Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2620: Reading Baden-Powell
Posted on · Episode: 2620 Robert Baden-Powell and the Invention of the Boys Scouts. Today, the invention of the Boy Scouts.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2531: Reading Vienna
Posted on · Episode: 2531 Reading Vienna: A history through architecture. Today, we read Vienna.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2505: Wild America
Posted on · Episode: 2505 Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher’s Wild America. Today, a legendary road trip.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2499: Texas Germans
Posted on · Episode: 2499 Frederick Law Olmsted and the Texas Germans. Today, Texas auf Deutsch.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2408: Roman Political Invective
Posted on · Episode: 2408 Roman Political Invective. Today, a look at Roman mudslinging.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2382: The Invention of the Paperboy
Posted on · Episode: 2382 The Invention of the American Paperboy during the Great Depression. Today, the invention of the paperboy.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2820: Remaking Ben-Hur
Posted on · Episode: 2820 A Spectacular Series of Spectaculars: Remaking Ben-Hur. Today, remaking Ben-Hur.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2373: Two German Phrasebooks
Posted on · Episode: 2373 The Phrasebook: A Dangerous Invention. Today, UH scholar, Richard Armstrong tells us about German phrasebooks.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2977: Thomas Jefferson and The Maison Carree
Posted on · Episode: 2977 Thomas Jefferson, the Maison Carree and the Virginia State Capitol. Today, Thomas Jefferson in love.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2364: The Longest Year in History
Posted on · Episode: 2364 46 BC: In which Julius Caesar creates the longest year. Today, UH scholar Richard Armstrong tells us about the longest year in history.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2368: Time Out of Joint
Posted on · Episode: 2368 In which Shakespeare and Cervantes die on the same day, but eleven days apart. Today, UH scholar, Richard Armstrong tells us about puzzles in chronology.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2356: College Yiddish vs Living Hebrew
Posted on · Episode: 2356 Hebrew and Yiddish struggle for ascendancy after WW-II. Today, scholar Richard Armstrong considers the world of language textbooks.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2228: Ancient Explanations of Bird Migration
Posted on · Episode: 2228 Ancient Explanations of Bird Migrations. Today, our guest, classicist Richard Armstrong, watches the ancients studying bird migrations.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2364: The Longest Year
Posted on · Episode: 2364 46 BC: In which Julius Caesar creates the longest year. Today, UH scholar Richard Armstrong tells us about the longest year in history.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3195: The Converging Literacies of the Digital Age
Posted on · Episode: 3195 Newspapers vs. the Internet: The Converging Literacies of the Digital Age. Today, we read old newspapers.