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Engines of Our Ingenuity

Houston Public Media
421 episodes   Last Updated: Jul 06, 25

The story of technological progress is one of drama and intrigue, sudden insight and plain hard work. Let’s explore technology’s spectacular failures and many magnificent success stories.

This content is in service of Houston Public Media’s education mission and is sponsored by the University of Houston. It is not a product of our news team.

Episodes

Episode: 1402 Ben Franklin and Le Ray de Chaumont's house in Paris.  Today, Ben Franklin, revolution, and a house in Paris.
Episode: 1401 Theodore Roosevelt and Frederic Remington defining the West.  Today, Roosevelt and Remington go West.
Episode: 1400 Trying to catch the flavor of the past.  Today, a look back.
Episode: 2483 Public Transportation and Technology: The Harris County Metropolitan Transit Authority.  Today, we leave the car at home.
Episode: 3235 Gender, labor history, and the devaluation of film editing.  Today, the mother of all film editors.
Episode: 3317 Specialized Railcars for Heavy Cargo. Today, how railroads move the unmovable.
Episode: 3316 A look at what the word Research really means.  Today, let’s think about research.
Episode: 1399 The passing of the classical circus.  Today, we go to a circus.
Episode: 1398 Back to the Beginning: First we commit. Then we see. Today, a process within a process
Episode: 1397 John Fitch and America's first successful steamboat.  Today, America's first steamboat.