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 1,747 episodes available.

Engines of Our Ingenuity episodes:

February 27, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2429: The Birth of Betty Crocker
Episode: 2429 The Birth of Betty Crocker. Today, America's First Lady of Food.
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February 26, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3309: Shortwave Radio
Episode: 3309 Shortwave Radio, the Original Information Super Highway. Today, we listen to the world.
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February 25, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3308: Board Games
Episode: 3308 Why do we play board games? Today, board games as models of the world.
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February 24, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1336: Big Diesel Engines
Episode: 1336 In which Diesel engines violate their own metaphor. Today, a new breed of Diesel engines fights an old metaphor.
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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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4min
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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The podcast currently has 1,747 episodes available.