#24: The Early Internet

KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Society & Culture, Leisure, History

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

The Internet began as an academic and military experiment in the post-World War II United States, and decades later, the World Wide Web built on top of it changed the world forever. In the mid-'90s, the Brothers Moriarty gained Internet access at very different moments in their lives. So let's explore what made those dial up days so special, and what it was like being on the Internet during the moments when people realized what it could be, and what it would become. Looking around the Internet today, things sure were quaint in the not too distant past. You'll see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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