{"id":20664,"date":"2016-08-17T06:39:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T10:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20664"},"modified":"2016-08-17T06:39:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T10:39:07","slug":"abc-radio-national-interviews-author-of-new-marconi-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/abc-radio-national-interviews-author-of-new-marconi-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC Radio National interviews author of new Marconi biography"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Guglielmo<\/a>

Guglielmo Marconi<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, John Figliozzi<\/a>, who shared a link the following radio program via the Shortwave Programs<\/a> email list. John writes:<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an interesting segment<\/a> heard recently on ABC<\/span> Radio National\u2019s and Radio Australia’s \u201cLate Night Live\u201d:<\/p>\n

Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World<\/strong><\/a> is a new biography of Guglielmo Marconi: Nobel Laureate , entrepreneur, inventor and Fascist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marconi, the inventor of wireless technology was constantly self inventing and reinventing his life story. One thing is certain , Marconi helped create our modern world of communications and media.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Click here to listen to the full interview on ABC Radio National’s website<\/a>, or simply listen via the embedded player below:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/mpegmedia.abc.net.au\/rn\/podcast\/2016\/08\/lnl_20160811_2205.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to view Marconi: The Man Who Networked The World on Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Figliozzi, who shared a link the following radio program via the Shortwave Programs email list. John writes: Here\u2019s an interesting segment heard recently on ABC Radio National\u2019s and Radio Australia’s \u201cLate Night Live\u201d: Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World is a new biography of Guglielmo Marconi: Nobel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,288],"tags":[86,5368,1314,646,362],"class_list":["post-20664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-history","tag-abc","tag-abc-radio-national","tag-guglielmo-marconi","tag-marconi","tag-radio-documentary"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5ni","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4266,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/national-radio-day-2012\/","url_meta":{"origin":20664,"position":0},"title":"National Radio Day 2012","author":"Thomas","date":"August 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Today in the US, it's National Radio Day--a day to acknowledge the significance of radio technology and the way it has shaped our past, shapes our present, and continues to shape our future. 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Encouraged by her friendship with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elettra-poster.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elettra-poster.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elettra-poster.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31726,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/international-marconi-day-announcement\/","url_meta":{"origin":20664,"position":3},"title":"International Marconi Day Announcement","author":"Thomas","date":"April 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Eric McFadden, for sharing the following announcement for International Marconi Day. 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