#15: The Evolution of the Portable Music Player (feat. Kurt Roy)

Hallo! It’s time for another episode of maybe three people’s favorite podcast!! Today we’ve got Kurt Roy, frontman of the excellent Seattle indie-pop band Sea Salt, as we jump into the history of the portable music player! We all listen to music on all different types of devices, and a lot of use take it for granted, but there was time not too long ago when portable, private music listening was a nonstarter. Join us as we dive into the invention of the game-changing Sony Walkman (and the inventions that came before it) plus the jump from tapes to CDs to mp3s and everything in betweens. Hope you got your Stereobelt fastened tight and your Rainbow Books all lined up before you tune in and find ouuuuuuouuuuuout

Intro music: “saffron” by sunking (buy their album here)

“Push Push” by Herbie Mann w/ Duane Allman