{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ecd56a319d181351d9d75b5/5ecd572374017b0c8fd5dd7f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Quarantine Without INTERNET? Andy IHNATKO's Alternate History!","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ecd56a319d181351d9d75b5/7dac0fa3c7a5862b346aea64f50bbe0f.jpg?height=200","description":"As difficult as the global LOCKDOWN has been, we're fortunate to have a lot of modern technology making it somewhat easier to adapt to a world of massive ISOLATION.\n\nBut What The IF... We had the pandemic, but NO INTERNET?\n\nAside from the ancient technology of SOAP and masks, the internet is the single greatest intervention being used to help civilization adapt to life under quarantine.\n\nANDY IHNATKO, the brilliant technology journalist and beloved raconteur joins us (yay!) as we create an engrossing ALTERNATE HISTORY in which the PANDEMIC smacked the world… in the 1980’s! \n\nAndy Ihnatko is a tech writer for WGBH. He was The Chicago Sun-Times tech columnist for nearly twenty years and a Macworld columnist for more than two decades.\n\nLearn more about Andy!\nIhnatko.com\nTwitter: @ihnatko\nInstagram: @ihnatko\nFlickr: andyi\nBoston Public Radio: WGBH.org\nMacBreak Weekly: twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly\nMaterial Podcast: relay.fm/material\n\n---\n\nSpecial thanks to Kyle Crichton, Howard Zheng and Illia Zheng for their help with the show.\n\n---\n\nLike the show? Share your love for the IF by dropping a review on Apple Podcasts! itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1250517051?mt=2&ls=1 or on the podcast service of your choice!\n\nSubscribe (free!) at our website WhatTheIF.com and never miss an episode!\n\nKeep On IFFin',\nPhilip & Matt,\nWhatTheIF.com","author_name":"Philip Shane & Matt Stanley"}