Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Samuel Morse helped invent a new way for people to communicate across great distances: the telegraph. He also created Morse code, a system of dots and dashes used to send messages quickly and clearly. Before the telephone or internet, the telegraph changed how news, business, and personal messages traveled. This episode explores Morse’s life, how he developed his invention, and why it was a major step forward in human communication.

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