Was Thomas Edison the greatest inventor of all time? Despite thousands of failures, his inventions still impact us today.

Dirt Nap City - History's Most Interesting Dead People · Apr 20, 2023 · 57m · transcript

Thomas Alva Edison was one of the greatest inventors and entrepreneurs of the late 1800's and early 1900's. He was driven by a passion for discover and invention and invented many things that we still use today. But did you know that, despite inventing the phonograph, he became mostly deaf at the age of 12? And did you know that many of his over one thousand patents were never commercially successful?

In this episode of Dirt Nap City, Alex and Kelly talk about this fabled American inventor who has been called "The Wizard of Menlo Park". We cover his early life as a newspaper publisher and…