Listen to Your Voicemail

Download
Telephone answering machines did not become widespread until the 1960s. At that time they were quite bulky machines and usually to be found only in offices.
( SSPL/Getty Images )
Hosted by Manoush Zomorodi
Music Credits: "Sufficient" by Jack Ventimiglia from BWN , "National Waltzing" by Justin Asher, ASCAP from BWN Catalog , "Quiet Smile" by Cullen Fitzpatrick, ASCAP from BWN Music , "Recast" by Michael Berry from BWN Music , "Parrots" by Kenneth J. Brahmstedt , "Toy Horseride" by Jack Ventimiglia from BWN Music
WNYC Studios