Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1427: Dominique de Menil
Episode: 1427 Dominique de Menil, a creative legacy. Today, I learn something at a fancy benefit dinner.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3328: A Horse Adventure
Episode: 3328 A Brief History of Horses, and their role in Japan. Today, an adventure on horseback.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1426: Skyscrapers
Episode: 1426 The skyscraper: a Phoenix out of the great Chicago Fire. Today, let's talk about skyscrapers.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1425: Transatlantic Cable
Episode: 1425 Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable. Today, Queen Victoria sends a telegram to President Buchanan.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1424: La Sylphide
Episode: 1424 La Sylphide: an elemental in the Industrial Revolution. Today, a ballet gives us an odd window into history.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3326: Aeroplane Structures
Episode: 3326 An old book on airplane structures reveals its secrets. Today, we build old aeroplanes.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1423: The Day I Met Einstein
Episode: 1423 An encounter with Einstein. Today, a young man lets history slip by him.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1422: Alexandria
Episode: 1422 Technology in Alexandria, ca. 200 BC. Today, a 2200-year-old age of invention.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3325: Machines That Forgot to Fail
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.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3323: Biting Words
Episode: 3323 We learn a new way of speaking in the 1930s. Today, biting words.