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In INGENIOUS, Richard Munson provides an incisive and rich account of Benjamin Franklin's life and career, recovering this vital part of Franklin's story, revealing his modern relevance, and offering a compelling portrait of a shrewd experimenter,clever innovator, and visionary physicist whose fame opened doors to negotiate French support and funding for American independence. Munson's riveting narrative explores how science underpins Franklin's entire story— from tradesman to inventor to nation-founder—and argues that Franklin's political life cannot be understood without giving proper credit to his scientific accomplishments. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Richard Munson is an author and clean-energy advocate. His previous books include Tesla: Inventor of the Modern.  

In his latest book, Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimagining Food, Richard Munson explores how new technologies are revolutionizing agriculture—a traditionally slow-to-modernize industry. In this episode, we explore specific innovations like lab-grown meat and Impossible Foods' use of the heme molecule, along with regulatory challenges these innovations face. We also discuss vertical farming in urban centers and the ability to reduce food spoilage with natural coatings. Along the way, we cover 3D printing food, soil microbe analysis, gene editing for plants, and reducing methane emissions from livestock.     About Richard Munson Richard Munson has been a leader in clean energy and environmental issues, holding key positions like Senior Director at the Environmental Defense Fund and coordinator at the Northeast-Midwest Institute. He also serves on the board of the Illinois Environmental Council. Munson is an acclaimed author, known for books such as Tesla: Inventor of the Modern, Cousteau: The Captain and His World, and his latest work, Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimagining Food. Richard is also set to release a new biography of Benjamin Franklin, titled Ingenious, focusing on Franklin's scientific contributions.     Show Highlights (3:18) Using animal cells to create meat and Impossible Foods using the heme molecule to give plants a meaty flavor (9:18) Vertical farming (11:32) Addressing food spoilage (13:14) How robots, satellites, and drone technology is being utilized in agriculture (16:39) 3D printing in food production (19:53) Analyzing soil microbes to advance efficiency and sustainability (21:21) Using gene editing to modify plants and how it differs from genetic engineering (24:11) Reducing methane production in livestock     Links Referenced Tesla: Inventor of the Modern https://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Inventor-Modern-Richard-Munson/dp/0393635449   Cousteau: The Captain and His World https://www.amazon.com/Cousteau-Captain-World-Richard-Munson/dp/0688074502     Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimagining Food https://www.amazon.com/Tech-Table-Innovators-Reimagining-Food/dp/1642831905    

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) and his role in the development of electrical systems towards the end of the nineteenth century. He made his name in New York in the contest over which current should flow into homes and factories in America. Some such as Edison backed direct current or DC while others such as Westinghouse backed alternating current or AC and Nikola Tesla's invention of a motor that worked on AC swung it for the alternating system that went on to power the modern age. He ensured his reputation and ideas burnt brightly for the next decades, making him synonymous with the lone, genius inventor of the new science fiction. With Simon Schaffer Emeritus Fellow of Darwin College, University of CambridgeJill Jonnes Historian and author of “Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the Race to Electrify the World”And Iwan Morus Professor of History at Aberystwyth UniversityProducer: Simon TillotsonReading list: W. Bernard Carlson, Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age (Princeton University Press, 2013)Margaret Cheney and Robert Uth, Tesla: Master of Lightning (Barnes & Noble Books, 1999) Thomas P. Hughes, Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983)Carolyn Marvin, When Old Technologies Were New (Open University Press, 1988)Iwan Rhys Morus, Nikola Tesla and the Electrical Future (Icon Books, 2019)Iwan Rhys Morus, How The Victorians Took Us To The Moon (Icon, 2022)David E. Nye, Electrifying America: Social Meanings of a New Technology (MIT Press, 1991)John J. O'Neill, Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla (first published 1944; Cosimo Classics, 2006)Marc J. Seifer, Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla, Biography of a Genius (first published 1996; Citadel Press, 2016)Nikola Tesla, My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla (first published 1919; Martino Fine Books, 2011)Nikola Tesla, My Inventions and other Writings (Penguin, 2012)In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio production

In this week's episode we continue the story on the life and times of the prolific inventor and wizard of electricity, Nikola Tesla. In the first half of the show we discuss his harrowing journey to America, his rags to riches rise to stardom, the role he played in the war of the currents and how he interacted with and differed from the great inventor Thomas Edison. In the second half we discuss his dazzling stage performances, the invention of the Tesla coil, wireless transmission, his little known psychic faculties and how he changed the course of history at Chicago's 1893 World's Fair. Thank you! And enjoy the show…In the free section of the show we discuss:-Tesla's early career-Paris, The City of Light-Thomas Edison-The Polyphase Motor-The American Dream-The Westinghouse Deal-Rags to RichesIn the extended version of the show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we discuss:-THE WAR OF THE CURRENTS-Death by Electrocution-Wireless Power-The Tesla Coil-Tesla's Directed Energy Weapon-The Flaming Sword-Tesla's Psychic Mediumship-The Wizard's Magic Show-Chicago's World Fair 1893Each host is responsible for writing and reading their own contributions. Red sections written by Luke, Purple by Heka, Blue by Mari and Green sections green by Malachor 5.Where to find The Whole Rabbit:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbitTwitter: https://twitter.com/1WholeRabbitMusic By Spirit Travel Plaza:https://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0YoSources:Munson, Richard, Tesla: Inventor of the Modernhttps://wwnorton.com/books/Tesla/Tesla, Nikola, My Inventions:http://www.tfcbooks.com/e-books/my_inventions.pdfhttps://www.diffen.com/difference/Edison_vs_Teslahttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_currents Support the show

In this episode we discuss the early life and times of the real-life electric wizard who helped invent the modern world, Nikola Tesla. In the free section of the show we discuss Tesla's whimsical childhood, his enchanted discovery of electricity and the forces of fate and circumstance that molded the young boy into a fledgling wizard. Most importantly we focus on the details of his life which strangely overlap with what elsewhere would pass for initiation into and gradual attainment of occult power in the mystery traditions. In the extended version of the show we discuss Tesla's unique psychology, his brush with gambling and excess in college, his creative process, numerous brushes with death and how he pioneered the use of alternating current slaying the commutator dragon. Thank you, and enjoy the show!In this week's show we discuss:-What is a Wizard?-Tesla's Parents-A Whimsical Childhood-Tesla's Occult Training?-Electric Cat Familiar-Obsessive Compulsive Traits-Nikola's Astral Travel Exercises-Tesla's Prediction of AI-Meditation, Enlightenment and InventionIn the extended version available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go further and discuss:-Modern Psychology vs. Tesla-How Tesla Almost Died-Nikola's Third Eye-Work Habits-Utilizing Intuition to Invent-The Joy of Creativity-Early Impractical Contraptions-Tutelage of the Master-Slaying The Dragon Commutator-Love Interest and Male Companionship-Temptation of the Dark Side-Revelation of the A/C MotorEach host is responsible for writing and reading their own contributions. Red sections written by Luke, Purple by Heka, Blue by Mari and Green sections red by Malachor 5.Where to find The Whole Rabbit:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbitTwitter: https://twitter.com/1WholeRabbitMusic By Spirit Travel Plaza:https://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0YoSources:Munson, Richard, Tesla: Inventor of the Modernhttps://wwnorton.com/books/Tesla/Tesla, Nikola, My Inventions:http://www.tfcbooks.com/e-books/my_inventions.pdfhttps://www.diffen.com/difference/Edison_vs_Teslahttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_currents Support the show

Nikola Tesla invented the radio, robots, and the remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories, and yet he has been often overlooked by history. In "Tesla: Inventor of the Modern", Richard Munson presents a comprehensive portrait of this farsighted and underappreciated mastermind. When Tesla's first breakthrough―alternating current, the basis of our electric grid―pitted him against Thomas Edison's direct-current empire, Tesla's superior technology prevailed. Unfortunately, he had little business sense and could not capitalize on this success. His most advanced ideas went unrecognized for decades: forty years in the case of the radio patent, longer still for his ideas on laser beam technology. Although penniless during his later years, he never stopped imagining. In the early 1900s, he designed plans for cell phones, the Internet, death-ray weapons, and interstellar communications. His ideas have lived on to shape the modern economy. So who was this genius? Drawing on letters, technical notebooks, and other primary sources, author Richard Munson pieces together the magnificently bizarre personal life and mental habits of the enigmatic inventor. Born during a lightning storm at midnight, Tesla died alone in a New York City hotel. He was an acute germaphobe who never shook hands and required nine napkins when he sat down to dinner. Strikingly handsome and impeccably dressed, he spoke eight languages and could recite entire books from memory. Yet Tesla's most famous inventions were not the product of fastidiousness or linear thought, but of a mind fueled by both the humanities and sciences: he conceived the induction motor while walking through a park and reciting Goethe's Faust. Tesla worked tirelessly to offer electric power to the world, to introduce automatons that would reduce life's drudgery, and to develop machines that might one day abolish war. His story is a reminder that technology can transcend the marketplace and that profit is not the only motivation for invention. Originally published in February of 2018. Visit http://g.co/TalksAtGoogle/Tesla to watch the video.

Author Richard Munson joins the podcast to discuss the historical accuracy of the 2020 movie 'Tesla.' Dig deeper into the true story Pick up Richard's book called Tesla: Inventor of the Modern https://bookshop.org/a/9789/9780393358049 Find more of Richard's work: https://www.richardmunson.com/ Did you enjoy this episode? You can find the transcript and show notes for this episode at: https://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com/201/ Support our sponsors: https://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com/advertisers Or get ad-free content and exclusive bonus content by supporting the show directly: https://basedonatruestorypodcast.com/support/ Get a peek at upcoming episodes with the email newsletter.https://www.basedonatruestorypodcast.com/newsletter/ Want a chance to be heard on the show? Leave a voicemail at +1 (405) 334-4672.

Uppfinnaren med ett snille som banade väg för den värld vi idag lever i. Men med genialiteten kom också en omättlig rastlöshet och plågan av att aldrig riktigt bli förstådd i sin egen tid. Redaktionen för detta avsnitt består av:Cecilia Düringer programledare och manusMårten Andersson  manus, research och producentEmilia Mellberg  producentPablo Leiva Wenger scenuppläsarePeter Jonason  ljuddesign och slutmixMedverkar gör också Freddy Grip, museipedagog på Tekniska museet.Vill du veta mer om Nikola Tesla och hans värld? Här är några av de böcker som ligger till grund för avsnittet:Tesla: Inventor of the electrical age av W. Bernard CarlsonMina uppfinningar av Nikola TeslaThe truth about Tesla: the myth of the lone genius in the history of innovation av Christopher CooperTesla: The man, the inventor and the age of electricity av Richard B. GundermanWizard: the life and times of Nikola Tesla, biography of a genius av Marc J. Seifer

Uppfinnaren med ett snille som banade väg för den värld vi idag lever i. Men med genialiteten kom också en omättlig rastlöshet och plågan av att aldrig riktigt bli förstådd i sin egen tid. Redaktionen för detta avsnitt består av:Cecilia Düringer programledare och manusMårten Andersson  manus, research och producentEmilia Mellberg  producentPablo Leiva Wenger scenuppläsarePeter Jonason  ljuddesign och slutmixMedverkar gör också Freddy Grip, museipedagog på Tekniska museet.Vill du veta mer om Nikola Tesla och hans värld? Här är några av de böcker som ligger till grund för avsnittet:Tesla: Inventor of the electrical age av W. Bernard CarlsonMina uppfinningar av Nikola TeslaThe truth about Tesla: the myth of the lone genius in the history of innovation av Christopher CooperTesla: The man, the inventor and the age of electricity av Richard B. GundermanWizard: the life and times of Nikola Tesla, biography of a genius av Marc J. Seifer

Uppfinnaren med ett snille som banade väg för den värld vi idag lever i. Men med genialiteten kom också en omättlig rastlöshet och plågan av att aldrig riktigt bli förstådd i sin egen tid. Redaktionen för detta avsnitt består av:Cecilia Düringer programledare och manusMårten Andersson  manus, research och producentEmilia Mellberg  producentPablo Leiva Wenger scenuppläsarePeter Jonason  ljuddesign och slutmixMedverkar gör också Freddy Grip, museipedagog på Tekniska museet.Vill du veta mer om Nikola Tesla och hans värld? Här är några av de böcker som ligger till grund för avsnittet:Tesla: Inventor of the electrical age av W. Bernard CarlsonMina uppfinningar av Nikola TeslaThe truth about Tesla: the myth of the lone genius in the history of innovation av Christopher CooperTesla: The man, the inventor and the age of electricity av Richard B. GundermanWizard: the life and times of Nikola Tesla, biography of a genius av Marc J. Seifer

Richard Munson is the author of Tesla: Inventor of the Modern, and his latest book—Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimagining Food—was released in September 2021. Other publications include From Edison to Enron that recounts the history of electricity. Cardinals of Capitol Hill traces the machinations of congressional appropriators who control government spending, and Cousteau: The Captain and His World examines the ocean explorer and filmmaker. Show Page: https://eftp.co/tech-to-table Newsletter signup: https://eftp.co/newsletter Follow us on Instagram Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The forgotten brilliance of the Serbian-American scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla Richard Munson is the non-fiction author of "Tesla: Inventor of the Modern", an in-depth authoritative biography about the life and genius of the inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla. Professionally, Dick has worked on clean energy and environmental issues for non-profits, the private sector and on Capitol Hill. He is a former director of the Environmental Health Fund and was a senior Vice President of Recycled Energy Development, a company committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by capturing waste energy. He has coordinated Congressional and Senate coalitions and bipartisan caucuses on legislation addressing brownfields redevelopment, energy, environmental, water quality, and manufacturing issues. Among Dick's other books are a history of energy -- "From Edison to Enron,"  and "The Cardinals of Capitol Hill" -- an insider's look at the lawmakers who control government spending.  His current book "Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimaging Food" will be released in September.  His website is RichardMunson.com

This week we travel to early 20th century London (and Colorado) with The Prestige! Join us to learn about twins, Colorado Springs, Tesla, the weird story of Chung Ling Soo, and more! Sources: Twins: Brian Resznick https://www.vox.com/2018/4/10/17218782/identical-twins-days-bond-science-twinsburg Drunk History (UK) "How the Kray Twins Were Caught" The Krays: Myth Behind the Legend Amazon Prime Video Hilton Als, "We Two Made One," The New Yorker (4 December 2000). https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/12/04/we-two-made-one Rose Eveleth, "Twins Spend Their Whole Lives Trying to be Different From One Another," Smithsonian Magazine (24 January 2014). https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-confirms-twins-spend-their-whole-lives-trying-be-different-one-another-180949423/ Erika Hayasaki, "Identical Twins Hint at How Environments Change Gene Expression," The Atlantic (15 May 2018). https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/twin-epigenetics/560189/ Lea Winerman, "A double life," American Psychological Association, Monitor 46:1 (January 2015): 30. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2015/01/double-life "Twins" Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/twins/lives-and-relationships-twins Peter Miller, "A Thing or Two About Twins," National Geographic (January 2012). https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2012/01/identical-twins-science-dna-portraits/ Lucy Wallis, "Living a conjoined life," BBC News (24 April 2013). https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22181528 Dehryl A. Mason and Paul J. Frick, "The Heritability of Antisocial Behavior: A Meta-Analysis of Twin and Adoption Studies," Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment 16:4 (1994): 301-323. Colorado Springs: "Colorado Springs" Tesla: Life and Legacy PBS https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_colspr.html ; https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_warcur.html and https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_poevis.html W. Bernard Carlson, Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2013). Background: "The Making of "The Prestige"" https://youtu.be/JrTPQU4rJrg Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prestige_(film) IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/ Roger Ebert, "Now you see him...Now you see him!" https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-prestige-2007 Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/prestige Piper Perabo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Perabo Chung Ling Soo: "The Double Life and Death of Chung Ling Soo," Odd Salon. Available at https://youtu.be/RNM6H0Y1ous William J Turkel and Devon Elliot, "Making and Playing with Models: Using Rabid Prototyping to Explore the History and Technology of Stage Magic," Pastplay: Teaching and Learning History with Technology. University of Michigan Press Christopher Goto-Jones, "Magic, Modernity, and Orientalism: Conjuring Representations of Asia," Modern Asian Studies 48, 6 (2014) Footage of Chung Ling Soo, available at https://youtu.be/fKAfAKSByVQ

Take it from a revolutionary inventor: Our greatest setbacks and disappointments can open us up to new ideas, perspectives, and creations that can change the world.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Containing several incidents of Selenomania, that partickular Moon Madness which has so captivated the Minds and Pens of Authors since the Ancient Times, including the early works of Messers Verne and Wells, considered by Many to be the Greatest and Most Influential voices in the beginnings of the Science Fiction genre in that excellent nineteenth Century, as well as several shorter Works spanning the scientific and the pseudoscientific, as well as a brief Sketch of that wonderful invention Radio, which we hope does not incense the Appreciators of our Goode Balkan Friend. Timestamps: Introduction, Edgar Allan Poe - "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" (1835), Richard Locke - "The Great Moon Hoax" (1835) (0:00) Jules Verne - "From the Earth to the Moon" (1865), "Around the Moon" (1869) (22:44) H.G. Wells - "The First Men in the Moon" (1901) (1:00:56) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - "On the Moon" (1893) (2:19:24) Bibliography: Butcher, William. "Jules Verne: The Definitive Biography". 2006 Carlson, Bernard. "Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age". 2015 Sherborne, Michael. "H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life". 2010 White, Thomas H. "Nikola Tesla: The Guy Who DIDN'T 'Invent Radio'". 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20201002065253/https://earlyradiohistory.us/tesla.htm

Join us as we explore the life and greatest achievements of one of the founding fathers of modern electricity. Burgan, Michael (2009). Nikola Tesla: Inventor, Electrical Engineer. Mankato, Minnesota: Capstone. ISBN 978-0-7565-4086-9. Carlson, W. Bernard (2013). Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age. Princeton University Press. ISBN 1-4008-4655-2. Cheney, Margaret (2011). Tesla: Man Out of Time. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-7486-6. Cheney, Margaret (2001) [1981]. Tesla: Man Out of Time. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-1536-7. Cheney, Margaret; Uth, Robert; Glenn, Jim (1999). Tesla, Master of Lightning. Barnes & Noble Books. ISBN 978-0-7607-1005-0. Dommermuth-Costa, Carol (1994). Nikola Tesla: A Spark of Genius. Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 978-0-8225-4920-8. Jonnes, Jill (2004). Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World. Random House Trade Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0-375-75884-3. Klooster, John W. (2009). Icons of Invention: The Makers of the Modern World from Gutenberg to Gates. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-34743-6. O'Neill, John J. (1944). Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla. Ives Washburn. ISBN 0-914732-33-1. (reprinted 2007 by Book Tree, ISBN 978-1-60206-743-1) Pickover, Clifford A. (1999). Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives Of Eccentric Scientists And Madmen. HarperCollins. Seifer, Marc J. (2001). Wizard: the life and times of Nikola Tesla: biography of a genius. Citadel. ISBN 978-0-8065-1960-9. Seifer, Marc J. (1998). Wizard: The Life And Times Of Nikola Tesla. Citadel. ISBN 978-0-8065-3556-2. Van Riper, A. Bowdoin (2011). A Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists and Inventors in American Film and TV since 1930. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-8128-0. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to another episode of the Can't Make This Up History Podcast. We have an excellent show in store for you today about the life and innovations of Nikola Tesla. My guest today is Richard Munson. Dick is the Director of Midwest Clean Energy for the Environmental Defense Fund. He is the author of five books on the history of science and technology, government energy policy, and the electricity industry. Dick joins me to discuss his newest book Tesla: Inventor of the Modern. Some of the things we cover in our discussion are Nikola Tesla's early childhood in Serbia under the parentage of a distant father, Tesla's employment and eventual rivalry with the inventor Thomas Edison, and how Tesla's invention of the AC electricity system provides the basis for our modern way of life but is unfortunately too often forgotten in American history. Want to listen to new episodes a week earlier and get exclusive bonus content? Consider becoming a supporter of the podcast on Patreon! Like the podcast? Please subscribe and leave a review! Follow @CMTUHistory on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & TikTok --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next episode of... The Everyday Innovator with host Chad McAllister, PhD. The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation and managing products become more successful, grow their careers, and STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode: I am wrapping up a 3-month road trip through the Northeast of the U.S., allowing me to meet many innovators and product managers. I had a few experiences, including visiting Niagara Falls, that rekindled an interest for me in historic innovators, including Nikola Tesla, often thought of as the person behind how electricity is created and distributed. I went looking for a Tesla historian that could help us understand this innovator and what we as modern innovators and product managers can learn from him. My search led me to award-winning author, Bernie Carlson. Bernie wrote Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age and is well recognized for his research on Tesla as well as other historic innovators. He is a professor and the Director of Engineering Business Programs at the University of Virginia. In the interview you’ll hear about Tesla and what we can learn from him, including: navigating creativity,understanding illusion and storytelling to sell your ideas,which modern innovator shared characteristics with Tesla, andthe balance of invention and business skills innovators need.

We talk to author Richard Munson about his new Nikola Tesla biography Tesla: Inventor of the Modern.

Let there be light! Well, it's easy to do: just flip a switch. But it took more than the invention of the light bulb to make that possible. It required new technology for the distribution of electricity. And that came, not so much from Thomas Edison, but from a Serbian genius named Nikola Tesla. Hear his story plus ideas on what might be the breakthrough energy innovations of the future. Perhaps hydrogen-fueled cars, nuclear fusion electrical generators or even orbiting solar cells? Plus, a reminder of cutting-edge technology back in Napoleon's day: lighthouses. Guests: •  W. Bernard Carlson – Professor of science, technology and society, University of Virginia, and author of Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age •  Michael Dunne – Physicist, program director for laser fusion energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory •  R. Tom Baker – Chemist, director of the Center for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa •  Paul Young – Radio engineer, director of Powersat Ltd. •  Theresa Levitt – Historian, University of Mississippi, and author of A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse   First released September 30, 2013. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ENCORE  Let there be light! Well, it’s easy to do: just flip a switch. But it took more than the invention of the light bulb to make that possible. It required new technology for the distribution of electricity. And that came, not so much from Thomas Edison, but from a Serbian genius named Nikola Tesla. Hear his story plus ideas on what might be the breakthrough energy innovations of the future. Perhaps hydrogen-fueled cars, nuclear fusion electrical generators or even orbiting solar cells? Plus, a reminder of cutting-edge technology back in Napoleon’s day: lighthouses. Guests: •   W. Bernard Carlson – Professor of science, technology and society, University of Virginia, and author of Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age •   Michael Dunne – Physicist, program director for laser fusion energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory •   R. Tom Baker – Chemist, director of the Center for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa •   Paul Young – Radio engineer, director of Powersat Ltd. •   Theresa Levitt – Historian, University of Mississippi, and author of A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse   First released September 30, 2013.

In this complete and complex biography of Nikola Tesla, the reader discovers the man, the inventor and the inventions. Very detailed and quite thorough, this work is for everyone interested in Tesla but want to know more than the bare necessity. Very well written and easy to follow (albeit heavy on the science but still understandable to non-specialists), this is a fascinating work about a fascinating man.

On the seventh podcast of American History Too! we turn our attention to the most cuddily of all US Presidents – Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt.  We pull apart ‘T.R.’s’ legacy in the context of American imperialism abroad and the rise of progressivism at home.  Malcolm argues that Roosevelt is a shining example of why nuance is required when we discuss historical figures, while Mark discusses the legitimacy of Roosevelt’s place on Mt. Rushmore alongside Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln.  What legacy can we ascribe arguably the first modern president?  We give you our views but it’s left up to you to decide. Finally, find out the truth behind the ‘Teddy Bear’ story and also how T.R. actually felt about the nickname! We’ll be back in a couple of weeks when we’ll hopefully be joined by another special guest to discuss the 1930s.  Until then, thanks again for listening! Mark and Malcolm    Reading List: -          Michael Cullinane, ‘Imperial “Character”: How Race and Civilization Shaped Theodore Roosevelt’s Imperialism,’ America’s Transatlantic Turn: Theodore Roosevelt and the ‘Discovery’ of Europe, eds. Hans Krabbendam and John M. Thompson (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). -          Kathleen M. Dalton, ‘Theodore Roosevelt’s Contradictory Legacies:  From Imperialist Nationalism to Advocacy of a Progressive Welfare State,’ A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt, ed. Serge Ricard (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011) -          Peter G. Filene, “An Obituary for ‘The Progressive Movement’,” American Quarterly 22 (1970), 20-34 -          Fabian Hilfrich, Debating American Exceptionalism: Empire and Democracy in the Wake of the Spanish-American War (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), Chp.2. Also see Ken Burns’ excellent recent documentary series The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014) Our Holiday Reading recommendations -          W. Bernard Carlson, Tesla: Inventor of the electrical age (2013) -          Eric Schlosser, Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (2013) -          Gary Younge, No place like home: A black Briton journeys through the American South (2000) -          Raymond Arsenault, Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice (2007) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a mythic Tesla and an historic Tesla, and we're not talking about the car company based in Palo Alto. We're talking about the Serbian engineer and inventor who made his way to New York City in 1884. Professor Bernard Carlson (author of Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age), Dr. Elizabeth Rauscher, and Dr. JJ Hurtak join host Laura Garzon Chica to discuss what, if anything, Tesla can offer the movement for a cleaner, safter, more equitable, and more efficient energy industry. The post Terra Verde – January 17, 2014 appeared first on KPFA.

Feature 1 - Tesla (start time 5:30) Nicola Tesla is one of the iconic figures of the early electrical age. He invented AC motor technology still used today in your DVD player and also polyphase AC power. He was a brilliant demonstrator, whose images of flowers of lightning growing from his inventions and portraits of his friend Mark Twain, illuminated by Tesla’s fluorescent bulbs, are still familiar today. He worked with and fought with the mighty JP Morgan and wireless radio great Marconi. He is a figure of mystery, who many believe presaged death rays and infinite and free energy for everyone on earth.   Biographer Bernie Carlson has written the  book "Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age." We talk with Bernie about Nicola Tesla's mental method of invention, Colorado experiments, and modern mystique. Feature 2 - Octopus! (start time 14:35)  If you doubt that the Octopus may be the most mysterious creature in the sea - consider this - an octopus has three hearts, eight arms, camouflaging skin, and some of them can figure out ways to do things that many humans can’t - such as getting the lid off of a child-proof bottle.  Longmont resident Katherine Harmon Courage is with us today to discuss her new book, "Octopus! The Most Mysterious Creature In the Sea." Hosts: Jim Pullen, Joel Parker, Shelley Schlender Producer: Joel Parker Engineer: Joel Parker Executive Producer: Beth Bartel Listen to the show: