EP237: Engineer Guy Explains How VHS Beat Betamax, The Disastrous Great Lakes Storm of 1913 and The Neon Museum
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bill “Engineer Guy” Hammack tells the story of how Betamax was defeated by the VHS tape. Ric Mixter of Lake Fury tells the story of the historic 1913 storm on the Great Lakes. Executive director of the Neon Museum, Aaron Berger, shares some of the history of Las Vegas and the iconic signage associated with it.
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00:00 - Engineer Guy Explains How VHS Beat Betamax
23:00 - The Disastrous Great Lakes Storm of 1913
35:00 - The Neon Museum
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