Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Innovation Historian Jason Voiovich to explore how many of today’s iconic products, entertainment, and cultural heroes trace their origins to the Great Depression. This era once again demonstrates that hardship often paves the road to innovation.

 

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Introductions

1:12 - The Role of a Fractional Chief Officer

3:54 - Understanding Innovations Throughout History

6:07 - The Difference Between History and Memory

6:42 - What is Jason’s Book About, How Jason Tells Stories Differently, and How The Great Depression Was A Time of Innovation

12:14 - When Was The Great Depression and Why Was it “Great”?

18:58 - The Psychological Impacts of the Great Depression

20:32 - The Psychological Impacts of the Great Depression

20:32 - The Refrigerator: A Symbol of Change

27:28 - Lessons from The Great Depression

32:09 - The Impact of Change on Innovation and Embracing Innovation in Difficult times

36:53 - Photography as a Means of Immortality and The Impact of Color in Visual Storytelling

45:10 - Documenting History: The Role of Photography in The Great Depression

48:47 - The Surprising Origins of Monopoly

01:01:23 - Exploring Diverse Topics In Innovation History

 

EPISODE LINKS:

Jason Voiovich - https://jasontvoiovich.com/

Substack - https://innovationhistory.substack.com/p/rededicating-innovation-history?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Bullfrogs, Bingo, and the Little House on the Prairie: How Innovators of the Great Depression Made the Best of the Worst of Times - TBD

Great Depression - https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Depression

Scarface and the Untouchable - https://www.harpercollins.com/products/scarface-and-the-untouchable-max-allan-collinsa-brad-schwartz?variant=32207533146146

Florida Land Boom - https://tampabayhistorycenter.org/exhibit/sharps-marks-in-paradise-selling-florida-in-the-1920s/

Dust Bowl - https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/great-depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945/dust-bowl/

The Grapes of Wrath - https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Grapes-of-Wrath

Rahm Emanuel - https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/e000287

Snow White - https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/snow-white-radio

Monopoly - https://www.britannica.com/sports/Monopoly-board-game

Lizzie Magie - https://blogs.bl.uk/business/2023/03/lizzie-magie-and-the-history-of-monopoly-1.html

Charles Darrow - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-B-Darrow

Father Coughlin - https://exhibitions.ushmm.org/americans-and-the-holocaust/personal-story/charles-coughlin

 

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