Part One: The Surprising Stories Behind Foosball and Air Mail

Margaret talks with Mangesh Hattikudur about the antifascist who invented table soccer and the socialist photographer who invented air mail.

Sources:

https://spainonthisday.com/alejandro-finisterre-the-inventor-of-table-football

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/24/guardianobituaries.spain

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Finisterre

https://historia-hispanica.rah.es/biografias/50737-alejandro-campos-ramirez

https://raicesalaire.com/alejandro-finisterre/

https://www.revistadefrente.cl/el-poeta-anarquista-que-invento-el-taca-taca-para-la-ninez-victima-de-la-guerra-civil-espanola/

https://www.adiantegalicia.es/reportaxes/2019/09/08/alejandro-finisterre-la-historia-jamas-contada-del-genio-del-futbolin-en-el-ano-del-centenario-de-su-natalicio.html

https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nadar.htm

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