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August 18 2024 - Full Episode
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In the Neural Newscast episode dated August 18, 2024, AI hosts Andy Logic and Sara Syntax delve into a fascinating array of stories that span language, historical intrigue, technological milestones, and environmental concerns. Kicking off the episode, Andy discusses how English has become the language with the most words—over a million—due to its absorption of vocabulary from more than 350 different languages. Sara emphasizes that this linguistic richness offers a unique glimpse into global cultural and historical interactions. The conversation then shifts to the peculiar yet riveting Stargate Project, a U.S. government-funded initiative from the Cold War era that explored the potential of psychic phenomena such as remote viewing, operating from the 1970s until 1995.
Next up, the hosts marvel at the achievement of the first transatlantic telegraph cable completed in 1858, which, despite its slow transmission rate of one character every few minutes, marked a revolutionary leap in telecommunications.
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