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Twitter and the Telegraph

Science evangelist Ainissa Ramirez explains how the Telegraph is a precursor to Twitter.

Aired 01/14/2019

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Twitter and the Telegraph

Clip: Season 5 Episode 12 | 3m 20sVideo has Closed Captions

Science evangelist Ainissa Ramirez explains how the Telegraph is a precursor to Twitter.

Ainissa Ramirez is a scientist author and a self-proclaimed science evangelist. She's the creator of a podcast series called Science Underground. She joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the similarities between the telegraph and the tweet.

Aired 01/14/2019

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