Cable Cowboys – The Origins and Ubiquity of Cable TV

A Brief History of Power

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Cable Cowboys – The Origins and Ubiquity of Cable TV

Ep. 247

Aug 04, 2024

Transcript

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about how Cable TV came about and become so popular, the differences between cable and broadcast TV, how the term Cable Cowboys was coined, and the effect that it had on the generation that grew up on it.

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Dr Koontz – Redeemer Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills – Zion Lutheran Church

Discussion about this podcast

A Brief History of Power

Every week Dr. Adam Koontz and Rev. Jonathan Fisk check their privilege against the backdrop of the wide and varied annals of history. You don‘t have to believe the Babel about the sons of Noah being a rosetta for understanding the postmodern global politic to agree that an intellectual dark web exists because history always rhymes, no matter what you try to do about it. You might not save the world by listening, citizen, but that doesn‘t mean you won‘t save someone. Because knowing is only the first half of the battle.

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