The Secret History of Nikola Tesla

Welcome to Invisible Histories Season 3 Episode 1! Our "back to school" September episode is all about the iconic and mysterious Nikola Tesla. Sharpen your pencils and fire up your oscillators!We had the pleasure to talk with Jeff Behary about his work, and specifically as the official historian for the Nikola Tesla family.Join us on this month’s episode was we talk with Jeff about his Tesla archive, the Electrotherapy Museum, Tesla as an inventor, and the future practicalities of world wireless power and energy distribution.Come see our specultative theater production, "Tesla's Scintillating Salon" at the Georgetown Steam Plant Science Fair on 9/21 at 5pm and 9/22 at 4pm.Please subscribe and keep listening wherever you get your podcasts.You can support our work through Ko-fi.com.Check out our landing page at www.invisible-histories.com  Our Instagram account will share images from each episode, @invisiblehistoriespnwWe are always looking for “invisible histories” of the Pacific NW so if you have a good story idea please reach out at invisiblehistoriespnw@gmail.comRecorded at Works Progress Cooperative in Seattle WA 2024 - Seattle’s only cooperatively run coworking space - www.worksprogress.coop Audio edited by Elke HautalaZoom recording 9/5/24Show Notes:Jeff Behary's Electrotherapy Museum in Riviera beach, FloridaJeff's archive about Nikola TeslaGeorgetown Steam Plant Science Fair“The Transmission of Electrical Energy Without Wires As a Means for Furthering Peace," from Electrical World and Engineer, January 7, 1905).The Problem Of Increasing Human Energy — With Special References to the Harnessing of the Sun's Energy.Nikola Tesla: Free Unlimited Wireless Energy SpeechStudio360: Tesla and TwainNikola Tesla's hometown in Smiljan CroatiaSeattle map from 1908Music: Operatic Rag from the Library of Congress 1910Cari Simson and Elke Hautala formed Invisible Histories to visually and viscerally connect the public to experiences from the past. Their Invisible Histories podc