# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Book Talk | Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 04:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Location: Olin Library, 107
Olin Library, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA

Join us for a Chats in the Stacks book talk with Jeremy Braddock, professor of Literatures in English, to discuss his latest book Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums (University of California Press, 2024).

In his expansive book, Braddock writes about the Firesign Theatre, an American surreal comedy troupe working in the heart of the culture industry at a time of massive social and technological change. In five chapters devoted to the book, radio, cinema, television, and artificial intelligence, Firesign examines how a psychedelic group made the emerging multitrack recording studio a basis for thinking ludically and critically about the past and future of media forms.  Join us as Professor Braddock discusses how Firesign meditated on radio’s World War II history — as a medium of art and of propaganda — as they confronted the crisis of the Vietnam War.

To attend the talk virtually, please register here: 
https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dzoPhdIZR3inur3_Yeovyw#/registration
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ithaca/book-talk-firesign-the-electromagnetic-history-of-everything-as-told-on-nine-comedy-albums/200028783405225
- **Event Categories**: comedy, workshops, art, theatre, nonprofit, virtual, webinar, dance, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Ithaca
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Olin Library
- **lat**: 42.44782
- **long**: -76.48428
- **full address**: Olin Library, 161 Ho Plz, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Book Talk | Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums being held?
  - **A:** Book Talk | Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums takes place on Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 04:30 pm to Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 04:30 pm at Olin Library, 161 Ho Plz, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Book Talk | Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums?
  - **A:** Book Talk | Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums is organized by Cornell University Library.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Book Talk | Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums is ideal for comedy fans, stand-up enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a dedicated session of curated laughs, professional acts, and sharp wit from seasoned performers. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Ithaca, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Book Talk | Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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