Cassetternet | Radiolab Presents: MIXTAPE Episode 4

Описание: This episode of MIXTAPE takes you inside the cassette revolution: how it toppled governments, moved information through the Iron Curtain, and put human connection in the palm of our hands.

In 1983, Simon Goodwin had a strange thought: would it be possible to broadcast computer software over the radio? If so, could listeners record it off the air and onto a cassette tape? This experiment and dozens of others in the early ’80s created a series of cassette-fueled, analog internets. They copied and moved information like never before, upended power structures and created an early social network that helped spark the Iranian Revolution.

In the fourth episode of Mixtape — a miniseries about how the cassette changed the world — we examine how these early internets came about, and how the societal and cultural impacts of these analog information networks can still be felt today.

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Film by Mac Premo [  / macpremo  ] and Adrianna Dufay [  / nyadrianna  ]

Episode art by Bryan Ahonen [  / warakami_vaporwave  ]

Mixtape is reported, produced, scored and sound designed by Simon Adler with original music throughout by Simon. Top tier reporting and production assistance was provided by Eli Cohen.

Special thanks to: Alex Sayf Cummings, Martin Maly, Piotr Gawrysiak, Joe Tozer, James Gleick, Jason Rezaian, Gholam Khiabany and Mo Jazi. And to Arash Aziz for helping us every step of the way with our story about Khomeini. And Simon Goodwin for making us that secret code. And to Micah Loewinger to tipping us off to these software radio broadcasts.