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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2696: Winged Words

Posted on July 19, 2023 · Episode: 2696 Winged Words: The Homeric Epics as Oral Poetry. Today, classicist Casey Due listens to the Homeric epics.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2569: Ships of the Levant

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Posted on April 15, 2023 · Episode: 2569 Learning about ships of the ancient Levant: When a picture is not a ship. Today, only a picture of a ship.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2435: Arachnophobia and Fabric

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 12, 2022 · Episode: 2435 Arachnophobia: A fearful spider spins us a pair of socks. Today, arachnophobia and fabric.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2339: Distaffs and Home Economics

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 1, 2022 · Episode: 2339 How women traded their distaffs for a new life. Today, the distaff side.

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Author Lisa Nikolidakis opens up about her memoir “No One Crosses The Wolf”

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Posted on September 8, 2022 · How she found healing after years of abuse and her father’s murder-suicide

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