Episode – 0523 : A Human History of Ice Podcast Transcript Humans have been aware of ice for as long as there have been humans and ice. However, using ice […]
Episode – 0516 : The Internal Combustion Engine
Episode – 0516 : The Internal Combustion Engine Podcast Transcript One of the technologies which helped make the modern world is the internal combustion engine. Without it, the world would […]
Episode – 0510 : The Mechanical Turk
Episode – 0510 : The Mechanical Turk Podcast Transcript You’ve probably heard of artificial intelligence systems which have gotten so good that they can beat the best humans at Go, […]
Episode – 0504 : Everything You Wanted to Know About Seawater
Episode – 0504 : Everything You Wanted to Know About Seawater Podcast Transcript It covers 70% of the Earth’s surface, is one of the most common substances on Earth, and […]
Episode – 0500 : Episode 500!
Episode – 0500 : Episode 500! Podcast Transcript Back in July of 2020, a man in the middle of a pandemic decided to launch a new podcast. It would be […]
Episode – 0497 : Gold! Gold! Gold!
Episode – 0497 : Gold! Gold! Gold! Podcast Transcript Believe it or not, one of the most valuable elements on the Periodic Table was also the first one that was […]
Episode – 0495 : Superconductivity
Episode – 0495 : Superconductivity Podcast Transcript In 1911, a Dutch physicist named Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was experimenting with ultra low-temperature metals. He was measuring the electrical resistance of mercury […]
Episode – 0488 : Skunkworks
Episode – 0488 : Skunkworks Podcast Transcript 62 miles north of Los Angeles in the city of Palmdale, California, lies one of the most secretive aircraft design and production centers […]
Episode – 0467 : The Brooklyn Bridge
Episode – 0467 : The Brooklyn Bridge Podcast Transcript Brooklyn wasn’t always a part of New York City. It used to be a separate city located across the East River […]
Episode – 0465 : Moore’s Law
Episode – 0465 : Moore’s Law Podcast Transcript In 1965, the director of research at Fairchild Semiconductor, Gordon Moore, made a prediction about the future of semiconductors. He said that […]
Episode – 0454 : The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China
Episode – 0454 : The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China Podcast Transcript As I have mentioned before on this podcast, there are a great many things that were originally […]
Episode – 0443 : The War of the Currents
Episode – 0443 : The War of the Currents Podcast Transcript In the late 19th century, several of the world’s foremost investors engaged in a public battle for the future […]
Episode – 0434 : Fusion Power
Episode – 0434 : Fusion Power Podcast Transcript Ever since humans have understood the workings of the atom, the potential has existed for humanity to exploit the energy source which […]
Episode – 0419 : The Golden Gate Bridge
Episode – 0419 : The Golden Gate Bridge Podcast Transcript San Francisco Bay is one of the largest and best natural harbors in the world. The entrance to the harbor […]
Episode – 0408 : The History of Credit Cards
Episode – 0408 : The History of Credit Cards Podcast Transcript One of the most ubiquitous forms of payment today is credit cards. The odds are good that you have […]
Episode – 0402 : Electric Cars
Episode – 0402 : Electric Cars Podcast Transcript There is an old saying that everything old is new again. This is certainly true with electric cars. The recent surge in […]
Episode – 0394 : How Do Satellites Work?
Episode – 0394 : How Do Satellites Work? Podcast Transcript Somewhere over your head, right this moment is an artificial satellite. Many of them actually. They beam television and radio […]
Episode – 0380 : Barcodes
Episode – 0380 : Barcodes Podcast Transcript In 1949, a young inventor by the name of Norman Woodland was sitting on the beach in Florida. While drawing some lines in […]
Episode – 0379 : The Miller–Urey Experiment
Episode – 0379 : The Miller–Urey Experiment Podcast Transcript One of the fundamental questions of humanity is where did we come from? How did life on Earth come about? While […]
Episode – 0368 : Concorde: The World’s Fastest Passenger Airplane
Episode – 0368 : Concorde: The World’s Fastest Passenger Airplane Podcast Transcript Almost as soon as Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, people began thinking of ways to […]