Pessimists Archive Podcast

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Real, cynical old articles about new things read aloud. Based on @PessimistsArc.

Episode Date
Artists Against the Eiffel Tower (1887)
Sep 15, 2025
😷 'S.F. Feels Good Without Mask' - 1918, The San Francisco Examiner
Dec 09, 2021
📻 Weird, Ghostly and “Supernatural” Antics of the Radio (1931)
Oct 31, 2021
✈️ “A Skeptical Nation Visits Upon the Airplane the Doubts it Once Felt for the Automobile" - The New York Times, 1928
Sep 27, 2021
💉 'An Absurd Prejudice' - The New York Times, 1875
Aug 27, 2021
📺 'The Lazy Half-Wit Comes Into His Own - A British Writer Reveals His Views on The Drawbacks of Mass Communication' (1953)
Aug 02, 2021
✈️ 'The Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly' - The New York Times, October 9th, 1903
Jul 19, 2021
📷 “Photographs are made to lie” (1897) + 🚲 “Bicycle Insanity” (1896)
Jul 15, 2021
🪞 'Those Deadly Little Mirrors' - Chicago Tribune, 1912
Jul 03, 2021
♟️'Chess Playing Excitement' - Scientific American, 1859
Jun 26, 2021
📖 ‘Reading in Bed’ (1909) + ✈️ ‘Aeroplane Face’ (1908)
Jun 18, 2021
🎙 "Mr. Edison Has Invented Too Many Things" - The New York Times, 1878
Jun 02, 2021