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 1,805 episodes available.

Engines of Our Ingenuity episodes:

December 27, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1304: Learning What Makes Musical Tones
Episode: 1304 In which we learn how musical pitches are formed. Today, we learn what makes a musical tone.
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December 26, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2401: The World at Our Fingertips
Episode: 2401 Today, the world at our fingertips. The World At Our Fingertips: From Books to the World Wide Web.
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4min
December 25, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3304: An American Encyclopedia
Episode: 3304 Today, an encyclopedia and a new nation. Thomas Dobson publishes a multi-volume encyclopedia in the newly independent United States.
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4min
December 24, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2514: Linear Algebra and Netflix
Episode: 2514 Today, UH math professor Krešo Josić talks about math and your movie choice. How Netflix uses linear algebra to determine what movies you will like best.
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December 23, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1303: Transit of Venus
Episode: 1303 Chasing the transit of Venus over the tundra. Today, we chase a mini-eclipse.
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December 22, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1302: Francois Marcet’s Steam Globe
Episode: 1302 Francois Marcet's steam globe: measuring vapor-pressure. Today, a piece of apparatus and a piece of history.
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4min
December 21, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1301: The Boy Mechanic
Episode: 1301 The Boy Mechanic: endangering boys seeking danger. Today, a boy's world, a century ago.
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December 20, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1300: Daniel Fahrenheit
Episode: 1300 Daniel Fahrenheit invents the thermometer and its scale. Today, we invent the thermometer.
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December 19, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2399: Engineering Freeways
Episode: 2399 The Many Facets of Engineering a Freeway. Today, stuck in traffic.
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December 18, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2951: Going To Sea
Episode: 2951 Scurvy, Vitamin C, and the Origins of the Modern Clinical Trial. Today, we go to sea.
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How many episodes does Engines of Our Ingenuity have?

The podcast currently has 1,805 episodes available.