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September 05, 2026
E56: Christopher Nolan Made the Wrong Damn Movie | 99th Anniversary Edition
On September 7, 1927, in a San Francisco loft, Philo T. Farnsworth transmitted the first electronic television image—and set in motion the screen-based world...
00:11:21
September 05, 2026
E55: We Interrupt This Program for a Special Bulletin: Countdown #52
On Friday afternoon, November 22, 1963, millions of Americans were following the everyday lives of the Hughes family in the fictional town of Oakdale...
00:13:46
August 30, 2026
E54: That Was the Week That Was: Facing Doom with Satire
Podcast Description The Cuban Missile Crisis demonstrated television's extraordinary ability to place viewers in the middle of history. But once the danger had passed,...
00:12:23
August 23, 2026
E53: The Missiles of October: The Missiles of October: Television On The Brink of Nuclear War
On the evening of October 22, 1962, regular television programming came to an abrupt halt as President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation from...
00:14:33
August 16, 2026
E52: How ABC's Wide World of Sports Transforms The Network - And the Medium
For most of the 1950s, ABC was the forgotten third network—outgunned by NBC and CBS in affiliates, programming, and advertising. But a series of...
00:18:07
August 09, 2026
E51: The Parlor Presidency: How Television Changed American Politics (1960) | Countdown to the Centennial #56
Long before presidents dominated television, they were distant figures known mainly through newspapers and occasional public appearances. Radio brought Franklin Roosevelt’s voice into American...
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