A deep dive into two major events that led to the television boom, and a question of what that has meant for the artifice and theatricality of live events. Sponsor:BetterHelp, Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/COOLSTUFFLinks:The first televised World Series spurred America's television boom, 75 years ago (The Conversation)Queen Elizabeth II’s First Move: Allowing TV Cameras at Her Coronation (Tedium) Scholarly Analysis of the Kennedy-Nixon Debates (Purdue) Nick Offerman joins weirdly star-studded cast of GameStop "stonks" movie (A/V Club)Jackson Bird on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.