Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2813: An Ancient Earthquake
Posted on · Episode: 2813 Seneca the Younger and the Great Earthquake of 62 AD. Today, an ancient earthquake.
Tag: philosophy
Town Square
What Keeps You Up At Night? Philosophers Ponder Life’s Pressing Questions
Posted on · A philosopher and a personal development coach discuss – and take listeners’ calls about – life’s pressing questions. Plus, a medical expert provides a “checklist” for holiday safety.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3096: Philosophical Learning
Posted on · Episode: 3096 The Learning Value of Philosophy. Today, getting ahead in the world.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1955: Stahl, Phlogiston, and Anima
Posted on · Episode: 1955 Stahl, Phlogiston, Anima, and Understanding. Today, heat as substance.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3239: The Materialism Controversy
Posted on · Episode: 3239 A Materialist Controversy Inspired by the Human Body. Today, a never-ending feud.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1899: Kurt Gödel
Posted on · Episode: 1899 Kurt Gödel: A mathematician brings us down to earth. Today, a mathematician brings us down to earth.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3233: Toad Story
Posted on · Episode: 3233 What the Toad Thought. Today, an existential moment.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1800: All-Embracing Sciences
Posted on · Episode: 1800 A concern about sciences that encompass everything. Today, a single science for all things?
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1719: Poe’s Cosmology
Posted on · Episode: 1719 Edgar Allen Poe’s amazing cosmology. Today, gothic cosmology.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1668: A Vocabulary of Science
Posted on · Episode: 1668 Scientific instruments creating a new rhetoric. Today, new sciences, new languages.
Houston Matters
How Did Famous Philosophers Promote Racism In America?
Posted on · A new book examines the ideologies of Adam Smith, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke and how they perpetuated racist ideas and inequalities.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Road Closures, Voter Lists, And The Music Of Harry Potter (Feb. 1, 2019)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: More road closures, examining voter lists, philosophers who perpetuated racist ideas, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news, and the music of Harry Potter.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1630: Creating Nature
Posted on · Episode: 1630 In which we ponder a very subjective notion of reality. Today, nature changes before our eyes.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1555: Hypatia Revisited
Posted on · Episode: 1555 Looking behind the stories for the real Hypatia. Today, looking for the person behind the story.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1543: Ceredi’s Pump
Posted on · Episode: 1543 Archimedes’ pump, rediscovered by Ceredi, heralds the new science. Today, meet the person who reinvented Archimedes’ pump.