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 24, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 3292: An Old Ruler
Episode: 3292 How an old ruler got around dimensional isolationism. Today, an old ruler.
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November 23, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2953: Chairlift
Episode: 2953 Engineering the Chairlift. Today, getting to the top.
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November 21, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 3291: Osler’s Literary Vibration
Episode: 3291 Dr. Osler’s harmonious intersection of medicine and literature. Today, Dr. Osler’s Sympathetic Vibration.
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November 20, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1070: Wrong-Way Corrigan
Episode: 1070 Wrong Way Corrigan -- a last bit of fun before WW-II. Today, a pilot adds an expression to the English language.
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November 19, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1069: A Spider’s Web
Episode: 1069 Spider webs and all they offer us -- if we could only replicate them. Today, let's try to weave a magic web.
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November 18, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1068: Imitating Nature
Episode: 1068 On trying to copy nature -- harder than you might think. Today, we try to copy Mother Nature.
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November 17, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1067: Science, Religion, and John Tyndall
Episode: 1067 John Tyndall's reflections on science and religion. Today, an agnostic Victorian physicist looks for God.
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November 16, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2952: Cataclysm
Episode: 2952 Cataclysm: J Harlen Bretz and the Ice Age Floods. Today, a river runs through it.
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November 15, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2081: A Monstrosity and a Skeptic
Episode: 2081 A Monstrosity, a Skeptic, and a new view of the 16th century. Today, guest historian Cathy Patterson gives birth to a cat.
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November 14, 2023 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2864: Bayes’ Theorem
Episode: 2864 The theorem of Reverend Bayes. Today, let's talk about uncertainty and an 18th-century Presbyterian minister.
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The podcast currently has 2,018 episodes available.