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Did you know that we could have had the answering machine decades before we actually got to buy one? Why the 1980s and 90s was an unusual time for an innovation explosion in communications technology. The history of the whole AT&T/Ma Bell breakup by the government. And how much did YOU beg your parents to get your own phone line in your bedroom?
The guest this episode is the actress Toni Trucks. @tonitrucks
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Did you know that we could have had the answering machine decades before we actually got to buy one? Why the 1980s and 90s was an unusual time for an innovation explosion in communications technology. The history of the whole AT&T/Ma Bell breakup by the government. And how much did YOU beg your parents to get your own phone line in your bedroom?
The guest this episode is the actress Toni Trucks. @tonitrucks
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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