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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2739: Hall 17.02.2026 ↓

Episode: 2739 Evolution of the Hall from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. Today, a room without a view.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3349: Inhuman Distances 03.02.2026 ↓

Episode: 3349 The Inhuman Distances of the Speed of Light. Today, inhuman distances.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2617: Facebooking 10.12.2025 ↓

Episode: 2617 Facebook, social networking website, or new medium? Today, Facebooking.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2763: Steve Jobs, Simplifier 12.11.2025 ↓

Episode: 2763 The legacy of Steve Jobs, who simplified computers and computing devices. Today, the man who made it simple.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2488: Creator vs. Revisor 24.09.2025 ↓

Episode: 2488 Revision: An Essential Component of the Creative Process. Today, creator vs. revisor.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2714: Hub Motors 02.09.2025 ↓

Episode: 2714 Hub Motors, aka In-Wheel Motors and their applications in electric vehicles. Today, re-inventing…wheels.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2456: Ode To Kodachrome 19.08.2025 ↓

Episode: 2456 The invention and history of Kodachrome film. Today, photographic memory.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2448: Rachmaninoff Unblocked 24.06.2025 ↓

Episode: 2448 Sergei Rachmaninoff visits a hypnotist to remove his writer’s block. Today, a composer unblocked.

The Engines of Out Ingenuity 2426: Charles Dow 14.05.2025 ↓

Episode: 2426 Charles Dow and the Creation of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Today, an “average” guy.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2419: Perfecting Coffee 16.04.2025 ↓

Episode: 2419 Peter Schlumbohm and the invention of modern coffee-making techniques. Today, a chemist and his coffee.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3307: Filmstrips 18.02.2025 ↓

Episode: 1332 Filmstrips, as used in schools from the 1920s through the 1980s. Today, filmstrips.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2411: Hudson’s Bay Company 21.01.2025 ↓

Episode: 2411 Hudson’s Bay Company. Today, fur traders and far-off borders.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2669: Christmas Greenery 30.12.2024 ↓

Episode: 2669 Plants and greens associated with the Christmas Season. Today, Christmas greenery.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2367: Georgie Clark 17.12.2024 ↓

Episode: 2367 Georgie Clark and the invention of white-water rafting. Today, let’s go whitewater rafting.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2353: In C 26.11.2024 ↓

Episode: 2353 Reflections on — or in — the key of C. Today, French hornist Roger Kaza plays in C.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2341: Wagner’s Tuba 23.10.2024 ↓

Episode: 2341 Richard Wagner conceives a sound, then invents an instrument to create it. Today, horn player Roger Kaza tells us about the tuba Wagner built.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3210: Scourge of the Sea 25.09.2024 ↓

Episode: 3210 Scourge of the Sea, the long search for a cure for scurvy. Today, a medical cure, lost and found.

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3209: Net of Life 20.08.2024 ↓

Episode: 3209 Net of Life: Can Technology Protect Us from Ourselves? Today, a net of life.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2869: Horsepower 10.07.2024 ↓

Episode: 2869 James Watt’s introduction of horsepower as a measurement unit. Today, the power of horses.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2858: Hearing Pictures 26.06.2024 ↓

Episode: 2858 Hearing Pictures: Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Today, hearing pictures.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2833: Kykkos Monastery 11.06.2024 ↓

Episode: 2833 Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus, and the origins of Western monasticism. Today, monks and hermits.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2779: Smart Phones / Wise Phones 30.04.2024 ↓

Episode: 2779 Smartphones/Wise Phones, our changing relationship with phones over the last century. Today, smartphones vs. wise phones.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2739: Hall 23.04.2024 ↓

Episode: 2739 Evolution of the Hall from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. Today, a room without a view.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2714: Hub Motors 27.03.2024 ↓

Episode: 2714 Hub Motors, aka In-Wheel Motors and their applications in electric vehicles. Today, re-inventing…wheels.

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2654: Bike Variations 06.03.2024 ↓

Episode: 2654 Recumbent bicycles and the One Hour record. Today, variations on a bicycle.