100 Objects #19: Western Electric 500 Series

The Western Electric 500 Series Telephone used to be everywhere. For over 50 years, it was the default telephone for homes, offices and literally anywhere else you might need a phone… but how did that happen? Why was this one phone so much better than everything that came before… or, in some ways, since? Former MythBuster Adam Savage joins Roman Mars to explore the history of the 500 Series Telephone and what we lost when we eventually decided to leave it behind.

Host: Roman Mars

Producers: Priscilla Alabi, Brenna Daldorph, Isaac Fisher, Ellie Lightfoot

EPs: Annie Brown, Courtney Harrell, Kathy Tu