Episode 1: Morse, Marconi + Reg Fessenden's first entertainment show.
This episode covers 1830-1906, yes, we're not even in the last 100 years yet... but first we have to invent wireless telephony.
Be informed, educated + entertained on the origins of the BBC, radio and life as we know it.
(We've no affiliation with the BBC, to be clear.)
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