Mixtape
The story of an earth-shattering technology. A device that upended our politics, connected us like never before and did nothing short of change the world — the cassette tape.
FEATURED EPISODES
Mixtape: The Wandering Soul
Many nights during the Vietnam war, if you listened closely, you’d swear you heard a ghost. Today, the story of that ghost and how it still haunts us today.
40 min
Radiolab
Mixtape: Jack and Bing
Bing Crosby and some stolen Nazi technology won his audience back and changed media forever.
36 min
Radiolab
Mixtape: Dakou
Cassette tapes trashed as scrap brought western rock music to China and created a cultural remix on the grandest possible scale.
51 min
Radiolab
Blanchard's Fire Shut Up in My Bones: A Boy of Peculiar Grace
Sometimes the journey to self-acceptance begins when you find the strength to face your past and leave it the road.
42 min
Aria Code
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