Show and Tell: Vintage Nagra Spy Recorder

Our friend Sean Charlesworth stops by the office for this week s Show and Tell to share another cool piece of technology history from his personal collection: a Nagra SN portable audio recorder. This series of miniaturized reeltoreel recorders were built in the 1970s and used during the Cold War as covert spy recorders by the CIA. Learn more about the Nagra SN recorders here: