50 Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy: The iPhone, Radar, and TV Dinners
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, did you know "radar" is actually an acronym? It stands for RAdio, Detection, And Ranging—created in 1940 by our Navy. Tim Harford, author of the bestselling book 50 Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy, shares the stories of three inventions that changed the way we live today.
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| 0:30.1 | Hey, it's Alec Baldwin. |
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| 0:35.9 | I spoke with more actors, musicians, |
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| 0:42.4 | like writer and actor, Dan Aykroyd. |
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