Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3258: Karl Plagge
Posted on · Episode: 3258 In which a Nazi is named Righteous Among the Nations. Today, righteousness in a strange place.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2085: The Thera Eruption
Posted on · Episode: 2085 The Eruption of Thera: a terrible volcano redirects history. Today, a natural disaster alters history.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2083: Orukter Amphibolos
Posted on · Episode: 2083 Trouble in the history books: Revisiting the Orukter Amphibolus. Today, trouble in the history books.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2082: Date Nails
Posted on · Episode: 2082 Date Nails: a historical record left in the wood. Today, we nail down dates.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2084: Bush Pilots
Posted on · Episode: 2084 Bush pilots: Opening up remote corners of the world. Today, bush pilots.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2080: The Survival of Invention
Posted on · Episode: 2080 China: A case history in the survival/nonsurvival of invention. Today, we ask why only some inventions survive.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2079: A Lost Locomotive
Posted on · Episode: 2079 A lost locomotive, The America. Today, a lost locomotive.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2072: The Star Spangled Banner
Posted on · Episode: 2072 Exponential growth: trying to square the metaphor with the math. Today, a national anthem has come and gone.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2078: Why the Speed of Sound?
Posted on · Episode: 2078 Today, why does sound have a speed?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2077: Last Words
Posted on · Episode: 2077 Last Words: What do we say before we die? Today, the last word.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2076: Exponential Growth
Posted on · Episode: 2076 Exponential growth: trying to square the metaphor with the math. Today, exponential growth.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2074: Isabella Bird
Posted on · Episode: 2074 Isabella Bird, A remarkable powerhouse of the 19th-century travel literature. Today, a Victorian lady takes a trip.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2070: Time and Ruth Belville
Posted on · Episode: 2070 The Belville family: Selling time for 103 years. Today, Ruth Belville tells us the time.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2071: Parker’s Philosophy
Posted on · Episode: 2071 Parker’s and Plympton’s Philosophy: retaining what is good across and intellectual chasm. Today, a book straddles an intellectual divide.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2069: Alexander Bain
Posted on · Episode: 2069 Alexander Bain: so many ideas before their time. Today, invention at the wrong time.