The Nostalgic Nerds Podcast
A podcast exploring the history of technology, and what it teaches us about now.
The Nostalgic Nerds Podcast
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S3E05 - A (sort of) Clip Show
Prophecy is a poor trade. The pay is parlous and nobody thanks you. A year on we went back to three predictions: precipitation, power, and proving you're a person. We prognosticated, we were patronised, and then we were proved right, which is m...
S3E05 Bonus - It Got Worse
Every once in a while, Renee and Marc go back and talk about things from previous episodes that have changed over the last year or so. In this episode, they decided to share that conversation with everyone else. Mostly because thing...
S3E04 - The Meter in the Basement
The Gas Meter. Wait, what? We're doing an episode about gas meters? That's pretty nerdy even for Renee and Marc isn't it? Yes. It ticks all the Nostalgic Nerds Podcast check-boxes.It's invisible infrastructureI...
S3E04 Bonus - Never Broken
Tune in Thursday for this week's episode all about Gas Meters. You know we love invisible infrastructure and the gas meter is one of those things that worked for 180 years with very little change...and now natural gas is fading out very slowly ...
