We explore the history of telephone-like poles in the ancient world and discover how they came to be so prominent in the American landscape.  We learn that these apparently tumbledown structures – more than 100 million – are highly engineered structures that showcase shared networks to keep us all connected, and are also creating new habitats for some non-human friends.

We explore the history of telephone-like poles in the ancient world and discover how they came to be so prominent in the American landscape. We learn that these apparently tumbledown structures – more than 100 million – are highly engineered structures that showcase shared networks to keep us all connected, and are also creating new habitats for some non-human friends.

We explore the history of telephone-like poles in the ancient world and discover how they came to be so prominent in the American landscape. &nbsp;We learn that these apparently tumbledown structures – more than 100 million – are highly engineered structures that showcase shared networks to keep us all connected, and are also creating new habitats for some non-human friends.

Telephone Poles

​The Real World podcast explores, celebrates, and seeks to help listeners understand and possibly improve the built and created environment which surrounds us.
 
​We look at everything from high-rise buildings to street signs, to leggings to rocking chairs.
 
​We examine what the world is made of, how it came to be this way, and how it functions – in sometimes surprising ways.
 
​We invite listeners to understand that the built and created environment is designed and can be re-designed and modified.
 
​When you know a bit more about the real world, you can understand it, use it, possibly challenge it, and maybe even enjoy it a bit more.

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​The Real World podcast explores, celebrates, and seeks to help listeners understand and possibly improve the built and created environment which surrounds us. ​We look at everything from high-rise buildings to street signs, to leggings to rocking chairs. ​We examine what the world is made of, how it came to be this way, and how it functions – in sometimes surprising ways. ​We invite listeners to understand that the built and created environment is designed and can be re-designed and modified. ​When you know a bit more about the real world, you can understand it, use it, possibly challenge it, and maybe even enjoy it a bit more.

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