Episode 48: Great Moments in Communication!

The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Transatlantic Cable connected North America and Europe, allowing for communication like never before (at least for a few weeks). It sure wasn't easy - told by Greg and Abigail Maupin. Likewise, Alexander Graham Bell's invention changed the world of communication. He also had a pretty interesting life. Sometimes things just work out. All this and more!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode of The Past and the Curious is brought to you by Candlewick Press, publisher
0:05.1	of The Suffragist Playbook, Your Guide to Changing the World.
0:10.6	By Rebecca Boggs, Roberts, and Lucinda Rob.
0:14.6	Are you passionate about a cause that you'd like to fight for?
0:18.4	Take a few tips from The Suffragists, who led one of the largest and longest movements
0:24.0	in American history.
0:26.4	This book for young readers is a blend of suffragist history and tactics, and the eye-opening
0:31.8	look at their playbooks shows that many of their strategies are still being used today.
0:38.3	The suffragist playbook is available October 27th, 2020, wherever books are sold.
0:43.8	Yeah, I know that's what I'm saying.
0:49.3	Like I can't remember the last time that I used a phone book.
0:53.0	A phone book?
0:54.0	Are you kidding me?
0:55.0	Are you kidding me?
0:56.0	Are you kidding me?
0:57.0	Okay.
0:58.0	Well, my name is Mix Element, and welcome to The Past and the Curious.
1:01.2	This is episode number 48.
1:03.2	It's all about communication, great moments in communication.
1:08.2	We've got the Transatlantic Cable and Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson in the invention
1:14.5	of the telephone.
1:15.5	They're both really interesting stories.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.