Cut Pathways: Season 2 "The Wild West of Computing" (Trailer)
Channel: Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
Date: 2021-12-01

The second season of Cut Pathways, the oral history podcast from the Carnegie Mellon University Oral History Program, dives into the influential history of computer science at CMU. In a six-episode series, titled “The Wild West of Computing,” hosts Katherine Barbera and David Bernabo along with guests historian Andrew Meade McGee and Sam Lemley, Curator of Special Collections show how the culture surrounding computer science significantly altered the reputation of the school from 1956 to 1987. 

The season covers the early computers that lived in the basement of the business school, the influence of ARPA funding, a personnel crisis in the early 1970s, the emergence of robotics and software in the 1980s, and more. 

Two episodes are devoted to stories from author Pamela McCorduck and former DARPA director Clint Kelly. Cut Pathways will release new episodes weekly starting on December 1, 2021 with another three episodes arriving the following month. Thank you for listening to Cut Pathways!

Tune in: https://cutpathways.podbean.com