Episodes

  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1491: Orpheus

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1491: Orpheus
    Dec 19 2025
    Episode: 1491 In which business schools study a leaderless orchestra. Today, we have no leader.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2547: Charging Interest

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2547: Charging Interest
    Dec 18 2025
    Episode: 2547 Changing views on charging interest throughout history. Today, interest.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2831: Reading Cosmo

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2831: Reading Cosmo
    Dec 17 2025
    Episode: 2831 Reading the Long History of Cosmopolitan Magazine. Today, a great American magazine.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2674: The Royal Navy Surgeon

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2674: The Royal Navy Surgeon
    Dec 16 2025
    Episode: 2674 The Royal Navy Surgeon; Taking Medicine to Sea in the Age of Sail. Today, the Royal Navy Surgeon.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1490: Germs

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1490: Germs
    Dec 15 2025
    Episode: 1490 Germs, John Snow, and the Broad Street Well. Today, we talk about germs.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1489 Helicopter

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1489 Helicopter
    Dec 14 2025
    Episode: 1489 Inventing the helicopter: harder than it looked. Today, we invent the helicopter.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1488: The Roeblings

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1488: The Roeblings
    Dec 13 2025
    Episode: 1488 John, Washington, & Emily Roebling, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Today, a family gives us the Brooklyn Bridge.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1492: Necessity in the Siege of Paris

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1492: Necessity in the Siege of Paris
    Dec 13 2025
    Episode: 1492 Necessity and invention during the 1870 siege of Paris. Today, necessity, invention, and the Siege of Paris.
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    4 mins