Episode – 0324 : Bell Labs Transcript What do lasers, photovoltaic cells, the transistor, digital cameras, cell phone technology, the communication satellite, computer networking, radio astronomy, and the UNIX operating […]
Episode – 0312 : Examining The Zipper
Episode – 0312 : Examining The Zipper Transcript I’m guessing that almost everyone listening to this podcast has, within the last 24 hours used a zipper. They are ubiquitous at […]
Episode – 0311 : Randomness
Episode – 0311 : Randomness Transcript Randomness is all around us. Many of you probably think that this podcast is pretty random given that you have no clue what each […]
Episode – 0291 : Longitude
Episode – 0291 : Longitude Transcript Navigation on the open ocean is extremely difficult. It is a skill that takes years to master. Even with years of skill, an experienced […]
Episode – 0272 : The Podcast About Podcasts
Episode – 0272 : The Podcast About Podcasts Transcript I’m a podcaster who makes podcasts. You are a podcast listener who listens to podcasts. This is a podcast by a […]
Episode – 0271 : The Incomparable Hedy Lamarr
Episode – 0271 : The Incomparable Hedy Lamarr Transcript Hedy Lamarr was one of the most beautiful women in the world. She was a Hollywood star who appeared in films […]
Episode – 0263 : The 7 People Who Control the Internet
Episode – 0263 : The 7 People Who Control the Internet Transcript The internet is often considered to be an open environment where no one really controls anything. A company […]
Episode – 0245 : The Mercury 13
Episode – 0245 : The Mercury 13 Transcript In the late 1950s, NASA recruited military test pilots to become the very first American Astronauts. They underwent an extensive battery of […]
Episode – 0239 : Zeppelins
Episode – 0239 : Zeppelins Transcript Airplanes were not the first type of aircraft. Lighter than air airships were flying decades before the Wright Brothers flew their first airplane. Of […]
Episode – 0233 : A History of Mars Exploration
Episode – 0233 : A History of Mars Exploration Transcript Ever since humans looked up at the stars they noticed that a few of them were different from the others. […]
Episode – 0231 : Units of Measure
Episode – 0231 : Units of Measure Transcript Every day we are constantly using measurements. We have ways of measuring distance, temperature, time, light, pressure, energy….everything. Yet, why do we […]
Episode – 0229 : The Elevator
Episode – 0229 : The Elevator Transcript Some of the things we use every day were invented in the distant past. Other things were invented quite recently. However, there is […]
Episode – 0228 : Space Junk
Episode – 0228 : Space Junk Transcript In 1957, Sputnik was launched into orbit as the world’s first artificial satellite. Today, 64 years later, there are more than 1,000,000 objects […]
Episode – 0214 : AM/FM
Episode – 0214 : AM/FM Transcript For over 100 years, radio has been one of the biggest mediums for communication, information, and entertainment. It was the first true broadcast medium. […]
Episode – 0208 : Operation Plumbbob
Episode – 0208 : Operation Plumbbob Transcript In 1957 the United States embarked on its most controversial series of nuclear tests. These tests took place on US soil in the […]
Episode – 0207 : QWERTY
Episode – 0207 : QWERTY Transcript 150 years ago, an American inventor by the name of Christopher Latham Sholes developed a machine to allow people to easily put text onto […]
Episode – 0193 : Did Gutenburg Really Invent the Printing Press?
Episode – 0193 : Did Gutenburg Really Invent the Printing Press? Transcript The printing press is considered to be one of, if not the greatest invention in history. The printing […]
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Episode – 0187 : The McRib
Episode – 0187 : The McRib Transcript The musical Brigadoon is about a Scottish village which appears for one day every 100 years. The village can be thought of as […]
Episode – 0185 : The Golden Record
Episode – 0185 : The Golden Record Transcript In the 1970s NASA embarked on a mission it had never attempted before. Due to a fortunate alignment of planets, they were […]
Episode – 0182 : The Canary Islands
Episode – 0182 : The Canary Islands Transcript If you think of Spain as the country on the Iberian Peninsula which is sandwiched between France and Portugal, you are not […]