Connected Nation
This is Connected Nation – an award-winning podcast focused on all things broadband. From closing the Digital Divide to simply improving your internet speeds, we talk technology topics that impact all of us, our families, and our communities.
The podcast was honored in 2024 with an Award of Excellence for Podcast Series - Technology. This is the highest honor given by the Communicator Awards. The podcast also received an Award of Distinction in 2023 and the same in 2022.
Learn more about the national nonprofit behind this podcast at connectednation.org.
Connected Nation
2020 Marconi Winner Dr. Andrea Goldsmith
On this edition of Connected Nation, we talk with Dr. Andrea Goldsmith, the first woman to be awarded the prestigious $100,000 Marconi Prize—dubbed the “Nobel Prize of Telecommunications.” We discuss how her pioneering work has helped improve cellular and Wifi technology enabling billions of consumers around the world to enjoy fast and reliable wireless service. Dr. Goldsmith also shares why NOW is the most exciting time in her 30-year career and what she believes is on the horizon for wireless technology.
Learn more about Dr. Goldsmith and read her full bio by heading here—Shattering the Silicon Ceiling: 2020 Marconi Prize Awarded to Wireless Innovator Dr. Andrea Goldsmith.
The Marconi Society "celebrates, inspires, and connects innovators building tomorrow’s technologies in service of a digitally inclusive world." Learn more about the Marconi Society by clicking here, and meet the Marconi Fellows by clicking here (it is one impressive group that includes Turing and Nobel Prize winners).
You can also follow the Marconi Society on Twitter at @MarconiSociety for the latest news and information.