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FromThe First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences

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TRAILER Introducing The First

FromThe First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences

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Oct 11, 2016

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A preview of The First, a new podcast series from Greg Young of the Bowery Boys: New York City History, examining the birth of inventions and the people whose lives were immediately affected. thefirstpodcast.com

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Oct 11, 2016

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The history of inventions and their consequences.

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TRAILER Introducing The First: A preview of The First, a new podcast series from Greg Young of the Bowery Boys: New York City History, examining the birth of inventions and the people whose lives were immediately affected. thefirstpodcast.com by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
6 min listen
Miss Draper: The First Woman Ever Photographed: Dorothy Catherine Draper is a truly forgotten figure in American history. She was the first woman to ever sit for a photograph -- a daguerrotype, actually, in the year 1840, upon the rooftop of the school which would... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
32 min listen
The Wheel: Ferris' Big Idea: 01: The first Ferris Wheel was invented to become America’s Eiffel Tower, making its grand debut at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. The wheel’s inventor George Washington Gale Ferris was a clever and optimistic soul; he did everything in his... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
47 min listen
Every Day Is Thanksgiving: The History of the TV Dinner: American eating habits were transformed in the early 20th century with innovations in freezing and refrigeration, allowing all kinds of foods to be shipped across the country and stored for long periods of time. But it would actually be the... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
28 min listen
The Cow and The Country Boy (The First Vaccine): This is the story of the first vaccine, perhaps one of the greatest inventions in modern human history. Starring -- a country doctor with a love of birds, a milkmaid with translucent skin, an eight-year-old boy with no idea what he's in for and a... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
31 min listen
Making the Pledge of Allegiance: The Pledge of Allegiance feels like an American tradition that traces itself back to the Founding Fathers, but, in fact, it's turning 125 years old in 2017. This is the story of the invention of the Pledge, a set of words that have come to embody the... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
28 min listen
Nikola Tesla and the Wireless World: The Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla is known as one of the fathers of electricity, the curious genius behind alternating current (AC), the victor in the so-called War of the Currents. But in this episode of The First, starting in the year 1893,... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
29 min listen
The Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Revolution: The Story of the First Bikini: In 1907, the professional swimmer Annette Kellerman was arrested on a Massachusetts beach for wearing a revealing bathing suit -- a skin-tight black ensemble which covered most of her body. Less than forty years later, in 1946, the owner of a... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
31 min listen
The Calling: Thomas Watson and the First Telephone: You may know the story of Alexander Graham Bell and his world famous invention. You may know that Bell made the very first phone call. But do you know the story of the man who ANSWERED that call? His name was Thomas Augustus Watson. He met Bell when... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
28 min listen
This Morbid Invention: The First Electric Chair: The harnessing of electricity by the great inventors of the Gilded Age introduced the world to the miracle of light at all hours of the day. But exposure to electricity's raw power was dangerous to man and a few thought this useful... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
28 min listen
The First Song Ever Recorded: Imagine if we could hear the voices of Abraham Lincoln, Queen Victoria or Frederick Douglass? Believe it or not, somebody was making audio recordings as far back as the 1850s. This is the story of the first audio recordings ever made and the oldest... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
11 min listen
The Big Story of Old Bet: The First Circus Elephant: This year marks the end to the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus and, with it, the end of the traditional American circus. Once at the core of the American circus was the performing elephant. Today we understand that such... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
29 min listen
Unimate and the Rise of the Robots: Robots conjure up thoughts of distant technological landscapes and even apocalyptic scenarios, but the truth is, robots are a very old creation, tracing back to the ancient world. We can thank science fiction writers for inventing new and... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
34 min listen
The Bowery Wizards: A History of Early American Tattoos: The art of tattooing is as old as written language but it would require the contributions of a few 19th century New York tattoo artists -- and a young inventor with no tattoos whatsoever -- to take this ancient art to the next level. This is the story... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
24 min listen
Lightning Strikes: Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Experiment: How much do you know about one of the most famous scientific experiments in American history? In 1752 Benjamin Franklin and his son William performed a dangerous act of experimentation, conjuring one of nature's most lethal powers from the air itself.... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
31 min listen
Josephine and the Dish-Washing Machine: Of the tens of thousands of U.S. patents granted in the 19th century, only a small fraction were held by women. One of those women -- Josephine Cochrane -- would change the world by solving a simple household problem. While throwing lavish dinner... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
26 min listen
$Josephine and the Dish-Washing Machine: Of the tens of thousands of U.S. patents granted in the 19th century, only a small fraction were held by women. One of those women -- Josephine Cochrane -- would change the world by solving a simple household problem. While throwing lavish dinner...$
Franklin Gothic: The Invention of Benjamin Franklin: Benjamin Franklin did more in his first forty years than most people do in an entire lifetime. Had he not played a pivotal role in the creation of the United States of America, he still would have been considered an icon in the fields of publishing,... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
35 min listen
The Devil and The First Broadway Musical: The Black Crook is considered the first-ever Broadway musical, a dizzying, epic-length extravaganza of ballerinas, mechanical sets, lavish costumes and a storyline about the Devil straight out of a twisted hallucination. The show took New York by... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
24 min listen
The Rebel: America's Founding Inventor: Benjamin Franklin was the most famous American in the world by the time of the Revolutionary War, known as a writer, inventor and philosopher. But as an old man, he would earn another title -- rebel. By the time of the Boston Massacre, Dr. Franklin... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
40 min listen
The Secret History of Soft Drinks: A Tale In Four Flavors: There is something very, very bizarre about a can of soda. How did this sugary, bubbly beverage – dark brown, or neon orange, or grape, or whatever color Mountain Dew is – how did THIS become such an influential force in American... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
30 min listen
The Real Housewives of Early America: The Story of the First American Cookbook: “Over the river and through the woods” into the history of early American cuisine. The first published European cookbooks in the world weren’t meant to enshrine ideal meals but rather to inform a woman of her place in the household with... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
30 min listen
How Electric Light Changed Christmas Forever: That string of multi-colored Christmas lights wrapped around your tree (or your house) is far more influential to American history than you might think. The first electric Christmas lights debuted in 1882, shortly after the invention of the... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
29 min listen
The Lost Highway: America's First Cross Country Road: In 1900, there were about 8,000 registered automobiles in the United States. They were a genuine novelty. Those that attempted to go on 'road trips' met with a frustrating reality -- there were no drivable roads, no unified road maps, no nation-wide... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
34 min listen
The Plant Doctor: The Extraordinary George Washington Carver: How much do you know about George Washington Carver, the man born into slavery who became America’s most famous botanist in the first half of the 20th century? He didn’t discover the peanut, a legume commonplace in the human diet for thousands of... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
32 min listen
The First Apartment Building in America (A Stuyvesant Story): Apartment living is something we take for granted today, the option for those who can't afford or don't desire a private home. But how did this type of living situation become popular in the United States? In mid-19th century New York, people lived in... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
25 min listen

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The First Apartment Building in America (A Stuyvesant Story): Apartment living is something we take for granted today, the option for those who can't afford or don't desire a private home. But how did this type of living situation become popular in the United States? In mid-19th century New York, people lived in... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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The Lost Highway: America's First Cross Country Road: In 1900, there were about 8,000 registered automobiles in the United States. They were a genuine novelty. Those that attempted to go on 'road trips' met with a frustrating reality -- there were no drivable roads, no unified road maps, no nation-wide... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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How Electric Light Changed Christmas Forever: That string of multi-colored Christmas lights wrapped around your tree (or your house) is far more influential to American history than you might think. The first electric Christmas lights debuted in 1882, shortly after the invention of the... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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The Rebel: America's Founding Inventor: Benjamin Franklin was the most famous American in the world by the time of the Revolutionary War, known as a writer, inventor and philosopher. But as an old man, he would earn another title -- rebel. By the time of the Boston Massacre, Dr. Franklin... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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Lightning Strikes: Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Experiment: How much do you know about one of the most famous scientific experiments in American history? In 1752 Benjamin Franklin and his son William performed a dangerous act of experimentation, conjuring one of nature's most lethal powers from the air itself.... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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Franklin Gothic: The Invention of Benjamin Franklin: Benjamin Franklin did more in his first forty years than most people do in an entire lifetime. Had he not played a pivotal role in the creation of the United States of America, he still would have been considered an icon in the fields of publishing,... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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The Secret History of Soft Drinks: A Tale In Four Flavors: There is something very, very bizarre about a can of soda. How did this sugary, bubbly beverage – dark brown, or neon orange, or grape, or whatever color Mountain Dew is – how did THIS become such an influential force in American... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
30 min listen
The Devil and The First Broadway Musical: The Black Crook is considered the first-ever Broadway musical, a dizzying, epic-length extravaganza of ballerinas, mechanical sets, lavish costumes and a storyline about the Devil straight out of a twisted hallucination. The show took New York by... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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The Bowery Wizards: A History of Early American Tattoos: The art of tattooing is as old as written language but it would require the contributions of a few 19th century New York tattoo artists -- and a young inventor with no tattoos whatsoever -- to take this ancient art to the next level. This is the story... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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The First Song Ever Recorded: Imagine if we could hear the voices of Abraham Lincoln, Queen Victoria or Frederick Douglass? Believe it or not, somebody was making audio recordings as far back as the 1850s. This is the story of the first audio recordings ever made and the oldest... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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Josephine and the Dish-Washing Machine: Of the tens of thousands of U.S. patents granted in the 19th century, only a small fraction were held by women. One of those women -- Josephine Cochrane -- would change the world by solving a simple household problem. While throwing lavish dinner... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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Nikola Tesla and the Wireless World: The Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla is known as one of the fathers of electricity, the curious genius behind alternating current (AC), the victor in the so-called War of the Currents. But in this episode of The First, starting in the year 1893,... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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The Big Story of Old Bet: The First Circus Elephant: This year marks the end to the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus and, with it, the end of the traditional American circus. Once at the core of the American circus was the performing elephant. Today we understand that such... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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Unimate and the Rise of the Robots: Robots conjure up thoughts of distant technological landscapes and even apocalyptic scenarios, but the truth is, robots are a very old creation, tracing back to the ancient world. We can thank science fiction writers for inventing new and... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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The Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Revolution: The Story of the First Bikini: In 1907, the professional swimmer Annette Kellerman was arrested on a Massachusetts beach for wearing a revealing bathing suit -- a skin-tight black ensemble which covered most of her body. Less than forty years later, in 1946, the owner of a... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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This Morbid Invention: The First Electric Chair: The harnessing of electricity by the great inventors of the Gilded Age introduced the world to the miracle of light at all hours of the day. But exposure to electricity's raw power was dangerous to man and a few thought this useful... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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The Cow and The Country Boy (The First Vaccine): This is the story of the first vaccine, perhaps one of the greatest inventions in modern human history. Starring -- a country doctor with a love of birds, a milkmaid with translucent skin, an eight-year-old boy with no idea what he's in for and a... by The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences
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