Episodes

  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3133: The Liar That Helped Win D-Day

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3133: The Liar That Helped Win D-Day
    Oct 1 2024
    Episode: 3133 Juan Pujol García: the Liar Who Helped Win D-Day. Today, a great big liar saves the day.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1051: A Conservation Lab

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1051: A Conservation Lab
    Sep 30 2024
    Episode: 1051 A Conservation Laboratory keeps vanishing arts alive. Today, we ask: Just what is a conservator conserving?
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1049: Hugh Miller

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1049: Hugh Miller
    Sep 29 2024
    Episode: 1049 Hugh Miller: a fundamentalist radicalizes 19th century geology. Today, a 19th-century geologist struggles with the creation of the earth.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1048: The Medieval Twentieth Century

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1048: The Medieval Twentieth Century
    Sep 28 2024
    Episode: 1048 Medieval machines in a 20th century hydraulics text. Today, two 20th-century thinkers look at the end of an era.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1047: Who Writes Our Story?

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1047: Who Writes Our Story?
    Sep 27 2024
    Episode: 1047 In which I question the dubious practice of ghost-writing. Today, we ask, "Who writes our story?"
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2331: Temple Grandin

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2331: Temple Grandin
    Sep 26 2024
    Episode: 2331 A cow's eye view: Temple Grandin and mercy for the the condemned. Today, the unspeakable.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3130: A War of Concrete

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3130: A War of Concrete
    Sep 24 2024
    Episode: 3130 A War of Concrete: The Mulberry Harbors and the Invasion of Normandy. Today, a portable port saves the day.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1046: The Mind of Faraday

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1046: The Mind of Faraday
    Sep 23 2024
    Episode: 1046 The mind of Faraday and the merging of science and religion. Today, a look inside the mind of a surprising scientist.
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    4 mins