Episodes

  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1422: Alexandria

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1422: Alexandria
    Aug 16 2025
    Episode: 1422 Technology in Alexandria, ca. 200 BC. Today, a 2200-year-old age of invention.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3325: Machines That Forgot to Fail

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3325: Machines That Forgot to Fail
    Aug 15 2025
    Episode: 3325 Machines That Forgot How to Fail: An AI Guest’s Perspective on Reliability. Today, our guest, ChatGPT, talks about machines that forgot to fail.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2495: Creativity Within Limits

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2495: Creativity Within Limits
    Aug 14 2025
    Episode: 2495 Creativity Within Limits: Rules as a Source of Creativity. Today, bounded creativity.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3236: The Humble Index Card

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3236: The Humble Index Card
    Aug 13 2025
    Episode: 3236 Analysis, Creativity, and the Humble Index Card. Today, the humble index card.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3324: Flying Blind

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3324: Flying Blind
    Aug 12 2025
    Episode: 3324 Jimmy Doolittle, Inventor of Instrument Flying. Today, flying blind.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3323: Biting Words

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3323: Biting Words
    Aug 11 2025
    Episode: 3323 We learn a new way of speaking in the 1930s. Today, biting words.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1421: Rocket Boys

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1421: Rocket Boys
    Aug 10 2025
    Episode: 1421 The Rocket Boys, a moving story of adolescence and engineering. Today, a book with a surprising subtext.
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    4 mins
  • The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1420: The Erie Canal

    The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1420: The Erie Canal
    Aug 9 2025
    Episode: 1420 The Erie Canal. Today, we ride 568 feet uphill in a barge.
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    4 mins