"Benjamin Walker's Theory of Everything" and Other Podcast Recommendations

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Resting his Walkman, love and great things are coming from Benjamin Walker. Subscribe to his Theory of Everything. Martin Gonzalez produced and mixed this week's episode while Chris Barrupe edited. Music by Swan Real and Martin Gonzalez. Check out Mark Masters' book High Bias and hear him on the Waste Awards podcast. Mark Rodriguez' book, After All Is Said and Done, is a gorgeous object. Editorial support by Jesse Jarno, co-host of the official Grateful Dead podcast. For Deadheads, start with the website's list of recommended tapes and tune in to Sirius XM channel 23 for the official Grateful Dead channel. 99% Invisible's executive producer is Cathy. Digital director is Kirk Holstead. The team also includes Jason Dillion, Emmett Fitzgerald, Gabriela Gladney, Christopher Johnson, Vivian Le, Losh Maton, Jacob Multinato Medina, Kelly Prime, Joe Rosenberg, and Roman Mars.

The Cassette tape was great in so many ways, but let’s be honest, they never really sounded great. But because the cassette was so much cheaper and easier to use and portable, a lot of people didn't care so much about the audio quality. They just wanted to be able to use something that they could carry around with them. The cassette’s other big advantage: it was easy to record on.

We talked to Marc Masters about his new book High Bias, about the history of the cassette. One chapter about concert bootleggers covers perhaps the greatest success story of the cassette: Grateful Dead live tapes.

Long Strange Tape

Plus we're featuring a bonus story that we produced in 2016 in collaboration with Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything about a place where cassettes were of vital importance.