15: The Current War

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Comedy, Education, Science

4.9 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This episode is all about the (mad) scientist, Nikola Tesla and his rivalry with Thomas Edison! We also cover Tesla’s problematic views, insane inventions, and his crush on a dove!

References and Further Reading

1. https://www.energy.gov/articles/war-currents-ac-vs-dc-power

2. https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/famous-inventors/famous-nikola-tesla-inventions.htm

3. https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/inventions/nikola-tesla

4. https://www.history.com/.amp/news/6-brilliant-tesla-inventions-never-built

5. https://amp.interestingengineering.com/7-inventions-of-nikola-tesla-that-were-never-built

6. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nikola-Tesla

7. https://www.biography.com/.amp/inventor/nikola-tesla

8. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/topics/Nikola_Tesla

9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/55mfzKcTrkgGcZv4VMsf24q/five-nikola-tesla-predictions-that-came-true

10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19503846

11. https://amp.businessinsider.com/the-secret-life-of-nikola-tesla-2015-10

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0:00.0	Before we start the show, we've got some announcement.
0:03.0	We're doing a live episode.
0:05.0	Another one of the side. Guys, this is our podcast at Summer in the City this year on the Saturday at what time, Corey?
0:11.0	4pm in the Blue Microphone Podcast Theatre.
0:14.0	Very nice.
0:15.0	So if you're coming to Summer in the City this year, which you should be, you should come and see us and cheer us on
0:20.0	and Corey might be bringing along on and Corrie might be
0:21.1	bring along an experiment. I might be. Are you? That means he is. Maybe. I'm excited. I actually might not be. I don't know. If you can smuggle it past the Sitsy security. It doesn't stop us. It does, I'm not going to like, it does look like a bomb. All the parts. Oh, what? Well, You're not going to get it in then, Corey.
0:35.9	The individual parts.
0:36.9	I'd have wires and stuff.
0:39.1	God, no, no. If I'm not there, I've been arrested. Okay. Shall we talk about the letter that I've got? Yes. If you're not there, we can't run the podcast, so. Well, I think I can do a terrible Scottish accent and talk about something that one cares about for half a now. I think I
0:56.0	can do this for this show. So we've got
0:58.2	a letter from Annie.
1:00.4	Hey Annie. A letter? An email.
1:02.4	An email. Oh, okay. The subject line is
1:04.9	My Dan's family.
1:06.5	Oh. It says Corey. Sorry, guys.
1:10.0	Yeah, wow, wow rude that's fine
1:11.4	Alright we and James can just leave the room
1:12.9	You guys get lost for now
1:14.0	Just to let you know
1:15.5	While this has absolutely nothing to do with signs or the podcast
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