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:

October 02, 2022 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2342: Maya Blue
Episode: 2342 A horrific chapter of history gives us Maya blue. Today, we have the blues.
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October 01, 2022 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2339: Distaffs and Home Economics
Episode: 2339 How women traded their distaffs for a new life. Today, the distaff side.
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September 30, 2022 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2337: Frank Hornby
Episode: 2337 Frank Hornby and his Meccano sets -- still there, over a century later. Today, arts, crafts and Meccano sets.
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September 29, 2022 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2842: Engineering Magnet
Episode: 2342 A Creative Way to Teach Engineering. Today, an open house.
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September 28, 2022 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2341: Wagner’s Tuba
Episode: 2341 Richard Wagner conceives a sound, then invents an instrument to create it. Today, horn player Roger Kaza tells us about the tuba Wagner built.
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September 27, 2022 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2356: College Yiddish vs Living Hebrew
Episode: 2356 Hebrew and Yiddish struggle for ascendancy after WW-II. Today, scholar Richard Armstrong considers the world of language textbooks.
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September 26, 2022 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2332: The Automobile in 1915
Episode: 2332 Learning who we were in 1915 by looking at automobiles. Today, the automobile in transition.
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September 25, 2022 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2335: Life in a Seaport
Episode: 2335 Houston's great port: the engine behind a city. Today, life in a seaport town.
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September 24, 2022 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2330: Iceboats on the Hudson
Episode: 2330 Iceboats: Faster than a speeding locomotive -- when we still rode horses. Today, we go iceboating.
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September 23, 2022 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2329: Thurston and Fulton
Episode: 2329 Robert Thurston looks at Robert Fulton and sees beyond the folly. Today, Thurston looks at Fulton.
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4min

FAQs about Engines of Our Ingenuity:

How many episodes does Engines of Our Ingenuity have?

The podcast currently has 1,761 episodes available.