{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65b9bec20210690018d12df4/6661713c6a3b3e0012127de8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"I Just Called To Say Ahoy","description":"<p>In this episode, Clara takes Sabrina on a hometown history fieldtrip, and calls on the past to talk about the notorious AGB (Alexander Graham Bell). From beginnings in Scotland making talking machines for his elocutionist Father, to believing telegraph lines could send so much more than morse code, Alec was truly ahead of his time. So grab your landlines and dial in to find out how we almost said “Ahoy” instead of “Hello”! </p><p><br></p><p>SOURCES:\t</p><p>Reluctant Genius; The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell, by Charlotte Gray (book)</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia - Alexander Graham Bell</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Graham-Bell\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Britannica - Alexander Graham Bell</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/alexander-graham-bell\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Canadian Encyclopedia - Alexander Graham Bell</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://ragpiano.com/lyrics/lyhello.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rag Piano - Hello, Ma Baby</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.songfacts.com/facts/arthur-collins/hello-ma-baby\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Songfacts - Hello! Ma Baby</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/11/world-hello-day-history-greeting/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Saturday Evening Post - World Hello Day: History of a Greeting</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello!_Ma_Baby\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia - Hello! Ma Baby</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/02/17/133785829/a-shockingly-short-history-of-hello\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NPR - A (Shockingly) Short History Of 'Hello'</a></p>","author_name":"Clara and Sabrina"}