The Last Archive is a show about the history of truth in America.

Each episode, we tell a story about people coming up with some new way of understanding the world.

Histories of science, technology, democracy.

This season, we've got stories on everything from mid-century songwriting machines

to social network theory, and plenty of mad inventors.

Of course I go, oh my god.

Well, it's Dr. Frankenstein's Monster, isn't it?

Listen to The Last Archive on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

We're supposed to learn from our own mistakes that other people's errors can be instructive too,

from efforts to control the weather that went disastrously awry,

to the untimely death of the Segway boss.

History is a treasure trove, mishaps and meltdowns that can teach us all.

I'm Tim Halford, host of cautionary tales, the podcast that minds the greatest fiascoes of the past,

for their most valuable lessons.

Listen to cautionary tales on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Okay Katie, quick, rapid fire.

What do you think about when you think about black stories?

Tony Morrison.

Long novels.

Zines.

Very complex stories.

Movie night with popcorn.

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