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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The podcast currently has 2,108 episodes available.

Engines of Our Ingenuity episodes:

February 02, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1110: Origami
Episode: 1110 Origami: Where there is paper, it will be folded. Today, we fold paper.
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February 01, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1818: Leon Theramin
Episode: 1818 Leon Theremin's remarkable music machine. Today, our guest, scientist Andrew Boyd, talks about the man who wed music to electricity.
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4min
January 31, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2957: The Power of Cities
Episode: 2957 The Power of Cities. Today, let's talk about cities and power laws.
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4min
January 30, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2999: Hannibal’s Grand Strategy
Episode: 2999 Hannibal's Grand Strategy: Genius or Failure? Today, Hannibal at the gates.
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4min
January 29, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1108: 100 Million Land Mines
Episode: 1108 100,000,000 land mines -- killing off civilians in perpetuity. Today, land mines tell us about modern war.
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4min
January 28, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1107: Engineering Education
Episode: 1107 In which we call ourselves engineers, for the last 200 years. Today, we learn where engineers come from.
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January 27, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1105: Mary Roberts
Episode: 1105 Mary Roberts: The frustration of a 19th century woman scientist. Today, we face the anger of a woman who's been erased.
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4min
January 26, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1104: Von Suttner and Nobel
Episode: 1104 Nobel, The Baroness von Suttner, and the Peace Prize. Today, the origin of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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January 25, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 1748: Multiples of Nine
Episode: 1748 A remarkable perception of a mathematical oddity. Today, Guest Andrew Boyd, chief scientist at the PROS organization, shares an "age-old" story about numbers.
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January 24, 2024 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2846: Coffee Houses
Episode: 2846 Coffeehouses and the Birth of a Public Sphere. Today, let's share a cup of coffee.
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The podcast currently has 2,108 episodes available.