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Patented: History of Inventions

This podcast investigates the curious history of invention and innovation. Did Thomas Edison take credit for things he didn’t actually invent? What everyday items have surprising origins? And would man have ever got to the moon without… the bra?Each episode host Dallas Campbell dives into stories of flukey discoveries, erased individuals and merky marketing ploys with the help of experts, scientists and historians.Expect new episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Hosted on Acast. See

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44:59

Karaoke: The History

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/07/19

When you think about it, the Karaoke machine is a simple invention. Basically two existing inventions, the tape deck and the microphone, were stuck together, add some lyrics on a screen and BOOM, you have Karaoke.Anyone could have thought of it. And indeed Karaoke machines were independently invented five times in a row between 1967 and 1972…But the funny thing is that ALL FIVE times are in Japan.Why was Japan so desperate to invent the Karaoke machine in the late sixties? Who was the first? And

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38:03

Ectoplasm: Seances & the Rise of Spiritualism

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/07/16

Communicating with the dead has a long and winding history. The rise of seances and the showmanship of paranormal activity rose to prominence in the late 19th century.Spiritualism was entering a new wave, and communicating with the spirit world was now making itself physically evident through bodily manifestations of Mystics. Enter Ectoplasm.For some of us, our first introduction to Ectoplasm was seeing it on the big screen watching Bill Murray get slimed in Ghostbusters, or Regan excreting from the

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31:03

Fish & Chips: The Unexpected Origins of Britain's...

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/07/12

Fish and Chips. About 382 million portions of the iconic national dish are consumed every year. That works out to around 6 servings per person, per year!But who invented it?Panikos Panayi, the Author of Fish and Chips: A History and will be serving up a steaming portion of deep-friend facts today.Get ready to tuck into a delicious history of one of Britain’s most iconic dishes.Edited by Tom Delargy, Produced by Sophie Gee & Alex Carlon. Senior Producer is Charlotte LongDiscover the past on History

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32:50

Black Boxes: Recording Airplanes' Final Moments

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/07/09

They can survive in lava for half an hour and accelerations of 3,400 Gs. Their beacons can be detected 20,000 feet beneath the waves. Most shocking of all - they aren't actually black! (They're bright orange = the least common colour in nature.)Today it's the invention of the iconic Black Box (or Flight Recorder). We'll meet David Warren, the Australian who invented them. We'll learn how they work and try to fathom the strange fascination they hold.Edited by Tom Delargy, Produced by Freddy Chick,

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29:51

Rise and Fall of Cinema

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/07/05

What was the first cinema? When were the heydays of cinema-going and where are we now? How has the experience of going to the cinema changed?Today’s show is about the rise and fall of cinema. Or should that be the rise and fall and rise again of the cinema.Dallas's guest is Trevor Griffiths, historian at the University of Edinburgh who studied the history of cinemas and cinema-going in Scotland and beyond.Edited by Siobhan Dale, Produced by Sophie Gee, Senior Producer is Charlotte LongDiscover the

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39:45

Dogs: Domesticating Wolves, Inventing Breeds (&...

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/07/02

How do we go from wolves to modern dogs? And where do Killer Beavers fit into the story?Humans domesticated wolves long before any other animal (or even any plants). Yet what exactly happened is shrouded in mystery.We cover ancient origins, the explosion of breeds in the Victorian era, and some very strange experiments in Soviet Russia.Dallas’s guest today is Greger Larson, an evolutionary geneticist at Oxford University.Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and

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36:26

Ejector Seats: Death Defying Invention

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/06/28

"Eject! Eject!" Imagine hearing that and the next second flying out into the sky at hundreds of miles an hour, your life in the hands of a chair. Luckily it's a very special chair that has rockets, restraining harnesses, parachutes and more.Today is the story of the invention of Ejector Seats and there's no one better to tell it than John Nichol, who had to eject while on duty in the first Gulf War. His new book "Eject! Eject!" is out now.Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original

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34:55

McDonald's: Roadside Stand to Worldwide Brand

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2023/06/25

Every second McDonald’s sells 75 hamburgers. It serves 70 million customers each day (more than the population of the UK). All this began at a roadside stand manned by two brothers: Dick and Mac McDonald (no joke). Then along came Ray Kroc who turned the roadside business into a global brand.To hear the origin story of McDonald’s Dallas is joined by Lisa Napoli, author of Ray & Joan : The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All AwayEdited by Tom Delargy, Produced by Freddy

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35:53

Kitchens

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/06/21

Who invented the Kitchen? It might seem silly to ask that but there is in fact one kitchen that people point to as the mother-of-all-kitchens. It was built in 1926 in the middle of a German housing crisis, by an architect called Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. It became known simply as the "Frankfurt Kitchen".Dallas is joined by S.E. Eisterer, a historian of architecture who has long been fascinated by Schütte-Lihotzky, her kitchens and her life.For more on this check out:“Die Frankfurter Küche,” (The

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33:47

Pride Flag: Birth of a Rainbow

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/06/18

The first ever Pride Flag was 30 ft high and 60 ft wide. A suitably epic beginning for a flag that has had a massive impact on the world.Who design that first flag? Why? And is Judy Garland involved in all this?Dallas is talking to Journalist Jake Hall, author of The Art of Drag.Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte LongDiscover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, James

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31:24

Pencils: A Surprising History

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2023/06/14

Is the pencil an example of perfect design? What is the greatest pencil of all time? What does a fallen down tree in the Lake District have to do with its invention?Dallas talks to Caroline Weaver, pencil expert and author of“Pencils You Should Know: A History of the Ultimate Writing Utensil in 75 Anecdotes” about the origins of the pencil.Edited by Tom Delargy, Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte LongDiscover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and

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32:51

Locks and the Great Lock Controversy

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/06/11

In Victorian England, a prisoner was promised their freedom if only they could pick a lock...This week on Patented it's the history of locks and the wild stories of the race for perfect security during the Industrial Revolution. Culminating in the Great Lock Controversy of 1851.Dallas's guest is David Churchill, a historian of locks and security at the University of Leeds.Discover the past on History Hit with ad-free original podcasts and documentaries released weekly presented by world renowned

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28:21

Suffragette Scientists

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/06/07

Hold onto your lab coats, because the suffragette scientists are here to shake things up! Patricia Fara, author of A Lab of One's Own, joins Dallas to tell the stories of forgotten pioneers of invention during the Suffragette era.Patricia and Dallas also discuss the wider question of why there are so many more men in the history of invention than women (at least in our telling of it).You can take part in our listener surveyhere.

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33:04

Hieroglyphs

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/06/04

Vulture. Snake. Baboon in a Basket. Get ready for hieroglyphs, history, and hilarity as Dallas talks to Egyptologist Chris Naunton.We discover the mysteries of the Narmer Palette and the birth of hieroglyphs, crack the code with the Rosetta Stone and ponder where Emojis fit into the story.Edited by Tom Delargy, Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte LongYou can take part in our listener surveyhere.

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32:52

Stone Tools: The First Ever Invention

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2023/05/31

Stone Tools are technology 1.0. They’re where it all begins. For millions of years, Stone Tools were our primary piece of technology. At some point we became dependent on them for survival. They became a defining part of what it meant to be human.Dallas's guest today is John Shea, an anthropologist whose latest book is The Unstoppable Human Species: The Emergence of Homo sapiens in Prehistory.Edited by Tom Delargy, Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long

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40:39

Colours: from Cave Paint to Nanotube Black

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/05/28

There's a theory that the invention of paint had something to do with the dawn of humanity. We are on a never-ending quest to create brighter, better colours. From grinding rocks, to crushing bugs, concocting chemicals and now manipulating nanotubes - a mind-boggling array of beautiful pigments and dyes litter our history.Today's guest is Kassia St Clair, author of international bestseller The Secret Lives of Colours.Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long

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37:02

Inventing Disneyland: The First Themepark

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/05/24

Giant mouse ears at the ready, we're off to Disneyland! Hop on board and travel with us inside Walt Disney's mind (for better or for worse). We discover how he came up with the idea, what it all means, and how his dream of a Utopian city led indirectly to the Magic Kingdom.Dallas's guest today is Sabrina Mittermeier, author of 'A Cultural History of Disneyland Theme Parks: Middle Class Kingdoms'.Edited by Tom Delargy, Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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35:08

Rise and Fall of Encyclopedias

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/05/21

The 15th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, published in 1974, cost $32 million to create. The largest investment in publishing history. And yet you can now buy the complete set for pennies.Who invented encyclopedias? Who wrote for them? And why did Samuel Taylor Coleridge get so upset about them?Dallas is joined by Simon Garfield, author of All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia.

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37:09

Inventing Bond: Wiretapping

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/05/17

We live in a world where everything is bugged. We all know we are being monitored. The surprising thing is that this is nothing new.From tapped telegraph wires to bugged Martini olives, Dallas is finding out about the history of Wiretapping with Brian Hochman, author of The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States.Before that though Dallas chats to comedian, writer and masterful impersonator Anil Desai. Can Dallas finally learn how to do a Sean Connery impression?

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38:05

Chicken Nuggets: A Bitesized History

Patented: History of Inventions ·

2023/05/14

The most famous chicken nugget of them all, the McDonald’s McNugget, turns 40 this year. So we’re asking, who invented the Chicken Nugget?Enter food-scientist Robert Baker who came up with them twenty years before the McNugget was even a glimmer in Ronald McDonald's eye. Baker was a poultry alchemist who could turn a chicken into anything he wanted. And he did it all to try to save the chicken farmers he loved so much.Editing and sound design by Stuart Beckwith, Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior

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