Inside the Box: The TV History Podcast

Inside the Box: The TV History Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 30 – Netflix
March 10, 2016

This week join Jonathan as he discusses the rise of Netflix and its effect on the landscape of TV. How did it start? In what ways did Silicon Valley have an effect on it? Who are the major players in the Netflix story?

Episode 29 – Johnny Carson
February 25, 2016

This week join Jonathan and Steve as they discuss The King of Late Night, Johnny Carson. What is special and significant about the long-running late night television format? Why was Johnny unique and truly a master of his medium?

Episode 28 – Mr. Rogers
February 11, 2016

This week join Steve, Andrew, and Jonathan as they discuss children’s television show host and PBS all-star, Fred Rogers as a counter-cultural figure. Can we view his choices regarding race and sexual preference as revolutionary? Pragmatic?

Episode 27 – Vast Wasteland
January 28, 2016

This week join Andrew, Steve, and Jonathan as they wander through the wreckage strewn across the great televisual wasteland. We discuss Newton Minow’s famous 1961 speech as FCC chairman. Click this link to listen to speech in its entirety: link Then be...

Episode 26 – Force 7
January 14, 2016

Happy New Year! This week join Steve, Jonathan, and Andrew as they take on a mission to disarm one of the most confounding backdoor pilots in history: Force 7! Put on your gui, get your eye patch, dust off your ninja outfit, grab some sticks,

Episode 25 – The End of 2015
December 31, 2015

This week join Andrew, Steve, and Jonathan as they provide you the last new episode of 2015. To mark the occasion – all three are in the studio at the same time! Join us as we bid a fond farewell to 2015 and look forward to new adventures in 2016.

Episode 24 – The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
December 17, 2015

This week join Andrew and Jonathan with special return guest Frank Bridges (The New Brunswick Music Scene Archive) as they struggle to get through the atrocity that is 1978’s The Star Wars Holiday Special. You’ve heard about, you’ve read about it,

Episode 23 – TV Theme Songs
December 03, 2015

This week join Steve and Jonathan as they discuss one of the most successful television theme song writing partnerships in TV history: Post/Carpenter! We discuss the history of TV theme songs, why they've fallen out of fashion,

Episode 22 – Magnavox Odyssey
November 19, 2015

This week join Andrew and Jonathan as they take you through the introduction of the home video game console – the Magnavox Odyssey! Do you like tennis? Do you like the idea of taking control of your television? Well,

Episode 21 – Hard Sell
November 05, 2015

This week join Andrew and Jonathan as they give you the hard sell on the history of TV pitchmen. We go a little into the history of salesmanship on television, the self-imposed and government regulations, and each of us discuss our favorite local and i...