Edison, Tesla, & Cats

Edison vs. Tesla. Only one has been the focus of one of the best Simpsons episodes ever, while the other was truly one of the great scientific minds- and cat lovers- in world history. Even though the details of this episode skirts being decidedly UNhappy, you’ll like where we end up.

See y’all in the fall!

Check out these links for some more info about the topics we look at this week.

“1894: The Famous Boxing Cats That Headlined at NYC’s Huber’s Museum,” The Hatching Cat of Gotham. https://bit.ly/4bkhAHp

“A Story of Youth Told by Age,” Tesla: Life and Legacy. https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/story_youth.html

Cat Fugue: Fugue in G minor (K. 30, L. 499) by Domenico Scarlatti,” YouTube. https://bit.ly/3ynfeJi

“The Boxing Cats,” Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694112/

Music used in this episode:

"Former" by ComaStudio

"The Cat in the Kitchen" by Alfred Grupstra

"Playing in Color" by 29811401

"Distant Fires" by Dmitrii Kolesnikov

"An Alien Presence," by Geoff Harvey

"Midnight Serenade 4," by fethi turk

"Box of Kittens" by PurpleCat

"Update and Happy Music" by SoulProdMusic