In 1978 Gary Thuerk, a marketing manager for Digital Equipment Corporation, needed to send a message to potential clients. Instead of sending each person a message one at a time, he had his assistant write one single mass email. Spam email was born. 

Host Mike Hover (@hoverdrive) talks with Kristina Thuerk (Dana Ehrmann @ehr_head) about her father's legacy. The legacy is voiced by Mark Rosenthal (@markrosenthal)    

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