Tesla: The Life and Times Podcast

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027 - War of the Currents Part 7: Hail Hydro (1889-1893) Dec 01, 2020

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No one wanted to harness Niagara Falls for hydroelectric power longer than Tesla himself. But he and Westinghouse faced liars, cheats, and thieves as they fought to win the final battle of the War of the Currents. Hail hydro!

026 - Tesla - In Tesla's Laboratory (1894) Oct 05, 2020

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Tesla, at the height of his fame, hobnobs with the Gilded Age's 1%. He hosts exclusive events after-hours in his lab, gets up to unusual experiments with Mark Twain, and reveals himself a consummate trickster...

025 - Tesla - A Star Is Born (1894) Sep 08, 2020

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Tesla reputation as a leading man of electrical science grows, and publications and accolades come his way by the handful, thanks in no small part to the help of T.C. Martin, his friend, editor, and hype man.

024b - Tesla Goes to the Movies: MacGyver Aug 03, 2020

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What happens when a rebooted MacGyver and a John Turturro-lookalike as Tesla meet up deep in MacGyver's subconscious? Is MacGyver's mom evil? Was Telsa's hair ever that slick? It's the latest episode of our sub-podcast, "Tesla Goes to the Movies"!

024a - Tesla Goes to the Movies: Doctor Who May 20, 2020

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What happens when everyone's favourite electrical pioneer meets up with everyone's favourite Time Lord? Why, the world gets saved, of course! Join us for this first sub-episode in our new occasional side podcast "Tesla Goes to the Movies"!

024 - Tesla - Good Vibrations (1893) May 11, 2020

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Just what was Tesla up to on the side while working with Westinghouse on both the World's Fair and the bid to win the contract to electrify Niagara Falls?

Tesla in the Time of Coronavirus (Update Episode) May 10, 2020

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Updates, update, updates...

023 - Tesla - Tesla in the White City (1893) Jun 19, 2019

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It was the Fair That Changed America. And it was the chance for Tesla and Westinghouse to show the world the power of their AC system. The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition made Tesla a household name and changed his life forever.

022 - Tesla - War of the Currents Part 6: The Battle of Chicago (1892) Feb 19, 2019

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Westinghouse makes an 11th-hour bid to electrify the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 with Tesla's AC system and GE will do anything to torpedo the deal. Welcome to Thunderdome: two bids enter, one bid leaves...

021 - Tesla - War of the Currents Part 5: The Second Front (1890 - 1892) Nov 05, 2018

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Edison and Westinghouse battle over lightbulbs and high finance as we return to the trenches of the War of the Currents, and see how the war whittled itself down from fifteen combatants to just two...

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