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Electric Kids

Podcast: The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families
Published: May 30, 2025
Duration seconds: 2040
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Summary

Philo Farnsworth loved electricity so much he came up with a way to invent television - as a 14 year old! Centuries beforehand Stephen Gray, a British scientist, learned more about electricity than anyone before him - and he used children to show how it worked!