As Jimmy Buffet sings, "Some people claim that there's a woman to blame." Was there? In Episode 51, Jay Douglas tells the story of Y2K and Grace Murray Hopper.
Popular Culture
If you're just finishing up the toilet paper and AAA batteries you bought for Y2K, you might be interested in who's responsible for Y2K in the first place.
Woman’s Work
Whose idea it was to sing the call letters of your favorite radio stations? Episode 49 tells the story of Bill Meeks and the modern radio jingle.
Episode 049—Always On Your Mind
2 Remember the radio station jingles you grew up with? Of course you do. They're still stuck in your head. Who's responsible for that? Actually, Bill Meeks.
Always On Your Mind
2 In Episode 48, host Jay Douglas answers the question What happens when two media titans start a brawl over replacing the 78rpm record? Hear the hole story (not a typo).
Episode 048 — On The Record
The Columbia fight song, "Roar Lion Roar," did not inspire Howard Dietz to create the M-G-M lion. It just a more palatable story than the truth.