Episode – 1714 : The Invention of the Telephone hr class=”wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity”/> Podcast Transcript The 19th century was one of rapid technological advancement. Of all of the innovations to come […]
Episode – 1706 : Artificial Turf
Episode – 1706 : Artificial Turf Podcast Transcript In 1965, the world’s first fully enclosed sports facility, the Houston Astrodome, was opened to the public. The Astrodome itself was a […]
Episode – 1705 : Hydropower
Episode – 1705 : Hydropower Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, humans have used the power of water to do work for them. At first, it was very simple, then […]
Episode – 1694 : Land Reclamation: How the Dutch Made Land from the Sea
Episode – 1694 : Land Reclamation: How the Dutch Made Land from the Sea Podcast Transcript The Netherlands is unlike any other country on Earth. What sets the Netherlands apart […]
Episode – 1629 : How to Build a Mars Colony
Episode – 1629 : How to Build a Mars Colony Podcast Transcript Ever since the beginning of the Space Age, some people have envisioned landing humans on Mars. There are […]
Episode – 1583 : Project Habakkuk
Episode – 1583 : Project Habakkuk Podcast Transcript During the Second World War, the Allies were desperate to develop ideas to help them win. Some of these ideas, such as […]
Episode – 1970 : The Apollo 1 Disaster
Episode – 1970 : The Apollo 1 Disaster Podcast Transcript In the early 1960s, the United States was always a step behind the Soviet Union in the space race. By […]
Episode – 1445 : The History of Skyscrapers
Episode – 1445 : The History of Skyscrapers Podcast Transcript If you were to pick a single visible icon to represent the 20th century, it would probably be the skyscraper. […]
Episode – 1430 : The Apollo Lunar Module
Episode – 1430 : The Apollo Lunar Module Podcast Transcript When President John F. Kennedy set the objective of landing on the moon before the end of the 1960s, no […]
Episode – 1331 : Stealth Technology
Episode – 1331 : Stealth Technology Podcast Transcript The history of warfare has been a history of measures and countermeasures. When the airplane was invented, RADAR was later invented as […]
Episode – 1289 : The London Underground
Episode – 1289 : The London Underground Podcast Transcript The 19th century saw an explosion in population in London. The city grew severalfold and became the largest city in the […]
Episode – 1219 : Sergei Korolev: The Most Important Russian You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Episode – 1219 : Sergei Korolev: The Most Important Russian You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Podcast Transcript In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Soviet space program was on […]
Episode – 1134 : Project Orion
Episode – 1134 : Project Orion Podcast Transcript In the years immediately following the end of the Second World War, several of the scientists who took part in the Manhattan […]
Episode – 1121 : Space Elevators
Episode – 1121 : Space Elevators Podcast Transcript You’ve probably seen footage of a rocket launch. There is a bunch of smoke and fire as the rocket lifts off to […]
Episode – 1083 : The Large Hadron Collider
Episode – 1083 : The Large Hadron Collider Podcast Transcript Straddling the border of Switzerland and France is the largest scientific instrument ever created. It sits in a tunnel 27 […]
Episode – 1036 : The International Space Station
Episode – 1036 : The International Space Station Podcast Transcript Even before humans first went into orbit, there had been dreams of establishing a permanent presence in space. For almost […]
Episode – 1025 : The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation
Episode – 1025 : The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation Podcast Transcript In 1897, the visionary Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky discovered an equation that governed how rockets worked. His […]
Episode – 0979 : The Panama Canal
Episode – 0979 : The Panama Canal Podcast Transcript Every since the lands of the New World were mapped, people dreamt of creating a canal through Central America to connect […]
Episode – 0964 : Nanotechnology
Episode – 0964 : Nanotechnology Podcast Transcript In Greek, the word for dwarf is “nanos.” The International Bureau of Weights and Measures adopted the prefix ‘nano’ to mean one billionth. […]
Episode – 0947 : Spruce Goose
Episode – 0947 : Spruce Goose Podcast Transcript During the height of the Second World War, American shipping to Europe was constantly being attacked by German U-boats. In an attempt […]