Toys made of plastic were rare before World War II.  Their late twentieth century ubiquity came to symbolize the excess of consumer society.

Toys made of plastic were rare before World War II. Their late twentieth century ubiquity came to symbolize the excess of consumer society.

93 Noisy Toys (Chris 18)

This podcast will play and discuss old phone answering machine messages.  In the late 1980s, while living in Chicago, I selected certain messages to be duplicated using a double cassette recorder.  Playing them back leads me to explore the intersection of personal history and the larger social and cultural context through the lens of an outdated technology.
New episodes will be posted Sundays.

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This podcast will play and discuss old phone answering machine messages. In the late 1980s, while living in Chicago, I selected certain messages to be duplicated using a double cassette recorder. Playing them back leads me to explore the intersection of personal history and the larger social and cultural context through the lens of an outdated technology. New episodes will be posted Sundays.

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