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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Burning Rubber

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Success and failure often hinge on chance and opportunity, and it's easy to feel a bit deflated.

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0:00.0

Welcome to AirNenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

0:08.7

and Mild.

0:13.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:16.3

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:22.2

just waiting for us to explore.

0:25.4

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:36.8

Some people are able to see the future where others cannot.

0:40.4

Steve Jobs knew that the computer was meant to be more like an appliance in a person's

0:44.0

home, like a dishwasher or a refrigerator, and not a giant mainframe only meant for laboratories

0:50.0

in large companies.

0:52.0

On the internet, sprung from the minds of several individuals who developed protocols

0:55.9

and systems to connect people all over the world.

0:59.2

They understood that information should be free and easily accessible no matter where

1:03.8

a person lived.

1:06.0

Elliott Handler's vision for the future wasn't as grand as a smartphone in everyone's

1:10.4

pockets or a global computer network.

1:13.3

His dreams were a lot lower to the ground.

1:16.2

Born in Chicago in 1916, Handler moved with his family to Colorado where he'd developed

1:21.3

an interest in art.

1:22.9

By the time he had reached the art center college of design in California, he had found

1:27.1

his true calling, industrial design.

1:30.6

Handler married his wife Ruth several years later when he was in his early 20s, and

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