Episodes

  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1323: Fleming’s Electric Valve

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1323: Fleming’s Electric Valve
    Feb 2 2025
    Episode: 1323 Fleming, the light bulb, and the vacuum tube. Today, an analogy changes our world.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1322: Beating the System

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1322: Beating the System
    Feb 1 2025
    Episode: 1322 Five college degrees in six years: What does it mean? Today, some thoughts about beating the system.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1321: Century-Old Solar Collector

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1321: Century-Old Solar Collector
    Jan 31 2025
    Episode: 1321 A modern solar collector, a century before its time. Today, an idea whose time had not yet come.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2418: Luck and Las Vegas

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2418: Luck and Las Vegas
    Jan 30 2025
    Episode: 2418 Quantifying the chance of losing at casino games. Today, luck and Las Vegas.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3235: Verna Fields, “Mother Cutter”

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3235: Verna Fields, “Mother Cutter”
    Jan 29 2025
    Episode: 3235 Gender, labor history, and the devaluation of film editing. Today, the mother of all film editors.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2822: Herodotus

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2822: Herodotus
    Jan 28 2025
    Episode: 2822 Herodotus describing historical events of 5th century BC, fantastical and entertaining component of The Histories. Today, we visit Herodotus.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1320: Intellectual Misdirection

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1320: Intellectual Misdirection
    Jan 27 2025
    Episode: 1320 Today, we wonder where to look for our new widget. Intellectual misdirection: looking inside and outside our heads for knowledge.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1319: Differential Analyzer

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1319: Differential Analyzer
    Jan 26 2025
    Episode: 1319 Vannevar Bush and the great Rockefeller Differential Analyzer. Today, a eulogy for a machine.
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    4 mins