Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Innovation Historian Jason Voiovich to explore how many of today’s iconic products, entertainment, and cultural heroes trace their origins to the Great Depression. This era once again demonstrates that hardship often paves the road to innovation.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Introductions
1:12 - The Role of a Fractional Chief Officer
3:54 - Understanding Innovations Throughout History
6:07 - The Difference Between History and Memory
6:42 - What is Jason’s Book About, How Jason Tells Stories Differently, and How The Great Depression Was A Time of Innovation
12:14 - When Was The Great Depression and Why Was it “Great”?
18:58 - The Psychological Impacts of the Great Depression
20:32 - The Psychological Impacts of the Great Depression
20:32 - The Refrigerator: A Symbol of Change
27:28 - Lessons from The Great Depression
32:09 - The Impact of Change on Innovation and Embracing Innovation in Difficult times
36:53 - Photography as a Means of Immortality and The Impact of Color in Visual Storytelling
45:10 - Documenting History: The Role of Photography in The Great Depression
48:47 - The Surprising Origins of Monopoly
01:01:23 - Exploring Diverse Topics In Innovation History
EPISODE LINKS:
Jason Voiovich - https://jasontvoiovich.com/
Substack - https://innovationhistory.substack.com/p/rededicating-innovation-history?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Bullfrogs, Bingo, and the Little House on the Prairie: How Innovators of the Great Depression Made the Best of the Worst of Times - TBD
Great Depression - https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Depression
Scarface and the Untouchable - https://www.harpercollins.com/products/scarface-and-the-untouchable-max-allan-collinsa-brad-schwartz?variant=32207533146146
Florida Land Boom - https://tampabayhistorycenter.org/exhibit/sharps-marks-in-paradise-selling-florida-in-the-1920s/
Dust Bowl - https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/great-depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945/dust-bowl/
The Grapes of Wrath - https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Grapes-of-Wrath
Rahm Emanuel - https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/e000287
Snow White - https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/snow-white-radio
Monopoly - https://www.britannica.com/sports/Monopoly-board-game
Lizzie Magie - https://blogs.bl.uk/business/2023/03/lizzie-magie-and-the-history-of-monopoly-1.html
Charles Darrow - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-B-Darrow
Father Coughlin - https://exhibitions.ushmm.org/americans-and-the-holocaust/personal-story/charles-coughlin
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