There was much more to the home video format wars of the late 1970s and early 80s than most know. And what most people know about it is probably wrong: for instance, porn or image quality had nothing to do with it. So what did? This week we go behind the fight between Sony and JVC over home video supremacy.
All that and an extensive conversation about the documentary "Paris is Burning," Madonna's 50th #1 hit, facial recognition security, and more. Be kind, rewind!
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#175 - Fordlandia: Henry Ford's Doomed Factory City in the Amazon Rainforest
#174 - The Willamette Meteorite
#173 - Worst. Year. Ever.
#172 - Ada Lovelace: Computing in the 1800s
#171 - Escher is my favortie MC
#170 - When Was It Invented?
#169 - It's Gold, Jerry!
# 168 - A Delightful Surprise
#167 - All the News That's Fit to Be Left in Open Tabs On My Browser For the Past Few Weeks
#166 - Bass Reeves and the History of the Black American Cowboy
#165 - This Show is Garbage
#164 - Cannabalistic Humanoid Underwater Construction
#163 - Oh the humanity! The Story of the Hindenburg
#162 - Holograms
#161 - MKULTRA, the CIA, and Mind Control
#160 - Never Forget
#159: War of Wikipedia 4!
#158 - Random Programming
#157 - Behind the Smile: The Mona Lisa Story
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