Always the Last to Know

Hey! We are Ash and Katy, this is our podcast, Always the Last to Know! Growing up we were taught how to live in the world, everything was going fine…until literally, the entire world changed, thus making everything we had learned essentially obsolete. Needless to say, Mr. Feeny and Cory Matthews did not prepare us for social media takeovers, taxes, or making our way through an insane world where an entire generation is trauma bonded. It feels like we missed entire lessons on things so the goal is to fill in the gaps of our education- from discussions on current laws to clones, from N.A.T.O to what’s hidden under melting glaciers, join us while we attempt to navigate our way through the world, figure out adulthood, and hopefully learn something new along the way!
Merry Yule friends! This week Ash is taking us on a trip to the late 90’s to hear about the time the NSA banned a popular home item from entering their premises.

Enjoy this lighthearted episode for the holidays, we’ll see you in the New Year!

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby#cite_note-1
https://www.grunge.com/215007/the-real-reason-the-nsa-once-banned-furbies/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/talking-toy-or-spy/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-01-13-9901140035-story.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25QHy50nyZo
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55136/did-pentagon-really-ban-furbys
https://www.easytechjunkie.com/why-were-furbies-once-considered-dangerous.htm
https://thriftcon.co/blogs/news-culture/the-nsa-once-banned-furbies-for-being-a-foreign-spy-device