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:

September 07, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1434: Systems, Complexity, and Simplicity
Episode: 1434 Reflections on systems, complexity, and modern life. Today, let's see what happens when our technologies join forces.
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September 06, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1432: Decisiveness
Episode: 1432 Thoughts in dispraise of decisiveness. Today, let's not decide.
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4min
September 05, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1431: Dogs
Episode: 1431 In which dogs humanize us. Today, some sidelights on the history of dogs.
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4min
September 04, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2501: Nietzsche, Strauss, and Kubrick
Episode: 2501 Nietzsche, Strauss, Kubrick, and a Trilogy of Metaphor. Today, a story — in three parts.
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September 03, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2790: Vaccine Scares
Episode: 2790 The Dynamics of Vaccine Scares. Today, let's talk about vaccine scares.
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September 02, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2714: Hub Motors
Episode: 2714 Hub Motors, aka In-Wheel Motors and their applications in electric vehicles. Today, re-inventing...wheels.
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September 01, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1430: A Concern About Genius
Episode: 1430 A concern about the complexity and danger of genius. Today, I find genius puzzling.
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August 31, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1429: Russian Air Records
Episode: 1429 Joseph Stalin and Russian aircraft records in the 1930s. Today, Joseph Stalin tries to set flight distance records.
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August 30, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1428: Men and Self-Destruction
Episode: 1428 Why do men self-destruct and die sooner than women? Today, men self-destruct.
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August 29, 2025 The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1427: Dominique de Menil
Episode: 1427 Dominique de Menil, a creative legacy. Today, I learn something at a fancy benefit dinner.
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The podcast currently has 1,877 episodes available.