Engines of Our Ingenuity
Summary: 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. This content is in service of Houston Public Media’s education mission and is sponsored by the University of Houston. It is not a product of our news team.
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Podcasts:
Episode: 2817 Where do creative ideas come from? Today, let’s talk about creativity.
Episode: 2132 Absolutism: Biblical distortion and the death of scientific literacy. Today, evolution and education.
Episode: 2130 Before GPS: airplane directions painted on rooftops. Today, what did we do before GPS?
Episode: 2129 Thomas Ewing French: A reflection on "leadership" vs. true positive influence. Today, we think about being influenced.
Episode: 2718 Canning and the Tin Can. Today, it's in the can.
Episode: 3029 Model Citizen. Today, lets talk about models.
Episode: 2960 CSI Herculaneum: How A Terrible Discovery Helps Paleodemography. Today, CSI Herculaneum.
Episode: 2128 Ken Richmond, James Blades, and the J. Arthur Rank gong. Today, the death of an icon.
Episode: 2127 How It Works vs. How to Make It: An early 20th-C case history. Today, How It Works.
Episode: 2125 Religious cartoons: a window into the mechanics of media persuasion. Today, a window into the mechanics of media persuasion.
Episode: 2717 Kant, rationalism, empiricism, and the Critique of Pure Reason. Today, a critique of pure reason.
Episode: 2815 The spread of ideas in social networks. Today, let’s talk about engineered social networks.
Episode: 3262 Where Is Skull Island & Could Such A Place Be Real? Today, explaining the impossible.
Episode: 2124 On Crystal Ballgazing: A 1918 airplane of the future. Today, a crystal ball.
Episode: 2122 Other people's money: Thoughts about diamonds and con games. Today, other people's money.