Greg Jenner
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Sure.
Yes.
Is that right?
Sort of right, isn't it, Ewan?
Slightly more complicated than mine.
Seems I'm out of my depth too then.
Okay.
So what do you know?
This is the So What Do You Know?
This is where I have a go at guessing what you, our loving listener, might know about today's subject.
And like Catherine, you know what a phone is.
In fact, you're probably listening to this podcast on a phone right now, aren't you, Modern?
But what about the phone's early history and invention?
Maybe you've heard of Alexander Graham Bell, like Catherine had.
Maybe you've seen period movies where people are speaking to complicated-looking contraptions and asking to speak to the operator.
But was Bell really the first inventor?
How did people react to this novel communication technology?
And what does it mean to get your wires crossed?
Let's find out.
Right, Catherine, our big anniversary year was 1876, at least for our purposes.