predicted that wireless communications would make wars impossible. How will today's Web3 prognostications stack up decades from now?Sam Ewen, Head of CoinDesk Studios, moderates alongside panelists:Kevin Rose, CEO of PROOFBobby Hundreds, co-founder of The Hundreds and Adam Bomb SquadThis episode is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and edited by Ryan Huntington, with additional production assistance from Eleanor Pahl. Cover image by Kevin Ross and the theme song is "Get Down" by Elision.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Micah Hanks Program
Italy's Fascist UFO Files: Crashes, Coverups, and the RS/33 Cabinet | MHP 07.04.23.

The Micah Hanks Program

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 61:53


In 1996, a strange series of documents were delivered to several Italian media outlets and UFO researchers, purporting to reveal the existence of a secretive investigative committee that looked into sightings of unconventional aerial vehicles during the 1930s and 40s. Called RS/33 Cabinet, the alleged UFO study group was purportedly led by Guglielmo Marconi under the direction of Italy's fascist regime under Benito Mussolini.  Recently, the claims involving an alleged UFO crash that occurred in 1933 near Magenta, Italy, have received renewed scrutiny after they were cited amidst claims of a UAP coverup by whistleblower David Grusch. This week, we examine the strange history of Italy's Fascist UFO files and their relationship to the modern UFO crash wreckage retrieval debate on The Micah Hanks Program.  The story doesn't end here... become an X Subscriber and get access to even more weekly content and monthly specials. Want to advertise/sponsor The Micah Hanks Program? We have partnered with the fine folks at Gumball to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. If you would like to advertise with The Micah Hanks Program, all you have to do is click the link below to get started: Gumball: Advertise with The Micah Hanks Program Show Notes Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode: NEWS: Twitter chaos leaves door open for Meta's rival app  Extreme Pride in Being American Remains Near Record Low  Scientists use Exotic Stars to Tune into Hum from Cosmic Symphony  Controversial Study Reveals Humankind's Earliest Ancestors Coexisted with Dinosaurs  EXCLUSIVE: Gillibrand scheduling hearings with UAP whistleblower David Grusch  ITALIAN UFO FILES: Italian researcher shares files of secret 'first' UFO crash in Italy New Documents 'Will Revolutionize UFOlogy'! (UFO Cover-Up By Mussolini)  Roberto Pinotti's own account (via The Black Vault)  Pinotti OpenMinds Interview, 2012 Mussolini's UFO - Cabinet RS/33 - Pepijn van Erp BECOME AN X SUBSCRIBER AND GET EVEN MORE GREAT PODCASTS AND MONTHLY SPECIALS FROM MICAH HANKS. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of The Micah Hanks Program, as well as “classic” episodes of The Gralien Report Podcast, weekly “additional editions” of the subscriber-only X Podcast, the monthly Enigmas specials, and much more. Like us on Facebook Follow @MicahHanks on Twitter Keep up with Micah and his work at micahhanks.com.

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed
The Learning Curve: McGill Prof. Marc Raboy on Marconi & Global Communications (#142)

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023


This week on The Learning Curve, McGill University Professor Marc Raboy, author of Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World, explores how twentieth-century Italian communications pioneer Guglielmo Marconi made his world-changing discoveries. Prof. Raboy explores the global significance of Marconi's first transoceanic signal transmission in 1901, and how today's world of smartphones, Wi-Fi, satellite TV, […]

The Learning Curve
McGill Prof. Marc Raboy on Marconi & Global Communications

The Learning Curve

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 45:48


This week on The Learning Curve, McGill University Professor Marc Raboy, author of Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World, explores how twentieth-century Italian communications pioneer Guglielmo Marconi made his world-changing discoveries. Prof. Raboy explores the global significance of Marconi's first transoceanic signal transmission in 1901, and how today's world of smartphones, Wi-Fi, satellite TV, GPS navigation, and wireless computer networking derives from Marconi's historic work. Prof. Raboy closes the interview with a reading from his Marconi biography.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5817368/advertisement

Our American Stories
The First Real Time Tragedy: The Sinking of the RMS Titanic

Our American Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 38:16


On this episode of Our American Stories, in April of 1912, a ship that previously mattered very little to Guglielmo Marconi pulled up to a crowd of thousands in New York Harbor. It was the Carpathia, the ship that rescued over 700 survivors from the ill-fated Titanic, in large measure due to his invention--the wireless telegraph. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

222 Paranormal Podcast
The Black Knight Satellite Eps. 358

222 Paranormal Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2023 40:16


Please hit Subscribe/Follow and give us a 5-star rating. Click here to vote for 222 Paranormal Podcast       (Host Joe and Jen Shortridge). You can vote 3 times at once with each email. Click here to go to our website.  Shrouded in mystery, rumors of a large black object that has orbited for over 200 years is floating around. Claims say this phenomenon has been sending intense signals towards planet earth. For years scientists tried to unravel the meaning. And now these signals have been decoded. If this is true, then it's been watching us for 13000 years. This terror known as The Black Knight. Nicola tesla. Built a large tower to study anicteric Electricity and free power. His lab was in Colorado Springs. One evening in 1899 tesla was shocked to receive a signal. He believed it was artificial because he never sent out anything. He was receiving numbers in a regular pattern. He believed they were coming from High in the atomizer. Turns out he was wrong, it wasn't coming from earth it was coming from space. He was quoted in a newspaper saying “I believe numbers are being used for communication because numbers are universal”. A few years later Guglielmo Marconi inventor of the wireless radio picked up the same signal also. Then Jorgen Halls  a radio engineer sent out signals and he received the same signals back a few seconds later.   Now this isn't anything unexplainable this is called radio echoes. These usually accor 1?7th of a second after there sent. These were taking 15 seconds. These are now known as Long delay echos May 4th, 1954 2 years before Sputnik newspapers reported that one or two satellites were circling the earth. This was reported by Donald Keyhow he was the founder of NICAP.   The base out of white sands was tracking one or two satellites. They were 400 and 600 miles above the earth.

The Pete Kaliner Show
Radio, fusion, lab meat, & Nashville becoming conservative Hollywood (12-12-2022--Hour3)

The Pete Kaliner Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 32:32


On this date in 1901: Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean, disproving detractors who told him that the curvature of the earth would limit transmission to 200 miles or less. The message–simply the Morse-code signal for the letter “s”–traveled more than 2,000 miles from Poldhu in Cornwall, England, to Newfoundland, Canada. A breakthrough in fusion energy production: US government scientists have made a breakthrough in the pursuit of limitless, zero-carbon power by achieving a net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the first time, according to three people with knowledge of preliminary results from a recent experiment. Physicists have since the 1950s sought to harness the fusion reaction that powers the sun, but no group had been able to produce more energy from the reaction than it consumes — a milestone known as net energy gain or target gain, which would help prove the process could provide a reliable, abundant alternative to fossil fuels and conventional nuclear energy. The federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, which uses a process called inertial confinement fusion that involves bombarding a tiny pellet of hydrogen plasma with the world's biggest laser, had achieved net energy gain in a fusion experiment in the past two weeks, the people said. Lab meat maker coming to North Carolina: A lab-grown meat company has chosen Wilson for its first U.S. manufacturing facility. Future Meat Technologies, which does business as Believer Meats, will invest $123 million into a new 200,000-square-foot facility at Wilson Corporate Park. That will create up to 100 jobs, the company announced Wednesday. Believer Meats was founded in 2018 by Yaakov Nahmias, and has been working on its product at a plant in Rehovot, Israel, since then. Now, the company is preparing to scale up production and launch its product in the U.S. Can the Daily Wire turn Nashville into 'conservative Hollywood'? For years, the Daily Wire's headquarters were in Los Angeles — the dream factory of coastal, liberal America. Then, in the fall of 2020, the company moved to Nashville, with the goal of expanding to become an all-you-can-eat buffet of conservative entertainment, complete with its own streaming platform and production house. Many on the right believe that mainstream news and mainstream entertainment serve the same liberal agenda. In Nashville, the Daily Wire's executives imagined, they could perform such a synthesis for the right. Mr. Boreing isn't shy about his “Succession”-size aspirations for the venture. During an interview in his office, where he keeps a collection of luxury watches in an oversize safe, Mr. Boreing compared himself to the media baron Rupert Murdoch. “The difference between what I'm trying to do and what Rupert did,” Mr. Boreing said, “Is that I don't want there to be a chasm between the missional purpose of the entertainment content and the news and commentary content,” as there was between 20th Century Fox and Fox News, before 20th Century Fox was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2019. There are challenges. Nashville is an entertainment capital, but not for film or television. The politics of country music are complex, and the city itself votes blue. The Daily Wire's production house is still under construction, as the company tries to construct an ad hoc conservative creative class in its new home.          Get exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our American Stories
The First Real Time Tragedy: The Sinking of the RMS Titanic

Our American Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 38:16


On this episode of Our American Stories, on April 18th, 1912, New York Harbor was packed with reporters, onlookers, and family members of those who had been on the RMS Titanic who didn't know whether or not their loved ones had made it. All of them were waiting on the Carpathia, a ship that had mattered very little up to this point. At the front of the crowd was Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of radio and founder of the Marconi Company. On board was his surviving wireless operator-Harold Bride. William Hazelgrove, author of One Hundred and Sixty Minutes: The Race to Save the RMS Titanic tells the story of both men and the technology that helped save over 700 people. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Love Your Work
292. Summary: The Network: The Battle for the Airwaves and the Birth of the Communications Age, by Scott Woolley

Love Your Work

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 21:22


The Network, by Scott Woolley, tells the history of wireless communications, and the stories of the characters that were a part of it. It's the first book strictly about media history that I'm summarizing and adding to my best media books list. Wireless communications start with wired communications Wireless communications today of course include cell phones, but The Network takes us from the wireless telegraph, to radio, to television, and finally to satellites. First, it gives a little background on the history of the electric telegraph, the invention which suddenly made it possible to move, in minutes, messages that used to take weeks to reach their destinations. The electric telegraph was able to change the world thanks to one simple action: The ability to move a piece of metal at the end of a wire. That was enough to develop codes that could transmit messages, based upon the simple movement of that piece of metal. This process started in 1822, when Christian Órsted attached a copper wire to a battery and saw a nearby compass needle move. There was a several-decade-long race to develop an electric telegraph. The first transatlantic cable was opened for business by 1866. A big customer of these telegraph services were stock traders, who could buy shares in London, sell them a few seconds later in New York, and always profit if their trades were executed in time. Morse code was the winning format for turning the movement of a piece of metal into messages that could travel around the world. A claim in The Network I couldn't find a source for, but that sounds pretty cool: The clouds in New York City at night used to have projected on them news, election results, and sports scores – in Morse code. From a worthless accidental discovery to worthwhile wireless The history of wireless communication started with a discovery as accidental as Christian Órsted's: Heinrich Hertz noticed that metal objects moved slightly when lightning struck nearby. He later conducted experiments where he successfully generated sparks through the air. It was pretty cool, but he concluded that the invisible waves he had discovered were “of no use whatsoever.” Electrical signals that traveled through the air were made very useful, indeed, by Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. For much of its early years, most people thought his Marconi Company was a scam. Like the dot-com and crypto booms, many companies at the dawn of wireless technology made off with investors' money. One article, with the headline, “Wireless and Worthless,” pointed out that more criminals were being prosecuted from wireless companies than from any other industry. Besides, what did we need wireless technology for, when there were companies such as The Commercial, which was probably the hottest tech company in New York in the early 1900s? It owned five of the sixteen cables crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and one of the two that crossed the Pacific – which was 10,000 miles long. 10,000 miles was pretty impressive, especially when you consider that in 1896, Guglielmo Marconi could only send a wireless message one mile. What was the point? The pseudo-events of Guglielmo Marconi Marconi was good at building buzz for his wireless technology through public demonstrations – you could call them pseudo-events, a la Daniel J. Boorstin's The Image, which I talked about on episode 257. In front of an audience, he'd ask a volunteer to carry around a “magic box.” He'd build tension from the stage, then push a lever, which would make the magic box buzz from afar. In 1898, when his wireless range was somewhere around ten miles, Marconi set up a telegraph receiver on the yacht of the prince of Wales. Queen Victoria sent the first mundane wireless text message, asking, “Can you come to tea?” The prince replied, “Very sorry, cannot come to tea.” After all, he was on the ocean. By 1899, Marconi could send a message over the English channel, and by 1901, he could send a message 225 miles. Marconi had competition in trying to send a wireless message across the Atlantic, which was 3,000 miles. Nikola Tesla, with the money of J.P. Morgan, was working on a fifty-five ton, 187-foot-tall steel super-antenna. And Marconi didn't have the funding to build something like that. Marconi won that race across the Atlantic. In one of his publicity stunts, he was able to relay “Marconigrams,” as he called them, from celebrities in London to celebrities at a dinner party in New York. But, that wasn't enough to impress stock traders who relied on wired telegrams – the messages took ten minutes to arrive, with pre-arranged help in expediting them as they traveled to and from coastal locations on wired connections. And radio waves are easier to transmit at night than during business hours, when radiation from the sun interferes with wireless signals. As the Titanic sank, Marconi rose But in 1912, the day before Marconi Company investors were to vote on whether to further fund the company, the Titanic sank. Using Marconi's wireless technology, an ocean liner, the Olympic, fielded a message from the Titanic, over 500 miles away, which included coordinates, and said, “We have struck an iceberg.” Another ocean liner, the Carpathia, came to the rescue. Thanks to Marconi's wireless technology, of the Titanic's 2,223 passengers, 706 survived. What followed sounds like the third act of a great movie: When Marconi arrived at a lecture that had already been scheduled, there was a crowd overflowing out the building. He received a standing ovation, including from the once-skeptical Thomas Edison. And the vote of Marconi shareholders, on whether to issue another $7 million in stock to build stations for intercontinental telegraphs, was a no-brainer. David Sarnoff: The early days of an innovator Working at Marconi at that time was the young David Sarnoff, who had started at Marconi after being fired for taking the day of Rosh Hashanah off work at Marconi's rival company, the Commercial. A Russian immigrant, Sarnoff's father had recently become unable to work, so he had set off to support the family as an office messenger boy, at only fifteen. Being a telegraph operator was a hot tech job at the time. David Sarnoff bought a used telegraph key, so he could spend his evenings practicing his coding skills – his Morse-coding skills. He worked his way up until he was managing Marconi's New York office, but then transferred to what seemed like a step down – as an inspector in the engineering department. Edwin Armstrong's signal amplifier It was as chief inspector David Sarnoff met Edwin Armstrong, who demonstrated to him an amazing signal amplifier. From a Marconi station in New Jersey, Armstrong's amplifier turned signals from an Ireland station from barely audible, to loud and crisp. They were then able to listen in on signals from competitor Poulsen Wireless, as their San Francisco station communicated with their Portland station. They were even able to listen to Poulsen's Hawaii station, despite the fact Poulsen's own San Francisco station – the breadth of a continent closer – could barely pick up the signal, amidst a Hawaiian thunderstorm. Sarnoff thought he had found the key technology that would help Marconi dominate wireless telegraphy, and free it from having to share its revenue with rival cabled networks. Instead, Guglielmo Marconi himself refused to believe the results of the story, and another executive publicly chided Sarnoff within the company for conducting the unauthorized experiments, which he believed merely drove up the prices of inventors' patents. Edwin Armstrong becomes Major Armstrong Armstrong ended up selling the patent for his amplifier to AT&T. Through the use of that amplifier and other wireless-technology inventions, Edwin Armstrong achieved the rank of Major Armstrong in WWI. During WWI, Britain and Germany cut one another's cables, making wireless communication even more important. The British military took over Marconi's wireless stations within their empire. Armstrong helped intercept Germany's wireless communications. RCA, born from a patent pool But during the war, the way wireless technology patents were split up amongst companies became a problem. It was impossible to build useful devices without using a variety of innovations, and thus infringing on other companies' patents. The Navy used its wartime powers to allow American manufacturers to use any wireless patents they wanted, without consequence. Once the war was over, the military sought to maintain this freedom of innovation, and – as a matter of national security – keep the American radio industry out of foreign hands. They struck a deal to cut off the American portion of the British Marconi company, and pool together patents from AT&T, Westinghouse, G.E., and – interestingly – United Fruit Company, who had patents for communications systems on their Central American banana plantations. The name of this new company: RCA. Its general manager: David Sarnoff. Sarnoff's radio Sarnoff had pitched to his bosses at Marconi, in 1915, a “Radio Music Box.” Far more complex than moving a piece of metal, voice had first been transmitted over radio waves in 1906, and The Navy had done “radio telephone” calls, but nobody had thought of using radio to transmit to a wide audience. His pitch described a box with amplifier tubes, and what he called a “speaking telephone.” He wrote, “There should be no difficulty in receiving music perfectly when transmitted within a radius of 25 to 50 miles. Within such a radius there reside hundreds of thousands of families.” Sarnoff had already experimented with the concept by transmitting music, to a boat cruising around Manhattan, from a phonograph in Marconi's New York office. Sarnoff's bosses at Marconi had ignored his radio music box pitch, but once he was in charge at RCA, he was free to pursue the idea. Sarnoff hadn't gotten much support for his ideas at Marconi, but he had learned the value of a well-crafted pseudo-event. The upcoming boxing match between the American, Jack Dempsey, and the Frenchman, Georges Carpentier was the perfect opportunity to show the value of using radio waves to broadcast sound to a large audience. The pseudo-event that launched radio As was customary for big events at the time, if you wanted an update, you could gather near a telegraph station, where someone would announce a text-message update of the event. In Paris, a flare was to be released from a plane after the fight: white if Dempsey won, red if Carpentier. But if you truly wanted to know what was happening, you had to be one of the ninety-one thousand people there in the stadium. So, the rich and famous were flocking to New York. 300 rooms were booked at the Plaza, 500 at the Waldorf Astoria, and 800 at the Biltmore. Actress Mary Pickford took her yacht all the way from Hollywood, through the Panama Canal, and some came in the 1921 version of a private jet: a private train car. But for the first time, people who couldn't be at the fight could get blow-by-blow updates. RCA teamed up with amateur radio operators, who rented out auditoriums and received a voice broadcast from ringside, via “radiophone.” This helped solve the chicken-and-egg problem of getting mass-audience radio started. You couldn't get people to buy receivers if they hadn't experienced a broadcast – and if there was nothing being broadcast – and it wasn't worth broadcasting if nobody had receivers. By getting a lot of people together for a global event everybody was already talking about, it was worthwhile to do a broadcast, and people got to see the potential of radio. Radio in its infancy Over the next three years, secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover granted licenses to 600 radio stations – small ones that broadcast across a particular city or county. There were no radio stations or programs in much of rural America. But Sarnoff was pushing the adoption of higher-powered AM transmitters that could broadcast to multi-state regions. This idea was opposed by the smaller stations that didn't want their audiences stolen, and also by AT&T. AT&T's raw deal in radio AT&T believed that since radio involved transmitting the voice, they, as the phone company, should be in charge of it. They also didn't want to lose revenue: For AM radio programs to be syndicated from one station to another, they had to be sent over AT&T's phone lines, as they would come out distorted if transmitted wirelessly. Additionally, AT&T felt duped from the negotiations over the RCA patent pool, which Sarnoff had been in charge of. Sarnoff had proposed that AT&T get the rights to sell radio transmitters, while RCA would sell radio receivers. This didn't seem like a bad deal in 1920, before the Dempsey/Carpentier fight, but now it looked like a raw deal, indeed. In 1924, RCA's AM radio sales were over $50 million, while AT&T had a measly market of 600 radio stations. Most of those stations ignored AT&T's patents and built their own transmitters, and AT&T wasn't successful in getting the revenue that was rightfully theirs. The first radio ad The radio broadcasting industry was experimenting with business models. AT&T ran the first radio ad in 1922. For fifty dollars, a suburban housing development got to broadcast on an AT&T station. Herbert Hoover called advertising-funded radio “the quickest way to kill broadcasting.” He wanted instead to fund radio broadcasts by placing a surcharge on the sale of each consumer radio receiver. David Sarnoff was on his side, which was odd, since an advertising-funded model would make his radios cheaper to consumers. Divvying up the radio waves There were also fights over who could broadcast on what frequency. The Radio Act of 1912 had been passed, after amateur telegraphers' messages had interfered with one another while communicating about the Titanic sinking. Hoover tried to regulate the frequencies some stations were broadcasting on, but it turned out the 1912 act had only regulated airwaves at least six-hundred meters long – the technological limit at the time. Some stations protested by deliberately overlapping their broadcasts, resulting in an hour of unpleasant squelches, followed by a message to support the passing of a law to regulate the airwaves. The Federal Radio Commission was formed in 1927, for that purpose. In 1934, it became the FCC, overseeing all types of electronic communications. How AM held back FM Sometimes, an inferior technology dominates, as VHS did over Beta, but sometimes, despite the best efforts of entrenched interests, the better technology prevails, as did eventually FM radio, over AM. AM radio signals are imprinted sounds on waves that vary according to amplitude, or the height of the waves. Thus “AM,” for “amplitude modulation.” FM radio waves are varied according to the frequency of the waves, or their width. Engineers in the radio industry and academia once thought frequency modulation wouldn't work. A 1922 paper from AT&T claimed to prove mathematically that it “inherently distorts without any compensating advantages whatsoever.” But Major Armstrong was pushing hard for the FM method. Armstrong once again conducted a demonstration for Sarnoff. His “little black box” that transmitted an FM signal had vastly superior sound quality than an AM radio. Sarnoff let Armstrong run tests with FM equipment from RCA's offices atop the Empire State Building – the tallest in the world at the time. The FM signal delivered better sound quality than AM with one twenty-fifth the signal power. FM threatened existing AM interests There was a lot at stake in switching to FM: It could deliver better sound quality, and – since signals could be transmitted on a variety of frequencies – it could add thousands of stations to the dial. But, there were already tens of millions of AM radios, and hundreds of expensive radio station transmitters that would become obsolete. A benefit to RCA, however, would be that with clearer signals, they would no longer have to pay AT&T for use of their phone network for syndicating content. Y2K of the 1940s: The bogus sun-spot scare In 1941, the FCC approved a band of FM stations between 42 and 50 MHz. At the start of WWII, Major Armstrong pushed the military to switch to FM, and waived any licensing fees, increasing adoption. After the war, there was a controversy about sunspots: They work in an eleven-year cycle, and in FCC proceedings, one engineer rose a stink about how the next time sunspots came around, they would interfere with stations on the existing FM band. Despite the fact nearly every expert disagreed with that prediction, the FCC moved the FM dial to the current 88 to 108 MHz band. This made $75 million worth of devices soon-to-be worthless, and pissed off hundreds of thousands of FM early adopters. (When the strongest sunspots in two centuries came along, the old FM band worked fine.) The stifling of FM radio continued. The FCC eventually cut FM broadcasts from a 150 mile radius to a 50-mile radius, which may not sound like much, but translates to a ninety-percent cut in coverage area. Conveniently, this meant FM stations could no longer send programs to neighboring markets through the air, and had to instead pay to use AT&T's expensive and low-fidelity telephone wires. AM radio interests had also taken over most FM stations, where they simply rebroadcast their AM programs. There was little incentive to buy an FM set, and by 1946, nine of ten radio manufacturers weren't bothering to make them. All of this was enough to prompt Major Armstrong to file an antitrust suit against RCA, claiming David Sarnoff was conspiring to stifle the FM radio industry. The bold bets Sarnoff made in TV David Sarnoff was very focused on making television work around that time. He made some bold bets that helped NBC, a spin-off from RCA, be the first on the air. Searching for office space during the Great Depression, Sarnoff had decided to move RCA and NBC into the expensive 30 Rockefeller Plaza, aka “30 Rock.” He pissed off shareholders by building elaborate radio studios. He had special wires installed in NBC's studios – for transmitting TV signals around the building – that weren't used for another twenty years. He had a giant studio built, with rotating stage, to work with television cameras that didn't even exist. Overall, he spent $50 million on television research over the course of twenty-five years, and it took a long time to pay off. Battles over TV airwaves The FCC's poor decisions continued in the proliferation of television. Despite warnings from engineers such as Major Armstrong, they allocated VHF channels so poorly, only one or two stations worked in most cities. They had to learn from their mistakes and start over with UHF stations. But UHF wavelengths were so short, the lower the channel number a station had, the further and more clearly their signal could travel. So, stations fought over the smaller-numbered of the sixty-eight channels. The television satellite David Sarnoff was there, once again, innovating in television. There was a battle over the color standard, and Sarnoff and RCA's NSTC standard was finally adopted by the FCC in 1953. “Relay-1” was the first American communications satellite, launched in 1962. It helped bypass AT&T's cables for syndicating programs, thus doubling RCA's revenue. Some events had previously been broadcast via airplane to expand coverage area. Relay-1's first trans-Pacific broadcast was supposed to carry to Japan an address from President Kennedy. Instead, it carried coverage of his assassination, and footage of the new president, Lyndon B. Johnson. There's your The Network summary As you can see, The Network covers a lot of the early history of wireless communications. It also does it with an engaging narrative style. There is of course much more. Read it to find out: Why there's no channel one. How Lyndon B. Johnson's wife Lady Bird built her media empire with some suspiciously favorable treatment from the FCC. The visions that Sarnoff had late in life for fiber optics, the internet, and e-books. Whether Major Armstrong's suicide at 63 had anything to do with his legal battles against David Sarnoff and RCA. If you've enjoyed this summary, you'll no doubt enjoy The Network. Thank you for having me on your podcasts! Thank you for having me on your podcasts. Thank you to David Elikwu at The Knowledge. As always, you can find interviews of me on my interviews page. About Your Host, David Kadavy David Kadavy is author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start and Design for Hackers. Through the Love Your Work podcast, his Love Mondays newsletter, and self-publishing coaching David helps you make it as a creative. Follow David on: Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube Subscribe to Love Your Work Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify Stitcher YouTube RSS Email Support the show on Patreon Put your money where your mind is. Patreon lets you support independent creators like me. Support now on Patreon »       Show notes: https://kadavy.net/blog/posts/the-network-scott-woolley/

The BreakPoint Podcast
Oberlin College and the Critical Theory Mood

The BreakPoint Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 6:09


In November 2016, a student at Oberlin College in Ohio attempted to steal two bottles of wine from Gibson Bakery. The owner confronted and then chased the student down the street. He was arrested and later pleaded guilty to shoplifting. Recently, nearly six years after the incident, a judge ordered Oberlin College to pay more than $35 million in damages to the bakery.   How did just two bottles of wine become so expensive?   The student who shoplifted is black. The shop owners are white. That was enough to start an uproar on the Oberlin College campus. The story is an example of a culture that is in a critical theory mood.   The day after the incident, Oberlin students started to protest the treatment of the accused outside of Gibson's Bakery. Soon after that, the Oberlin student senate passed a resolution that called for Oberlin College to “officially condemn Gibson's Bakery” as a racist institution. Professors  got involved, passing out fliers and encouraging students to join the protest. The college then severed longstanding catering contracts with the bakery.   Neither the protestors nor the school ever claimed the student had not shoplifted but, in their public statements, the fact that he did was conveniently ignored. This allowed them to turn the shoplifter, the store owner, and even the bakery into symbols that served a narrative they were telling. In a recorded audio, one student protester yells, “Shoplifting, the stuff on the surface, does not matter. This runs so much deeper.”  It is not uncommon for any discussion of critical theory, in any of its forms, to be dismissed. After all, critical theory, we are told, is an academic theory that few people have studied. That, of course, is true. Few people have studied the original source materials for this formalized theory.  This dismissal not only ignores that many of those who dismiss concerns about critical theory are those mostly actively advocating its core ideas, it misunderstands the way that ideas work within a culture.  If you happen to be listening to this commentary on radio, you have two people to thank: German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, who discovered radio waves in the 1880s and Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian engineer who invented wireless radio communication in the 1890s. However, whether you knew these names before now and regardless of how well you understand how radio waves work, it is still quite possible to conceptualize radio and to hear my voice.   Worldviews often work like this. A person does not have to fully understand an idea before being shaped by it. When Oberlin College faculty and administration determined, in the face of the evidence, that the white bakery owners were guilty and the student was not, they were applying a critical theory lens to the situation and interpreting the facts accordingly. When the Oberlin College student said that the shoplifting did not matter because of deeper issues at play, the student was parroting a critical theory way of thinking about the world, in which every interaction must be understood and explained by the demographic groupings of the people involved. Moral status is awarded based on these groupings, not on actions. Certain groups are oppressed, and others are oppressors. End of story.  Far from being “too complicated” of a theory to infect culture, critical theory offers a simplistic substitute for the actual complexities of life and people. We cannot determine a person's character by tallying their list of demographic features or applying assumptions of privilege. Individuals are not stereotypes, but critical theory reduces them to such. No one need be able to pronounce multisyllabic academic jargon used by critical theorists to be infected by this mood. We simply are infected by it.  A few months ago, a friend told me of something that points to the level of cultural infection. She had asked a friend of hers, a junior high teacher, how many students in that class identified as LGBTQ. The answer, offered immediately in a sort of “don't you know this” tone, was, “Oh, all of them do.”   “All of them?” my friend replied. “Are they sexually active?”  “Not at all,” the teacher replied. “But none of them want to be straight or cis.”  Ideas that have infected college students, academics, and junior highers should not be so easily dismissed. The first way to counter infectious cultural moods is not to share that mood. Intentionally, and especially with our own kids, we must talk about and treat every human being as essentially valuable as image bearers of God, and as equally fallible because of their common descent from Adam and Eve. These are essential truths about the world and people and are far better ideas than the ones assumed by the critical theory mood.    Ideas are especially dangerous when assumed, as C.S. Lewis once put it, so we must also not allow the bad ideas to go unchallenged, lest they become normalized.   Finally, within a critical theory framework, in both its academic theory and cultural mood forms, there is no possibility of forgiveness or redemption. In a Christian vision of God and people, there is. In Christ, there is solid ground for forgiveness (He first forgave us) and for finding redemption (He has taken the punishment for our guilt). So, in Christ, we not only counter bad ideas, we point to a better way.