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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2834: Wombs and Witchcraft

Posted on August 25, 2021 · Episode: 2834 Wombs and Witchcraft: Edward Jorden’s Suffocation of the Mother (1603). Today, wombs and witchcraft.

Posted on July 28, 2021 · Episode: 2831 Reading the Long History of Cosmopolitan Magazine. Today, a great American magazine.

Posted on June 30, 2021 · Episode: 2829 Cesare Lombroso and his Museum. Today, a head in a jar.

Posted on June 22, 2021 · Episode: 2829 Cesare Lombroso and his Museum. Today, a head in a jar.

Posted on June 2, 2021 · Episode: 2823 Gilles de la Tourette and Hypnotic Crimes. Today, hypnotic crimes.

Posted on March 10, 2021 · Episode: 2818 The Pompeian Paradox and Fiorelli’s Body Casts. Today, the Pompeian paradox.

Posted on February 10, 2021 · Episode: 2816 Sir William Hamilton and the Beginnings of Volcanology. Today, the beginnings of volcanology.

Posted on January 20, 2021 · Episode: 2813 Seneca the Younger and the Great Earthquake of 62 AD. Today, an ancient earthquake.

Posted on December 16, 2020 · Episode: 2810 The Concrete Revolution in Ancient Rome. Today, some concrete achievements.

Posted on December 7, 2020 · Episode: 2834 Wombs and Witchcraft: Edward Jorden’s Suffocation of the Mother (1603). Today, wombs and witchcraft.

Posted on December 2, 2020 · Episode: 2801 The Maria Theresa Thaler. Today, the almighty Thaler.

Posted on October 14, 2020 · Episode: 2682 Technical English and the Verbing of Nouns. Today, we verb a little.

Posted on September 2, 2020 · Episode: 2620 Robert Baden-Powell and the Invention of the Boys Scouts. Today, the invention of the Boy Scouts.

Posted on August 12, 2020 · Episode: 2531 Reading Vienna: A history through architecture. Today, we read Vienna.

Posted on July 1, 2020 · Episode: 2505 Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher’s Wild America. Today, a legendary road trip.