“The Wild West of Computing” Live! An Oral History Podcast Performance from Cut Pathways
Channel: Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
Date: 25/04/2022

On April 7, 2022, the Oral History Program premiered "The Wild West of Computing" Live! An Oral History Podcast Performance from Cut Pathways." Hosts Katherine Barbera and David Bernabo take you on a 60-minute journey through the fascinating history of computer science at Carnegie Mellon. Hear voices like Raj Reddy, Jesse Quatse, and Sherri Nichols, and stories about the DARPA grant that started it all, the Coke machine that inspired the Internet of Things, and more. Guest appearances by historian Andrew Meade McGee and curator Sam Lemley, who presents a show-and-tell of early computing machines. Live electronic music by How Things Are Made and real-time story illustrations by multidisciplinary artist and designer Maggie Lynn Negrete.

Created by the Carnegie Mellon University Oral History Program in the University Libraries