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Advent of Computing

Rank
80
Score
10
People
13
Months
12
Years
2020–2026

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Why people recommend it

I highly recommend Sean Haas's Advent of Computing podcast, which bills itself as "the show that talks about the shocking, intriguing, and all too often relevant history of computing."

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Entertainingly clarified in the wonderful podcast 'Advent of Computing' ep. 36 [0]. Highly recommended!

was covered in a couple of episodes [0, 1] of the (highly recommended, if I may say) Advent of Computing podcast

The very excellent "Advent of Computing" computer history podcasts had an episode involving The Story of Mel relatively recently

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