UI #88 - The Last Man on Earth

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2015

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Did you ever wonder what would happen if you ended up being the last person alive on Earth? Back in 1960, the San Francisco Chronicle decided to send their hunting and fishing columnist Bud Boyd up into the Marble Mountains of California for six weeks to find out if one could really survive. Let's just say that everything did not go as planned... Also learn about Reynold B. Johnson's first big invention, a poison ivy lawsuit, a girl who believed that she caused a boy's death, and a dangerous tricycle driver. Retrosponsor: Delrich E-Z Color Margarine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:05.0	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.
0:09.0	Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better like sneaking some chili into the gravy
0:15.3	for some extra oomps or building a playlist that will even get your none up on the table.
0:21.6	Or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max. the new Samsung Galaxy
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0:31.0	The new Samsung Galaxy Z-Flip 5 and Chromebook are better together.
0:38.0	Take hands-free selfies which automatically sync to your Chromebook, ready to edit,
0:42.0	and access recent chrom tabs across both
0:44.7	devices.
0:45.7	The new Galaxy Z Flip5 and Chromebook, better together.
0:49.5	Available on Sky Mobile.
0:51.4	Bluetooth and Internet connection required.
0:53.0	You must be signed into the same Google account on both your phone and Chromebook.
0:57.0	Welcome to the Useless Information Podcast.
1:02.0	I am Steve Silverman. In the last
1:05.3	podcast I had asked him what year the first computer hard drive was invented. You didn't
1:09.8	know it at the time but is already planning for this to be a two-part question.
1:13.4	So here's the other half. The team that developed a hard drive at IBM was headed by a man
1:18.6	named Renold B Johnson and today's question of the day has to do with another invention that Johnson created.
1:25.8	Do you know what it is?
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