Radio Saved The Eiffel Tower (Cool Weird Awesome 271)

The Eiffel Tower was only supposed to stand in Paris for 20 years... but experiments in "wireless telegraphy" helped convince the powers that be to keep the tower in place.

By |2024-04-30T07:29:44-04:00March 31, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Old-Time Sports Radio Used To Give The Audience Diagrams (Cool Weird Awesome 216)

On this day in 1927, the BBC tried something new for their broadcast of a rugby match between England and Wales: they partnered with Radio Times magazine to publish a diagram of a rugby pitch to help the audience follow the action.

By |2024-09-19T08:40:49-04:00January 15, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Brady on GPB’s “On Second Thought” Talking Concession Speeches

A few years back I talked with Virginia Prescott on NHPR's Word of Mouth about concession speeches. And now we're doing it all over again - but this time it's for Georgia Public Broadcasting's "On Second Thought!"

By |2019-11-04T08:55:26-05:00November 7, 2018|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , |

Brady Talking Presidential Kids On Word of Mouth

U.S. Presidents have the most scrutinized job in the world - and that means their families also go under the proverbial microscope. I got to talk with my pals at NHPR's Word of Mouth about some of the most memorable presidential offspring.

By |2019-10-17T09:04:41-04:00January 6, 2017|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |
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