The Internet Under the Sea

What powers the global internet? The answer might surprise you: not satellites, but hundreds of thin cables that run along the ocean floor. They’re an absolutely essential technology that’s also incredibly fragile — so fragile that in the beginning, most people thought they couldn't possibly work. Today on the show: the story of a man who <em>did</em> think they could work… and the lengths he went to to try and connect the world.<br><em><br></em><strong>Guests:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Bill Burns</strong>, former BBC broadcast engineer and founder of atlantic-cable.com <br/><br/><strong>Cyrus Field IV</strong>, great-great-grandson of Cyrus Field<br/><br/><strong>Allison Marsh</strong>, professor at the University of South Carolina and historian of technology <br/><br/><strong>Ben Roberts</strong>, strategic advisor on Subsea Cable Economics for Connectivity at UNICEF who has been building cable network in Africa for the past two decades<br/><br/><em>To access bonus episodes and liste...