Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago

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In this episode of It's About — a podcast series breaking down the science,
innovation, and people behind the products and technologies shaping our world — we go behind the scenes with Corning corporate archivist Michelle Cotton to explore Corning's surprising role in some of history's most pivotal innovations: the signal lenses that reshaped American railroads, the glass envelope that made Thomas Edison's light bulb possible, and the 1939 World's Fair television prototype.

Guest: Michelle Cotton, Corporate Archivist at Corning Incorporated