Record Booth
An episode of the The Big Ponder podcast, hosted by Goethe-Institut, titled "Record Booth" was published on July 15, 2021 and runs 28 minutes.
July 15, 2021 ·28m · The Big Ponder
Summary
By the 1920s, people had begun using coin-operated record booths to create audio souvenirs — immortalizing their thoughts and feelings on a disc. Cariad Harmon travels to one of the last remaining record booths in Louisville, Kentucky, where she captures her own voice and revisits some touching messages from the past.
Episode Description
By the 1920s, people had begun using coin-operated record booths to create audio souvenirs — immortalizing their thoughts and feelings on a disc. Cariad Harmon travels to one of the last remaining record booths in Louisville, Kentucky, where she captures her own voice and revisits some touching messages from the past.
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