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For thousands of years, humans had an innate desire to share their stories.

Communicate their message, spread their ideas.

From cave paintings to myths and legends to Shakespeare, stories were passed down from one generation to the next.

But how effective is a story

if the only method of transmission

is the uninterrupted line of sight

between those listening or reading?

Well, that all changed in the 1800s

with the genius of three people who had an idea worth sharing with the masses.

Samuel Morris, who invented the telegraph.

Alexander Grimbel, who invented the telephone, and Gullierma Marconi, who invented the radio.

And since then, storytelling has taken on a whole new life

by the ability to transmit instant communications over vast distances. Fast forward to 2021,

and podcasts have taken the world by storm to entertain humor and educate the listener. But it's more than that. It's a way to

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