Téléphone

And here, faster than you can speak into a mouthpiece, allowing the acoustic vibrations from your speech to push a metallic coating slightly closer to an electrode in the mouthpiece, resulting in variations in voltage and therefore a speedy conversion from acoustic to electric energy, which is then conveyed through a wire to the speaker on the other end, where electric pulses are converted into acoustic energy again, [BREATHE] are my playlists from yesterday's show and the December 28th show:

Log for first half of December 28th, 2006 show

Log for second half of December 28th, 2006 show


Log for first half of January 11th, 2007 show

Log for second half of January 11th, 2007 show


Interestingly, a search for "telephone" on Wikipedia yields this page.
Incredibly slammingly cool-ly, a search for "téléphone" on French Wikipedia yields the above awesome picture of Alexander Graham Bell from 1876. Yes, okay, so it looks like he's using an elaborate bong. It is, in fact, an early telephone.