Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2081: A Monstrosity and a Skeptic
Posted on · Episode: 2081 A Monstrosity, a Skeptic, and a new view of the 16th century. Today, guest historian Cathy Patterson gives birth to a cat.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2035: The Gunpowder Plot
Posted on · Episode: 2035 The Gunpowder Plot: Terrorism little-changed in four hundred years. Today, historian Cathy Patterson asks us to “Remember, remember, the fifth of November.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2018: The Chamberlen Family Secret
Posted on · Episode: 2018 The Chamberlen family secret: the invention of forceps. Today, guest historian Cathy Patterson reveals family secrets.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2010: George McJunkin and Ales Hrdlicka
Posted on · Episode: 2010 George McJunkin and Ales Hrdlicka: Who discovered the Clovis culture? Today, guest historian Cathy Patterson looks at an unlikely anthropologist.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2002: Patent History
Posted on · Episode: 2002 The almost-first patent: from stained glass to genetically modified mice. Today, guest historian Cathy Patterson with a story about patents.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1983: Inventing the Newspaper
Posted on · Episode: 1983 Inventing the newspaper in seventeenth-century England. Today, our guest, historian Cathy Patterson reports on the invention of the newspaper.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3282: Wayfinding Without Instruments
Posted on · Episode: 3282 Wayfinding without Instruments: Polynesian Navigators. Today, finding our way.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3275: A Sister in Science
Posted on · Episode: 3275 Katherine Boyle Jones, a Sister of the Scientific Revolution. Today, a sister of the Scientific Revolution.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2897: Privacy and Technology
Posted on · Episode: 2897 A (Very) Short History of Privacy and Technology. Today, privacy and technology.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2846: Coffee Houses
Posted on · Episode: 2846 Coffeehouses and the Birth of a Public Sphere. Today, let's share a cup of coffee.