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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1200: London’s Secret Museums

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/23

Episode: 1200 London’s secret museums. Today, we visit London’s secret museums.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1199: Gallup Poll

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/22

Episode: 1199 Gallup Poll: spawn of intellect with some saving imperfection. Today, we try to foretell how you plan to vote.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1198: The Gates of Hell

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/21

Episode: 1198 In which Virgil visits a theme park and writes the Aeneid. Today, we pass through the Gates of Hell.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1196: Batting 400

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/17

Episode: 1196 Reflections on batting 400, evolution, economics, and diversity. Today, what do batting averages, evolution, and the economy have in common?

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1195: Dhouda

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/16

Episode: 1195 Dhuoda writes to her son in Ninth Century France. Today, a remarkable woman opens a window on another age.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1194: Self-Deception

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/15

Episode: 1194 A scientifically illiterate people goes bankrupt on health care. Today, thoughts on medicine, self-deception, and scientific literacy.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1193: West with the Night

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/14

Episode: 1193 Beryl Markham flies out of Africa, and across the Atlantic. Today, a daring flight and an unlikely book.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1192: Black Sea

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/10

Episode: 1192 In which a deluge transforms the Black Sea — and farming. Today, let’s ride the wake of an old old flood.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1190: Mustard Gas

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/09

Episode: 1190 The only mustard gas attack in WWII yields new medicine. Today, a story about cancer and a WW-II mustard gas attack.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1189: Theodore Pachelbel

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/08

Episode: 1189 The other Pachelbel brings music to Colonial America. Today, the first “recorded” concert in America.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1188: William Billings

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/07

Episode: 1188 William Billings, Colonial composer and American original. Today, we meet America’s first significant composer.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1187: Good/Bad :...

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/03

Episode: 1187 Good people make good machines: Bad people make bad machines. Today, we try to construct an aphorism.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1186: Bach and Handel

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/02

Episode: 1186 Bach, Handel, and their charlatan eye doctor. Today, an odd connection between Bach and Handel.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1185: Adam Smith

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/06/01

Episode: 1185 Adam Smith: of economics and natural law. Today, a bright Scot looks to natural law for an economic model.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1184: Mirror

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/05/31

Episode: 1184 The mirror: something that looks far more obvious than it is. Today, we look in the mirror and find something strange.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1183: Leonardo and Leda

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/05/27

Episode: 1183 Leda and swan Zeus: Leonardo contemplates life. Today, we watch as myth drives science.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1181: Edith Humphrey

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/05/26

Episode: 1181 In which Edith Humphry doesn’t quite receive the Nobel Prize. Today, a woman doesn’t quite get the Nobel Prize.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1180: Lardner and Energy

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/05/25

Episode: 1180 Dionysius Lardner looks at early steam power technology. Today, a contemporary look at power technology, 170 years ago.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1179: How Aspirin Finds the...

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/05/24

Episode: 1179 How does Aspirin find your headache? (More Feldman questions). Today, aspirin looks for your headache.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1178: Aeronautics 1897-1910

Dr. John Lienhard – Houston Public Media ·

2024/05/20

Episode: 1178 The Encyclopaedia Britannica before/after the Wright Brothers. Today, we see what happens when an old goal is reached.

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