Engines of Our Ingenuity show

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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 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2817: Creativity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:49

Episode: 2817 Where do creative ideas come from?  Today, let’s talk about creativity.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2132: Absolutism | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:46

Episode: 2132 Absolutism: Biblical distortion and the death of scientific literacy.  Today, evolution and education.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2130: Before GPS | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:48

Episode: 2130 Before GPS: airplane directions painted on rooftops.  Today, what did we do before GPS?

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2129: Thomas Ewing French | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:48

Episode: 2129 Thomas Ewing French: A reflection on "leadership" vs. true positive influence.  Today, we think about being influenced.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2718: Canning and the Tin Can | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:47

Episode: 2718 Canning and the Tin Can.  Today, it's in the can.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 3029: Model Citizen | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:37

Episode: 3029 Model Citizen.  Today, lets talk about models.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2960: CSI Herculaneum | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:53

Episode: 2960 CSI Herculaneum: How A Terrible Discovery Helps Paleodemography.  Today, CSI Herculaneum.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2128: Ken Richmond and the Gong | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:51

Episode: 2128 Ken Richmond, James Blades, and the J. Arthur Rank gong.  Today, the death of an icon.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2127: How It Works | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:49

Episode: 2127 How It Works vs. How to Make It: An early 20th-C case history.  Today, How It Works.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2125: Religious Cartoons | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:48

Episode: 2125 Religious cartoons: a window into the mechanics of media persuasion.  Today, a window into the mechanics of media persuasion.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2717: Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:48

Episode: 2717 Kant, rationalism, empiricism, and the Critique of Pure Reason.  Today, a critique of pure reason.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2815: How Ideas Spread | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:50

Episode: 2815 The spread of ideas in social networks.  Today, let’s talk about engineered social networks.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 3262: Skull Island Procreation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:50

Episode: 3262 Where Is Skull Island & Could Such A Place Be Real?  Today, explaining the impossible.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2124: A Crystal Ball | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:46

Episode: 2124 On Crystal Ballgazing: A 1918 airplane of the future.  Today, a crystal ball.

 Engines of Our Ingenuity 2122: Other People’s Money | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:49

Episode: 2122 Other people's money: Thoughts about diamonds and con games.  Today, other people's money.

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