Esotechnica
Esotechnica
Podcast Description
Stories of all the oddities, failures, and misfires on our journey to the modern technical era
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The podcast focuses on bizarre inventions and technological failures, with recent episodes highlighting topics such as forgotten inventions from the World War era, including the gas-proof baby carriage and Skinner's baby in a box experiment. It is particularly interested in the cultural context and societal impact surrounding these peculiar artifacts.
Stories of all the oddities, failures, and misfires on our journey to the modern technical era
this pod cures gonorrhea in 2 hours!!!
but fr tho welcome to the pilot episode of esotechnica a pod where we talk about all the strangest artifacts of human inventiveness. today we’re talking about the forgotten inventions of the World War era, or as i like to call it, the golden era of terrible inventions
further reading:
the gas-proof baby carriage https://youtu.be/BWElVqNTkO8
the spruce girls: https://youtu.be/r4k1nNfyuLc
Baby in a Box article: https://media.pluto.psy.uconn.edu/babyinabox.html
Interview with Skinner’s daughter: https://www.schoolforthedogs.com/blog-posts/being-the-baby-in-the-box-bf-skinners-daughter-dispels-the-myths/r/recMjL1uEtGHT47YU
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