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In July 1979, mobile technology was born in Tokyo. It wasn’t the Internet or the mobile phone. It was the Sony Walkmen that transformed the way we experience the world. Sources: Episode Sources: https://www.businessinsider.com/history-listening-to-music-recorded-walkman-2019-6?r=US&IR=T#in-1981-the-new-york-times-wrote-that-the-cassette-player-was-the-most-eagerly-wished-for-of-all-gifts-the-device-allowed-people-to-not-only-listen-to-recorded-music-but-easily-make-their-own-recordings-too-this-gave-birth-to-the-mixtape-era-in-which-people-could-record-songs-they-heard-on-the-radio-10 https://mymodernmet.com/?p=218368 https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/7/7/20683049/retro-bluetooth-cassette-tape-player-kickstarter https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/loud-and-clear/ https://pitchfork.com/news/bjork-reissuing-all-9-albums-as-multicolor-cassettes/ Episode Excerpt: We’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of a technology that half of our listeners have never heard of, let alone used. We’re celebra