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The Man Behind the Projector

From: Out of the Blocks

It was a good living. If you can stay in business 53 years, that says a lot.

Bought by PRX Remix

Bill's Problem With Piracy

From: Sean Haas
Series: Advent of Computing

Microsoft's first case of piracy actually happened with their very first product.

Route Cause

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Host Ed Ayers talks to historian Christopher Jones about the 1870s skirmish between John D. Rockefeller and the upstart competitors who built the c...

Innovation & Obsolescence: The Life, Death, and Occasional Rebirth of Technologies

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

Caption: Ben Gross' personal video discs and player. , Credit: Photograph by Mariel Carr.

Some technologies flash in the pan so quickly they hardly leave a trace (Google Glass anyone?); while others seem to stick around long past their u...

Bought by WTJU

When Ground Zero was known as Radio Row

From: Radio Diaries

For more than four decades, Radio Row it was the largest collection of radio and electronics stores in the world. Then in 1966 the stores were cond...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix

Blake Harris reads from Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined A Generation (5/22)

From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014

100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Video game titans do battle.

Bought by WEZU

You Can Run, But You Can't Hide

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites

Private investigator Ron Brown walks hosts Brian Balogh and Ed Ayers through the process of tracking people down, how technology has dramatically r...

Bought by Radio Newark, Louisville Public Media, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis

It's a car! It's a plane! No wait...it's both!

From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse

Caption: 1954 Aerocar, Credit: courtesy Golden Wings Museum

Greg Herrick, president of the Aviation Foundation of America and aviation buff, is the proud owner of a rare 1954 Aerocar (yes, a car with wings)...

The House That Beer -- and Pyrophobia -- Built

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: There's quite a story behind D.C.'s first fireproof residence..., Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/2977738045/

After losing a home and two breweries to fire, one German beermaker vowed not to let history repeat itself... and built an extraordinary house that...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio