Phone Messages

By Paul Mason Fotsch

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. Pl... more

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The podcast currently has 201 episodes available.

Phone Messages episodes:

November 10, 2019 41 Missing Disk (David)
In the late eighties, publishing a college literary journal could be filled with late night stress.
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10min
November 03, 2019 40 Not Too Bad (Chris 4)
Feeling bad is a relative thing, and according to Daniel Johnston, a better life brings better orgasms.
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9min
October 27, 2019 39 Worried Shoes (outgoing 12)
Daniel Johnston was a musician and visual artist who embodied the eccentric spirit of 1980s Austin.
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5min
October 20, 2019 38 Slacker (James 4)
In 1989 Richard Linklater filmed a love letter to the city of Austin and redefined the concept of Slacker.
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5min
October 13, 2019 37 Fast Talker (Jason 3)
John Moschitta Jr. became famous for talking fast in a 1982 Federal Express commercial. His skill proved hard to imitate.
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5min
October 06, 2019 36 Brian's Violin (Brian 1)
In Chicago, if you want to have a jam band in your apartment, it's helpful to have neighbors who are doing equally loud things.
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10min
September 29, 2019 35 Rekha Recalls (Rekha 1b)
Madison Wisconsin in the 1980s was a great place for campus activism, but personal experiences around this activism were often complicated.
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9min
September 22, 2019 34 The Wailers (outgoing 11)
Bob Marley died in 1981, Peter Tosh in 1987, but their spirits remain strong, especially in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush.
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5min
September 15, 2019 33 Grandma's First Message (Grandma 1)
In fall of 1988 I went to visit my grandmother in Lakeland Florida. She was born not just before answering machines but also before the technology of automatic switchboards were widespread.
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8min
September 08, 2019 32 Brandy doesn't live here (unknown 2)
What happens when some Chicago kids confront a novel technology? The answering machine was invented in the 1940s but was still uncommon in 1980s homes.
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7min

FAQs about Phone Messages:

How many episodes does Phone Messages have?

The podcast currently has 201 episodes available.