June 26, 2025: Scan this news
Jun 26, 2025•11 min
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Episode description
On this day in 1974, the UPC barcode was scanned at a checkout counter for the first time. It may have seemed small at the time, but it revolutionized product tracking and is still going strong today.
Plus, the local news for June 26, 2025 and an excerpt from the final culminating episode of “The Country In Our Hearts” podcast on Nashville’s Kurdish community.
Credits:
This is a production of Nashville Public Radio
Host/producer: Tony Gonzalez
Editor: Miriam Kramer
Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Nina Cardona, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP
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