Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1511: Lotus and High-Tech
Episode: 1511 In which the lotus blossom gives a lesson in engineering design. Today, lotus petals and high-tech.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1510: Thomas Sopwith
Episode: 1510 Thomas Sopwith's hundredth birthday. Today, we meet the oldest airplane designer.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1509: Roads, Canals, and Railways
Episode: 1509 Late 18th century competition among roads, canals and railways. Today, we look at roads, canals, and railways.
More or Less - No, a study has not shown that the covid jab causes cancer
In Autumn 2025 a paper in South Korea was published that excited many a vaccine sceptic online. The paper claimed that receiving a vaccination against Covid19 was linked to a 27% increase in cancer risk.
However, when you dig into the data there is no evidence that the vaccine caused the cancer. We spoke to Professor Justin Fendos to explain why we cannot take this type of statistical analysis at face value.
Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series Producer: Tom Colls Editor: Richard Vadon Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown Sound Mix: James Beard
The Indicator from Planet Money - ICE influencers, a world-record trade surplus, and the moon goes nuclear
Welcome back to Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.
On today’s episode: Influencers for ICE, China’s tremendous trade surplus, and America heads back to the moon.
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On today’s episode: Influencers for ICE, China’s tremendous trade surplus, and America heads back to the moon.
Related episodes:
We resolve to watch these 2026 indicators
China's trade war perspective
Who owns the moon?
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Vito Emanuel. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
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Articles of Interest - Made in USA
This is one of the best pieces of fashion reporting I have ever heard: it's a reworked version of a story that originally aired on the NPR podcast Planet Money.
And to get my recommendations of well made, relatively ethically produced t- shirts, head to articlesofinterest.substack.com
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesEngines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1508: Alchemy
Episode: 1508 The alchemists and chemistry before the middle 19th century. Today, we remember alchemy.
Audio Mises Wire - Bait-and-Switch: Victims of the LA Wildfires Find That Local Government Wants Them Gone
People who lost their homes last year in the LA wildfires are finding government roadblocks to rebuilding, due to systems put in place by progressives. And nothing will change.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/bait-and-switch-victims-la-wildfires-find-local-government-wants-them-gone
Curious City - ‘Weather is cool’: Weird Chicago weather, from northern lights to water spouts
Thanks to the powerful force that is Lake Michigan and the urban heat island that is Chicago, the city has witnessed some unusual and extreme weather events.
Last episode was about lake-effect snow and a phrase you hear all the time: “Cooler by the lake.” But Chicago weather definitely gets stranger than that.
We’re talking thundersnow, water spouts and even space weather. Why do these weather events happen, what makes them unusual and how can you have a little fun (safely!) when they come around? We talk with Jeff Frame, a teaching professor in the Department of Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
The Indicator from Planet Money - Why Trump resurrected the Monroe Doctrine
203 years ago, President James Monroe declared the Western Hemisphere off limits to powerful countries in Europe. Fast forward, and President Trump is reviving the Monroe Doctrine to justify intervening in places like Venezuela, and threatening further action in other parts of Latin America and Greenland. On today’s show, how is Trump redefining the Monroe Doctrine and what does it mean for the world?
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