Found in the Machine
Daina BouquinEvery line of code has a story. Most of us just never hear it.
Found in the Machine is a narrative podcast about the forgotten people, decisions, and accidents that quietly shaped the digital world.
If you've ever wondered who actually made the technology you use every day, and why you've never heard their name before, you'll feel at home here. This show is for the curious, not the credentiale... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 17 | Founded | 5 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | TechnologyHistory | |||
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In 1944 the Allies needed to know exactly what the water would do on a coast called "Position Z." So a deaf mathematician and six young women in a basement near Liverpool calculated the future.
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• Arthur Doodson: the deaf mathemati... more
This is the story of how we learned to fake the most natural thing in the world. What it cost us. And the strange places we still go, even now, to steal a little of the real thing back.
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• Bernice Brown: the RAND statistician whose ... more
A brutalist fortress in San Francisco serves as a vital artery for the American internet. In 2003, AT&T technician Mark Klein started noticing strange things on the sixth floor of that building. Strange things about Room 641A.
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Sheet music has always been an invisible treaty. A shared language that belongs to everyone and no one. But fifty years ago, as musicians began shaping sound out of raw electricity, that treaty fell apart.
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• The Broken Treaty: Why e... more
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United States24 days ago - Fascinating!!
This episode on the woven core memory of the Apollo computers is really interesting and Daina does a great job of engaging narration.
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Fantastic narrative! Never thought I’d be impressed with such stories without video. Absolutely brilliant.
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What is Found in the Machine about and what kind of topics does it cover?
Found in the Machine: Forgotten Tech History offers narrative explorations of the people, decisions, and accidents that shaped computing, software, and the internet. Episodes emphasize the often overlooked contributors behind everyday digital technology, from early hardware and infrastructure to the cultural moments that defined how we interact with tech. Stories are accessible to curious listeners rather than requiring a technical background, with a consistent thread of human context, archival research, and the social dimensions of tech history. A noteworthy throughline is the way the show connects technical milestones to real people and communities, highlighting lesser-known engineers, designers, and organizers who quietly funded, built, ... more
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