Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Unless you're new to the internet, you probably know that Tesla was an incredibly popular scientist and inventor who was WAY ahead of his time. But was he really the valiant underdog against the Goliath of Edison that we've come to know and understand? Despite what you may think, there are actually TWO Teslas - the meat and bones Tesla, who was born in 1856 and died in 1943, and then there's the culturally created Tesla. Neither is wrong, but all this starts making us question: what even IS "history"? Watch the episode and find out! Links: The Oatmeal: Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived: http://bit.ly/17FXWgA Epic Rap Battles of History: Nik Telsa vs. Thomas Edison http://bit.ly/1emMOMH Drunk History: Nikola Tesla http://bit.ly/17dWoh2 The History of Nikola Tesla - a Short Story http://bit.ly/155VUKv Tesla vs Edison - Christmas Lightning http://bit.ly/155VSCv Philosophy Tube http://bit.ly/1ehuo2w Mike's Tumblr Response: http://bit.ly/1ehujvH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources: http://onforb.es/15BLsH3 http://bit.ly/17dWw03 http://bit.ly/17dWtRX http://bit.ly/1emN9iH http://bit.ly/17dWtRW http://onforb.es/1emN7at ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links to the awesome Tesla Fan Art seen in this episode: http://bit.ly/17FYB1C http://bit.ly/17FYBPe http://etsy.me/17FYB1B http://bit.ly/17FYBPc http://bit.ly/17dWDc6 http://bit.ly/17FYB1I http://bit.ly/17FYBPd http://bit.ly/17dWDc7 http://bit.ly/17dWB43 http://bit.ly/17dWDZq http://bit.ly/17FYB1D http://bit.ly/17dWDZs http://bit.ly/17dWDc4 http://bit.ly/1emNP7G http://bit.ly/17FZirG --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music: "Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) ":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Binarpilot http://bit.ly/10N0UBf "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) Clockwork - Titan (geometry remix) http://bit.ly/10N0V88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tweets of the Week: http://bit.ly/17qbgcp http://bit.ly/17WszAX --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Come hang out in the Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/138EHBh Let us know what sorts of crazy ideas you have, about this episode and otherwise: Tweet at us! @pbsideachannel (yes, the longest twitter username ever) Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Idea Channel Facebook! http://Facebook.com/pbsideachannel Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com/) Want some more Idea Channel? Here's Last Week's episode: "Is Google Knowledge?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCwLQrJz4Bo Want another one? Here ya go: "Is the Internet Cats?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ_6aRjYR0w Here's Some More:"Does It Matter What Evangelion's Creator Says?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVm65tlhqw8