Hoax Spectacular! with Chelsey Weber-Smith
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Edison's Food Machine Hoax
The chapter discusses a hoax involving Edison's supposed invention of a food machine in 1878, highlighting Edison's role in the prank. It explores the comical yet thought-provoking aspects of the elaborate hoax, transitioning to discuss Edison's phonograph invention and its ties to spiritualism. The episode also touches on skepticism surrounding the telephone's invention and how it paralleled the wonder of the light bulb.
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