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Feb 2022
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EP196: The Transatlantic Cable: A Thread...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Historian John Steele Gordon tells the story of how the telegraph went from Samuel Morse to winning WWI and how one man spearheaded the effort to connect America to Great Britain and, in doing so, the rest of the world. Scott Gilbert shares the impact he has had as the president of the Roaring Fourth Valley Chapter of Habitat For Humanity by teaching life skills to people in prison.

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00:00 - The Transatlantic Cable: A Thread Across the Ocean

35:00 - I Retired At 50, And Was Bored....So I Served People

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