REWIND: Payphones, Pagers, & Passing Notes

About this episode

The episode explores how communication methods in the past shaped the lives of GenX'ers.

It’s hard to image that there was a time where you couldn’t get in contact with just about anybody, anywhere, anytime. In this week’s episode, we look at how our lives were different growing up as GenX’ers and how the way we communicated affected our lives. How did we survive? We did — pretty well actually. Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownupFacebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUpTwitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitterWebsite » GenXGrownUp.comPodcast » GenXGrownUp.com/podMerchandise » GenXGrownUp.com/merchTheme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com iTunes » itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/genxgrownup-podcast/id1268365641Google » play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iuthetoh4i5abybbnn4em36icwiPocket Casts » pca.st/8iuLStitcher » www.stitcher.com/s?fid=146720&refid=stprTuneIn » tunein.com/radio/GenXGrownUp-Podcast-p1020342/Spotify » spoti.fi/2TB4LR7 Show Notes: Life before mobile phones » groovyhistory.com/life-before-cell-phones From smoke signals to mobile phones » bit.ly/2NI6IZQ How to pass notes in school » www.wikihow.com/Pass-Notes-in-Class History of the rotary phones » www.techwalla.com/articles/history-of-the-rotary-phone What killed the pay phone? » bit.ly/2k3ArPW Superman and the wrong a pay…

People in this episode

Host: Beefy

Topics covered

• communication
• GenX
• nostalgia
• technology

Keywords

• payphones
• pagers
• notes
• mobile phones

Mentioned in this episode

Products: payphones, pagers, rotary phones

Books & works: Grown Up

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