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Episode 2596
Episode: 2596 Golf Club Grooves: How small changes in technology can cause controversy. Today's episode is brought to you by the letters U and V.
1 week, 3 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3375: Poetry
Episode 3375
Episode: 3375 The complex relationship among language, speech, music, and poetry. Today, what is Poetry?
1 week, 4 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3374: Board Game Design
Episode 3374
Episode 3374: Monte Carlo simulations and board game design. Today, Monte Carlo simulations and board games.
1 week, 5 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1575: Fields and Continua
Episode 1575
Episode: 1575 Fields and continua: A secret art of engineering. Today, a look at a secret abstraction.
1 week, 6 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1573: Donatello in Time
Episode 1573
Episode: 1573 Donatello: Of his age or for all time? Today, we ask: Of an age, or of all time?
2 weeks ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1572: High-Pressure Steam Engines
Episode 1572
Episode: 1572 High-pressure steam engines and transportation. Today, the first locomotive.
2 weeks, 1 day ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1571: Oz and Electricity
Episode 1571
Episode: 1571 In which the author of Oz contemplates electricity. Today, Dorothy, Kansas, and the new forces of electricity.
2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2594: Ptolemy’s Geographia
Episode 2594
Episode: 2594 Mapping the World: Ptolemy's Geographia. Today, a man and a map.
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3029: Model Citizen
Episode 3029
Episode: 3029 Model Citizen. Today, lets talk about models.
2 weeks, 4 days ago
The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2081: A Monstrosity and a Skeptic
Episode 2081
Episode: 2081 A Monstrosity, a Skeptic, and a new view of the 16th century. Today, guest historian Cathy Patterson gives birth to a cat.
2 weeks, 5 days ago