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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2436: John Jacob Niles

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 16, 2022 · Episode: 2436 John Jacob Niles: Looking beyond the consummate showman. Today, John Jacob Niles.

Tags Appalachian music Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair dulcimer Dwight Newton folk singing Go 'Way from My Window I Wonder as I Wander John Jackob Niles Kentucky folksongs Thomas Merton Venezuela WW-I

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2247: Harmony

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 13, 2022 · Episode: 2247 The Voyageurs: sailors, monks, and chain gangs — in harmony. Today, we look for harmony.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2471: Aeroplanes in Embryo

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 29, 2023 · Episode: 2471 In which Henry Farman and Glenn Curtiss emerge from the pack of pioneer airmen. Today, aeroplanes in embryo.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2455: Fairey Swordfish

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 13, 2023 · Episode: 2455 The Fairey Swordfish: An airplane in a timewarp. Today, the bite of a dinosaur.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2039: Quiet on the Western Front

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 31, 2022 · Episode: 2039 In which we experience quiet on the Western Front. Today, it’s quiet on the Western Front.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2428: Electric Hope in 1889

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 5, 2022 · Episode: 2428 Electric hope in 1889: drunk on the new elixir of electricity. Today, we “discover” electricity.

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