I really love the radio podcasts about early recordings. Simultaneously a lesson in history and technology and art

Just so cool. The episodes from the 1930’s are like entering an auditory museum. And the contemporary episodes (2018 & 2019) have a really eclectic mix of music. Probably 2/3 of which I’ve never heard before, but I really appreciate the wide variety. What an excellent project. My favorite recent podcast discovery, thanks to being featured on The Browser newsletter.

Thanks for doing this! How cool.

I really love listening to these podcasts. It’s like opening a bottle found on the beach, and finding a legible 100 year-old note inside! Thank you!

This podcast is a treasure, collecting horrendously obscure material from the early days of recording technology. At the moment of this writing the author has just moved into the 1900s, leaving behind a trail of 1890s snippets of bawdy jokes and army bands, which apparently were the most logical things to record on such primitive equipment. It's all tremendously fascinating, both as a document of recording technology and of what was valued by around-1900 consumer culture.