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Join us on the Thomas Edison Biopgrahy. a captivating audio biography podcast series that illuminates the life and groundbreaking inventions of Thomas Edison. Dive deep into the world of the man who revolutionized modern life, bringing us the electric light bulb, phonograph, motion picture camera, and so much more.Whether you're a history buff, tech enthusiast, or just curious about the man behind so many of today's conveniences, this podcast is your gateway to understanding Thomas Edison's enduring impact. Discover the challenges he faced, the innovations he pioneered, and how his legacy ...

Journey into the fascinating world of Thomas Alva Edison, the genius behind inventions that changed our lives - the telephone, microphone, electric motor, storage battery, and the electric light. This comprehensive biography paints an intimate portrait of Edison, beginning with his curious childhood and youthful years, characterized by an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a knack for innovation. As we venture into his productive span of four decades, we see his incredible capacity for work, extraordinary inventive prowess, sharp reasoning, tenacious memory, and resourcefulness. Watch as ...

In 1903 at the soon-to-open Luna Park on Coney Island, an elephant named Topsy was electrocuted, likely with advice from Thomas Edison,whose film crew recorded the horrible event. Over the past century, this bizarre, ghoulish execution has reverberated through popular culture with the ring of an urban legend. But it really happened, and today, Edison’s footage can be found on YouTube, where it has been viewed nearly two million times.

During the Roaring Twenties, two of the most revered and influential men in American business proposed to transform one of the country’s poorest regions into a dream technological metropolis, a shining paradise of small farms, giant factories, and sparkling laboratories. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison’s “Detroit of the South” would be 10 times the size of Manhattan, powered by renewable energy, and free of air pollution. And it would reshape American society.

The Victorian Internet tells the colorful story of the telegraph's creation and remarkable impact and of the visionaries, oddballs, and eccentrics who pioneered it, from eighteenth-century French scientist Jean-Antoine Nollet to Samuel F. B. Morse and Thomas Edison. The electric telegraph nullified distance and shrank the world quicker and further than ever before or since, and its story mirrors and predicts that of the Internet in numerous ways.

The ninth collection in the series charting the voices that helped shape the 20th century. In this collection hear the inspirational voices of Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Babe Ruth and Che Guevara amongst many others.

Along with historical narration, hear rare recordings of some of the most iconic people in history, including Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, William Howard Taft, James Whitcomb Riley, O. Henry, Arthur Conan Doyle, William Gillette, Theodore Roosevelt, Ellen Terry, King George V, and Amelia Earhart. Recording obtained and published by Rick Sheridan.