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Word of Mouth: 11/01/2011

11/01/2011

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Michael Rosen celebrates the life of the microphone.

In 1861 Johann P Reis announced that he had invented the microphone. Michael Rosen celebrates 150 noisy years.

In 1861, Johann P. Reis announced that he'd invented the microphone. To celebrate 150 noisy years, Michael Rosen is joined by John Liffen, Curator of Communications at the Science Museum, the social historian, Clare Langhamer, and 'digital futurologist', Peter Cochrane.

Steve Punt, meanwhile, reports from an alternative universe where the microphone was never invented.

Producer: Peter Everett.

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