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I Just Called To Say Ahoy
Episode 21

I Just Called To Say Ahoy

Conjuring Curiosities · Clara Herbert

June 6, 202452m 12sExplicit

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Show Notes

In this episode, Clara takes Sabrina on a hometown history fieldtrip, and calls on the past to talk about the notorious AGB (Alexander Graham Bell). From beginnings in Scotland making talking machines for his elocutionist Father, to believing telegraph lines could send so much more than morse code, Alec was truly ahead of his time. So grab your landlines and dial in to find out how we almost said “Ahoy” instead of “Hello”!


SOURCES:

Reluctant Genius; The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell, by Charlotte Gray (book)


Wikipedia - Alexander Graham Bell


Britannica - Alexander Graham Bell


The Canadian Encyclopedia - Alexander Graham Bell


Rag Piano - Hello, Ma Baby


Songfacts - Hello! Ma Baby


The Saturday Evening Post - World Hello Day: History of a Greeting


Wikipedia - Hello! Ma Baby


NPR - A (Shockingly) Short History Of 'Hello'


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