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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Engines of Our Ingenuity episodes:

August 15, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3325: Machines That Forgot to Fail
Episode: 3325 Machines That Forgot How to Fail: An AI Guest’s Perspective on Reliability. Today, our guest, ChatGPT, talks about machines that forgot to fail.
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August 14, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2495: Creativity Within Limits
Episode: 2495 Creativity Within Limits: Rules as a Source of Creativity. Today, bounded creativity.
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August 13, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3236: The Humble Index Card
Episode: 3236 Analysis, Creativity, and the Humble Index Card. Today, the humble index card.
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August 12, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3324: Flying Blind
Episode: 3324 Jimmy Doolittle, Inventor of Instrument Flying. Today, flying blind.
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August 11, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3323: Biting Words
Episode: 3323 We learn a new way of speaking in the 1930s. Today, biting words.
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August 10, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1421: Rocket Boys
Episode: 1421 The Rocket Boys, a moving story of adolescence and engineering. Today, a book with a surprising subtext.
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August 09, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1420: The Erie Canal
Episode: 1420 The Erie Canal. Today, we ride 568 feet uphill in a barge.
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August 08, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1419: Another Look as the Plague
Episode: 1419 Another way of looking at the 14th century Plague. Today, population reduction by disaster.
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August 07, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3322: Very Fast Trains
Episode: 3322 Some Thoughts on the Future of High-Speed Rail. Today, very fast trains.
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August 06, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2824: A Brass Catalogue
Episode: 2824 An 18th-century catalogue of brass objects, an early approach to marketing, and decorative drawer handles. Today, we look at a mysterious catalogue.
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How many episodes does Engines of Our Ingenuity have?

The podcast currently has 1,814 episodes available.