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Tag: metaphor

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1210: Pasteur’s Biomilitarism

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 21, 2020 · Episode: 1210 In which Louis Pasteur puts medicine on a war footing. Today, the language of war attaches itself to medicine.

Tags blood circulation germs harvey language metaphor

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3241: Hooker’s Green

Karen Fang

Posted on September 8, 2020 · Episode: 3241 Green with Immortality. Today, we go green with immortality.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3238: Whitewashing

Karen Fang

Posted on July 23, 2020 · Episode: 3238 Whitewash, as Metaphor and Practice. Today, whitewashing.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2501: Nietzsche, Strauss, Kubrick, and a Trilogy of Metaphor

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on June 11, 2020 · Episode: 2501: Nietzsche, Strauss, Kubrick, and a Trilogy of Metaphor. Today, a story — in three parts.

Tags 2001 Dr. Strangelove existentialism Eyes Wide Shut Full Metal Jacket kubrick metaphor nietzsche overman Richard Strauss star child Thus Spoke Zarathustra zarathustra

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1857: Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and Quiet

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 13, 2020 · Episode: 1857 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, gliding, and the quest for quiet. Today, a glider pilot seeks quiet.

Tags Anne Morrow Lindbergh Cessna Bird Charles Lindbergh flight flying gliders Henry Hawley Bowlus metaphor poetry quiet Reeve Lindbergh updrafts women writing

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1735: Mousetraps and Paperclips

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 23, 2019 · Episode: 1735 Mousetraps, paperclips, the Arts and Crafts movement, and invention. Today, a reflection on mousetraps and paperclips.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1523: Lighthouses and Cabooses

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 11, 2018 · Episode: 1523 On saying goodbye to lighthouses and cabooses. Today, we say goodbye to lighthouses and cabooses.  

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2501: Nietzsche, Strauss, Kubrick and a Trilogy of Metaphor

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on September 27, 2016 · Episode: 2501 Nietzsche, Strauss, Kubrick, and a Trilogy of Metaphor Today, a story — in three parts.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1210: Pasteur’s Biomilitarism

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on August 19, 2016 · Episode: 1210 In which Louis Pasteur puts medicine on a war footing Today, the language of war attaches itself to medicine.

Tags blood circulation germs harvey language metaphor

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