Engines of Our Ingenuity

By Houston Public Media

The story of technological progress is one of drama and intrigue, sudden insight and plain hard work. Let’s explore technology’s spectacular failures and many magnificent success stories.

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The podcast currently has 1,650 episodes available.

Engines of Our Ingenuity episodes:

February 23, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1335: Airships
Episode: 1335 Santos-Dumas, Zeppelin, and the great airships. Today, we ride airships.
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February 22, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1334: Stone/Iron-Age Europe
Episode: 1334 Watching Europe go from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Today, a story of wood, copper and iron.
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February 21, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1333: Energy is Pure Delight
Episode: 1333 Energy is pure delight, the conservation of energy. Today, we chase a will-o-the-wisp.
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February 20, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2424: The National Institute of Standards and Technology
Episode: 2424 The National Institute of Standards and Technology. Today, we measure things.
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February 19, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2882: Eliezer Ben Yehuda
Episode: 2882 Eliezer Ben Yehuda and the Revival of Hebrew. Today, the revival of an ancient language.
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February 18, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3307: Filmstrips
Episode: 1332 Filmstrips, as used in schools from the 1920s through the 1980s. Today, filmstrips.
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February 17, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1332: Moment of Inertia
Episode: 1332 Moment of inertia, secrecy, and satellite stability. Today, government secrecy sabotages an early satellite.
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February 16, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1331: The Mississippi
Episode: 1331 The Mississippi and Mark Twain's time warp. Today, a River in 1883.
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February 15, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1330: Electric Lights Before Edison
Episode: 1330 Electric lights in the 80 years before Edison. Today, we go looking for the first electric lights.
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February 14, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1329: Life in Outer Space — In 1698
Episode: 1329 16th Century scientist, Christiaan Huygens, looks for alien life. Today, an old inquiry into life on other planets.
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How many episodes does Engines of Our Ingenuity have?

The podcast currently has 1,650 episodes available.