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Ep 364: To learn the sky

Ep 364: To learn the sky

To learn the sky

From prehistory to Babylon to the ancient Greeks, humanity begins to learn what our sky is up to, pardon the pun.

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Take 116 of Episode One: The kiss of death!

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Ep 363: On hearing, listening, and Ralph the robot hand

Ep 363: On hearing, listening, and Ralph the robot hand

On hearing, listening, and Ralph the robot hand

For our last episode of 2022, we take a look at communication between the deaf community and the rest of us.

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Ep362: Voices, bits, Braille and bellows

Ep362: Voices, bits, Braille and bellows

Voices, bits, Braille and bellows

Close your eyes and use your computer. We take a look at technology used to allow the blind to use computers and the internet.

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Take 114 of Episode one: Everything is better with pie!

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Ep 361: For better and worse, the internet is born

Ep 361: For better and worse, the internet is born

For better and worse, the internet is born

After all the effort to communicate by wire and wireless, computers got in on the action. Let’s examine the beginnings of the internet.

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Take 113 of Episode One: Reasons to own a pit

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Ep 360: Getting wired and wireless

Ep 360: Getting wired and wireless

Getting wired and wireless

Join us as telegraph and radio begin to make the world a smaller place.

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Take 111, Tricks and kicks

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Ep 359: The digital revolution, and a bit o’ spooky

Ep 359: The digital revolution, and a bit o’ spooky

The digital revolution, and a bit o’ spooky

Join us for a thumbnail sketch of how modern computers came about, and then began to double in capability each year.

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Ep 358: From one tongue to another

Ep 358: From one tongue to another

From one tongue to another

There are thousands of different languages in the world. Today we talk about the art of translation.

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Wishing for luck and encrypted babies

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Ep 356: The spacecraft crashed, just like we planned

Ep 356: The spacecraft crashed, just like we planned

The spacecraft crashed, just like we planned

Join us as we hang out with NASA while they deliberately crash into an asteroid.

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Beer in space!

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Ep 355: To tell a secret, and keep it too

Ep 355: To tell a secret, and keep it too

To tell a secret, and keep it too

Part of communicating is trying to tell someone something without the wrong someone hearing it. We take a look at the history and practice of secret messages.

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Take 106 of Episode One: Don’t know where to begin

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