Everything Everywhere Daily Podcast

The Invention of the Telephone

Published: 16 March 2025 at 09:00 Europe/London

The 19th century was one of rapid technological advancement.

Of all of the innovations to come out of this century, and there were many, perhaps none was more important than that of the telephone.

The telephone radically changed communications, allowing personal communications over long distances.

Despite what many people are often told, this invention wasn’t simply the genius of one man, but was rather something developed over decades.

Learn more about the invention of the telephone and the controversial story surrounding it on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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