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:

March 11, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2519: James Dewar
Episode: 2519 James Dewar freezes hydrogen solid and invents the thermos bottle. Today, the man who froze hydrogen.
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March 10, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2518: Annular Wings
Episode #2518: Annular wings: another idea that seems as though it should work. Will it? Today, a strange airplane wing.
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March 09, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2887: Apple’s Newton
Episode: 2887 Apple's most famous flop: The Newton. Today, before there was "i."
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4min
March 08, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 3216: Internment Camp Art Schools
Episode: 3216 World War II, the Los Angeles Art Students League, and Japanese American internment. Today, art and survival.
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March 07, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1660: Simple Gifts
Episode: 1660 Simplicity, complexity, and Shakespeare (with guest Megan Cole). Today, a treat.
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March 06, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2516: Atapuerca
Episode: 2516 The Atapuerca dig and a missing link: Homo Antecessor. Today, the Atapuerca dig.
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March 04, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2512: The Saluda Explosion
Episode: 2512 Saluda: The worst steamboat explosion, not much worse than all the rest. the Saluda, the Glenco, Captain Francis Belt, steamboats, riverboats, boiler explosions, safety, accidents, Mormon migration, LDS, California Gold Rush, Missouri Mississippi Rivers, Lexington, MO.
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March 03, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2511: Nostrums and Quackery
Episode: 2511 An Early 20th-century crackdown on medical quacks. Today, quack medicine.
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March 02, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2886: Not Just Gadgets
Episode: 2886 Not Just Gadgets: The Science of Engineering Systems. Today, beyond gadgets.
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February 28, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 3287: Darwin Goes to Hollywood
Episode: 3287 Darwin Goes to Hollywood - Learning Evolution from Movies. Today, offbeat lessons in evolution.
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The podcast currently has 1,758 episodes available.