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Pessimists Aloud

A podcast by: Pessimists Aloud

Real, cynical old articles about new things read aloud. Based on @PessimistsArc

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11 Episodes

😷 'S.F. Feels Good Without Mask' - 1918, The San Francisco Examiner
Published 2021-12-09

📻 Weird, Ghostly and “Supernatural” Antics of the Radio (1931)
Published 2021-10-31
✈️ “A Skeptical Nation Visits Upon the Airplane the Doubts it Once Felt for the Automobile" - The New York Times, 1928
Published 2021-09-27
💉 'An Absurd Prejudice' - The New York Times, 1875
Published 2021-08-27
📺 'The Lazy Half-Wit Comes Into His Own - A British Writer Reveals His Views on The Drawbacks of Mass Communication' (1953)
Published 2021-08-02
✈️ 'The Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly' - The New York Times, October 9th, 1903
Published 2021-07-19
📷 “Photographs are made to lie” (1897) + 🚲 “Bicycle Insanity” (1896)
Published 2021-07-15
🪞 'Those Deadly Little Mirrors' - Chicago Tribune, 1912
Published 2021-07-03
♟️'Chess Playing Excitement' - Scientific American, 1859
Published 2021-06-26
📖 ‘Reading in Bed’ (1909) + ✈️ ‘Aeroplane Face’ (1908)
Published 2021-06-18
🎙 "Mr. Edison Has Invented Too Many Things" - The New York Times, 1878
Published 2021-06-02

Real, cynical old articles about new things read aloud. Based on @PessimistsArc.