Virginia
state of the United States of America
Episodes
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#5789: Build First, Ask Later: Hermits Who Dug CathedralsNo permits, no blueprints, no training. Two categories of builders who did the unreasonable — and what they share. -
#5779: Tunnel Girl Dug 80 Feet Under Her HouseNo engineering degree, two books, and ten dead jackhammers. How one woman dug an 80-foot tunnel under her Virginia house — and got it permitted. -
#5484: When Governments Own the Pipes: Telecom's Open-Access ModelCould the state own all telecom infrastructure while private companies compete on top? New Zealand and Stockholm already tried it. -
#5249: What Makes a Network Truly Sovereign?An HF antenna on a consulate roof raises a bigger question: what makes a network sovereign — and why is everyone from cloud vendors to AI data cent... -
#5197: Flags of Convenience: Ships, Planes, and Olive OilA Maltese-registered Arkia plane and Tunisian olive oil at Osher Ad turn out to share one mechanism: the legal costume of nationality. -
#5168: Ten Inventors You've Never Heard OfFrom the yellow traffic light to the geoid model behind GPS — ten inventors whose quiet work reshaped daily life, and why we forgot them.