Lore in the Machine
Every line of code has a story. Most of us just never hear it.
Lore in the Machine
Trailer: Stories From Beyond the Screen
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Every function, framework, and flicker of code has a story.
Introducing Lore in the Machine, a new podcast hosted by Daina Bouquin that uncovers the hidden histories and surprising origins woven into the fabric of computing. Join us as we look beyond the glass screens to find the jokes, late-night desperation, and impossible dreams that built our digital world.
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Lore in the Machine is a podcast about the hidden histories living inside the tools we use every day. Hosted by Daina Bouquin.
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Theme music: "Sparkwood & 21" by James Opie / Nihilore, CC BY 4.0
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We spend half our lives staring into glass. We tap on plastic keys. We drag cursors across glowing screens. The technology we interact with feels so clean and logical. But underneath the glass, it's messy and it is profoundly human. If you know where to look, you can find the fingerprints. Somewhere deep inside the mouse you hold in your hand, there is a shadow of a classified Canadian bowling ball from the Cold War, hidden in the test files you type out, there are ghost lights dancing on the wing tips of a World War II bomber and a cartoon firefighter from the 1930s who drove a gravitydeying car. Every function, framework, and flicker of code has a story. Our machines are haunted by the people who built them. Their jokes, their late night desperation, and their grand impossible dreams. I'm Daina Bouquin, and this is Lore in the Machine. Stories from Beyond the Screen, uncovering the hidden histories and surprising origins woven into the fabric of computing. The first episodes are loading. Find Lore in the Machine on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen so you don't miss the first stories.