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: 2655 Common sense, our common senses, and our uncommon universe. Today, common sense.
Episode #2649 Also-rans: forgotten airplanes and forgotten composers, worth remembering.
Episode: 2648 Ebenezer Howard's Garden City Utopia -- another might've been. Today, a Garden City Utopia.
Episode: 2910 Something big: The world's largest manmade enclosure. Today, something really big.
Episode: 2473 King Ludwig II and his castle at Neuschwanstein. Today, a swan on a mountain.
Episode: 2810 The Concrete Revolution in Ancient Rome. Today, some concrete achievements.
Episode: 2635 How we thought in 1875: A magazine article titled in Morse Code. Today, code for Kate.
Episode: 2634 North America's three triple divides — or is it four? Today, triple divides.
Episode 2633: After the Chicago Fire: A city shrugs off a cataclysm. Today, Chicago, after the Fire.
Episode: 2632 Edith Cavell -- a mountain, a nurse, a smuggler, a heroine. Today, Edith Cavell.
Episode: 2908 Kurt Vonnegut, engineers, and scientists. Today, so it goes.
Episode: 2884 Communicating Through Pictures: The Japanese Language. Today, the images of Kanji.
Episode: 2204 Earthquakes and Volcanoes remember, while hurricanes forget. Today, our guest, geologist Peter Copeland tells us about rocks, air and memory.
Episode: 2629 In which we invent electric lighting in real time. Today, electricity and light.
Episode: 2626 Little airplanes riding in big airplanes -- but they're called Parasites. Today, parasite airplanes.
