Engines of Our Ingenuity

Engines of Our Ingenuity


Latest Episodes

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1143: Shakespeare and Medicine
March 29, 2024

Episode: 1143 Shakespeare's long-standing fascination with medicine.  Today, Shakespeare's fascination with medicine.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1950: Girolamo Cardano
March 28, 2024

Episode: 1950 Girolamo Cardano: The tormented life of a towering renaissance thinker. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd shares a story of triumph and tragedy.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2714: Hub Motors
March 27, 2024

Episode: 2714 Hub Motors, aka In-Wheel Motors and their applications in electric vehicles. Today, re-inventing...wheels.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3296: Keeping the Lights On in Hong Kong
March 26, 2024

Episode: 3296 Icons of Hong Kong: Neon Signs, and Local Cinema. Today, we hope the lights never go out in Hong Kong.

Engines of Our Ingenuity1142: Legend and Flight
March 25, 2024

Episode: 1142 The accumulation of empirical data in the legends of flight. Today, old stories turn from legend into experimental development.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1140: Twentieth-Century Tents
March 24, 2024

Episode: 1140 Tents: a very old and very modern architecture. Today, a new architecture -- the tent!

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1139: The Wounded Story-Teller
March 23, 2024

Episode: 1139 The Wounded Story Teller recovers from illness. Today, we tell the story of an illness.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1138: The Texas City Disaster
March 22, 2024

Episode: 1138 Texas City, Roseburg, World Trade Center, Oklahoma City: a story of fertilizer and cigarettes. Today's story is about cigarettes and fertilizer.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1948: Lobster Shells
March 21, 2024

Episode: 1948 Sex, Love and Lobster Shells. Today, guest scientist Andrew Boyd asks where lobsters come from.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2977: Thomas Jefferson and the Maison Carrée
March 20, 2024

Episode: 2977 Thomas Jefferson, the Maison Carre of Nmes, and the Virginia State Capitol. Today, Thomas Jefferson in love.