Backtrack: Payphones, Pagers, & Passing Notes
About This Episode
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/genxgrownup
Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp
Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter
Website » GenXGrownUp.com
Podcast » GenXGrownUp.com/pod
Merchandise » GenXGrownUp.com/merch
Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com
iTunes » itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/genxgrownup-podcast/id1268365641
Google » play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iuthetoh4i5abybbnn4em36icwi
Pocket Casts » pca.st/8iuL
Stitcher » www.stitcher.com/s?fid=146720&refid=stpr
TuneIn » 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 phone » youtu.be/lfjTfaeXbp4
- History of pagers » www.thoughtco.com/history-of-pagers-and-beepers-1992315
- History of the mobile phone » bebusinessed.com/history/history-cell-phones/
- Mobile phone dependency » www.health.com/anxiety/cell-phone-addiction
- Email the show » podcast@genxgrownup.com
- Visit us on YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt
About The Author
God this episode was interesting to listen through. Being younger then all of you, I got to grow up as things change. Watching payphones slowly disappear as I was going through high school. Though I’ll say, with the awful shorten texts like THX, I see that from Older people way more than younger people -can’t speak for gen z-. And it is always MADDENING, just spell out your word please!
Great episode!
Thanks, Klonoa! Glad to hear from some 4th listeners who aren’t as old, but still get it!