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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September 19, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2327: George Dantzig
Episode: 2327 George Dantzig, linear programing, and a curious priority question. Today, a Nobel Prize lost.
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September 18, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3224: Disney’s Master of Illusion Fred Joerger
Episode: 3224 Fake rocks, forced perspective, and other forms of illusion in the private home of Disney Imagineer Fred Joerger. Today, facades, both physical and personal.
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September 17, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3129: What Went Wrong on D-Day
Episode: 3129 What Went Wrong on D-Day: The Paradox of the Allies' Greatest Campaign. Today, when things go terribly wrong.
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September 16, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1041: Chinese Pharmacy
Episode: 1041 A Chinese pharmacopoeia -- 2000 years ago. Today, we ask how the Chinese managed to hide their candle under a bushel.
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September 15, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1040: Humanism and Feminism
Episode: 1040 Ancient Greece and Renaissance Europe: virtues and vices. Today, an old Greek mummy tells us about the Renaissance.
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September 14, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1251: Katherine Stinson
Episode: 1251 Katherine Stinson and her siblings help America learn to fly. Today, meet the Stinson kids.
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September 13, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1250: Water in the Desert
Episode: 1250 Qanats: ancient watercourses, heroic constructions. Today, we talk about qanats.
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September 12, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2323: Teleportation
Episode: 2323 "Beam me up Scotty," The longed-for grail of teleportation. Today, we teleport.
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September 11, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3139: Miryam Mirzakhani
Episode: 3139 Maryam Mirzakhani: A life in Mathematics. Today, let's talk about the Iranian-American mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani.
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September 10, 2024 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3080: The First Marathon
Episode: 3080 The First Marathon and the Athens Olympics of 1896. Today, we run through the history of the marathon.
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The podcast currently has 1,807 episodes available.