Who Invented the Internet?
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.3 • 737 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, no, Al Gore did not invent the internet, but no one man did either. Critically acclaimed biographer and author of The Innovators, Walter Issacson, shares how the internet came to be with his audience at a book talk at the U.S. Library of Congress.
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