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:

December 31, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3348: Christmas
Episode: 3348 The unspoken binding tissue of Christmas – and of Hanukkah. Today, a Merry Christmas to all.
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4min
December 30, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3037: Carol of the Bells
Episode: 3037 Carol of the Bells. Today, a Christmas carol.
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5min
December 29, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3347: Circus
Episode: 3347 My metaphor for the academic life: The Circus. Today, we welcome new faculty.
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4min
December 28, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1498: Thoughts on Jumping
Episode: 1498 How the In which we try to jump as high as a flea. Today, can you jump as high as a flea?
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4min
December 27, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1497: The Double-Bitted Axe
Episode: 1497 The rise of Paul Bunyan's radical double-bitted axe. Today, we learn to use a new axe.
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4min
December 26, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1496: Mrs. Greenhow, Confederate Spy
Episode: 1496 Mrs. Greenhow, the first great Confederate spy. Today, we meet a Confederate spy.
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4min
December 25, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2548: Informs
Episode: 2548 INFORMS and the mathematics of problem solving. Today, strange bedfellows.
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4min
December 24, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2817: Creativity
Episode: 2817 Where do creative ideas come from? Today, let's talk about creativity.
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4min
December 23, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2834: Wombs and Witchcraft
Episode: 2834 Wombs and Witchcraft: Edward Jorden's Suffocation of the Mother (1603). Today, wombs and witchcraft.
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4min
December 22, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1495: The Chauffer Problem
Episode: 1495 The new technological elite: chauffeurs then, computer experts today. Today, we learn to drive our own cars -- and manage our own computers.
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4min

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How many episodes does Engines of Our Ingenuity have?

The podcast currently has 1,953 episodes available.