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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2186: Lost Beauties

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 20, 2022 · Episode: 2186 Lost beauty of old words: nostalgia thwarted a flood of new books. Today, language slips away from us.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2253: The Commons Revisited

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Posted on June 24, 2022 · Episode: 2253 Revisiting the Commons in a rapidly changing world. Today, we visit the commons.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2216: Good Health for Boys & Girls

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Posted on April 25, 2022 · Episode: 2216 Good Health for Boys and Girls in 1889. Today, we raise your great grandparents.

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How author Dylan Marron has conversations with people who hate him

Lisa Rosborough

Posted on March 28, 2022 · Today, Marron shares what he’s learned about having difficult conversations and how having them can help close the ever-growing distance between us.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2196: The Future Among Us

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 13, 2022 · Episode: 2196 In which the future we seek to know is already among us. Today, the future is among us.

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