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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Engines of Our Ingenuity episodes:

November 11, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3339: The Eames Lounge Chair and Leg Splint
Episode: 3339 Cradling the Body: The Eames Lounge Chair, Leg Splint, and Good Design. The Eames Lounge Chair and Leg Splint
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November 10, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3338: Predicting Warcraft
Episode: 3338 An old Century Magazine tries to predict future warfare. Today, we predict warcraft.
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November 09, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1469: The Hourglass
Episode: 1469 The hourglass: the poor man's clock, the poor man's metaphor. Today, let's look at the hourglass.
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November 08, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1468: The Bicycle
Episode: 1468 The evolution of the bicycle. Today, let's talk about bicycles and freedom.
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November 07, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2529: Comparing Fingerprints
Episode: 2529 Comparing Fingerprints: What's Involved and What can go Wrong. Today, who dunnit?
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November 06, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3337: Claude Bernard
Episode: 3337 Claude Bernard’s important medical science, horrifically achieved. Today, let’s meet a problematic scientist.
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November 05, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2018: The Chamberlen Family Secret
Episode: 2018 The Chamberlen family secret: the invention of forceps. Today, guest historian Cathy Patterson reveals family secrets.
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November 04, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3007: Elastic Chair
Episode: 3007 Samuel Gragg's Unusual Chair. Today we look at an elastic Chair.
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November 03, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3336: Nickel
Episode: 3336 The evolution and potential demise of the lowly Nickel. Today, let us spend the lowly nickel.
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November 02, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1467: Napoleon and Iron
Episode: 1467 Napoleon Bonaparte and Iron in France. Today, Napoleon builds iron monuments.
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4min

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How many episodes does Engines of Our Ingenuity have?

The podcast currently has 1,932 episodes available.