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 1,889 episodes available.

Engines of Our Ingenuity episodes:

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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February 17, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1332: Moment of Inertia
Episode: 1332 Moment of inertia, secrecy, and satellite stability. Today, government secrecy sabotages an early satellite.
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4min
February 16, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1331: The Mississippi
Episode: 1331 The Mississippi and Mark Twain's time warp. Today, a River in 1883.
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February 15, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1330: Electric Lights Before Edison
Episode: 1330 Electric lights in the 80 years before Edison. Today, we go looking for the first electric lights.
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4min
February 14, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1329: Life in Outer Space — In 1698
Episode: 1329 16th Century scientist, Christiaan Huygens, looks for alien life. Today, an old inquiry into life on other planets.
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February 13, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2423: What’s New
Episode: 2423 What's New? A Look at What it Means to be New. Today, what's new?
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February 12, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2373: Two German Phrasebooks
Episode: 2373 The Phrasebook: A Dangerous Invention. Today, UH scholar, Richard Armstrong tells us about German phrasebooks.
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February 11, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3306: A Tool to Curb Pride
Episode: 3307 A Tool to Curb Pride: Don’t Believe Your Reviews. Today, A Tool to Curb Pride.
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February 10, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1328: The Medieval West
Episode: 1328 The medieval character of the wild West. Today, the wild West holds up a mirror to medieval life.
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4min

FAQs about Engines of Our Ingenuity:

How many episodes does Engines of Our Ingenuity have?

The podcast currently has 1,889 episodes available.