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Episode 389: The First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

In this week's episode, hear about the series of ridiculous setbacks and disasters that took place as part of the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable, a revolutionary step forward in global communications. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Inventions Episode 49: The Personal Computer

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  QAH Episode 139: The SS Princess Alice Disaster

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  Update: On Recent Episodes Being Late and a Few Other Things Too

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  Episode 388: Beatrix Potter, the Enterprising Author

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  Inventions Episode 48: The Pill

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  QAH Episode 138: The Mad Trapper of Rat River

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  Episode 387: Nations Named After People

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  Inventions Episode 47: Velcro

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  QAH Episode 137: W.G. Grace, the Great Cricketer

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  Episode 386: The History of the Ashes

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  QAH Episode 136: The Petrov Affair

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  Episode 385: The 1975 Australian Constitutional Crisis

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  Inventions Episode 45: The Ballpoint Pen

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  QAH Episode 135: Robert Curthose, the Mutinous Elder Brother

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  Episode 384: History’s Problematic Princes