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 1,764 episodes available.

Engines of Our Ingenuity episodes:

June 26, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2480: Stephanie Kwolek and Kevlar
Episode: 2480 Stephanie Kwolek: Inventor of Kevlar. Today, not-so-shining armor.
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4min
June 25, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3065: Victor and Eva Saxl
Episode: 3065 Victor and Eva Saxl: Love, War and Homemade Insulin. Today, love, war and insulin.
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4min
June 24, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2448: Rachmaninoff Unblocked
Episode: 2448 Sergei Rachmaninoff visits a hypnotist to remove his writer's block. Today, a composer unblocked.
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5min
June 23, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3315: History Deep-Sixed
Episode: 3315 In which an engineering failure vanishes from the historical record. Today, a fragment of history quietly disappears.
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4min
June 22, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1396: An Engineer Named Calder
Episode: 1396 An engineer named Calder. Today, an engineer takes up sculpture.
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4min
June 21, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1395: Worst Airplanes
Episode: 1395 The World's Worst Aircraft: learning what constitutes bad. Today, the worst airplanes ever built!
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4min
June 20, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1393: Inventing the Telegraph
Episode: 1393 Early inventions of the electric telegraph. Today, we look at ninety years of electric telegraphy before Morse.
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4min
June 19, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2478: Metal Wood
Episode: 2478 Metal Wood: the Evolution of Wooden Golf Clubs. Today, metal wood.
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4min
June 18, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2798: Behold the Mighty Transistor
Episode: 2798 Behold the Mighty Transistor. Today, a small item creates a large impact.
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4min
June 17, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2597: History and Math
Episode: 2597 Mathematical models of historical events. Today, let's see what mathematics tells us about history.
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4min

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The podcast currently has 1,764 episodes available.