Was she the victim of foul play, an accident, or did she choose to disappear? In this episode of The Vanished, we retrace Diana’s last known movements, strange witness accounts, and the lingering mystery that has never been solved or.. was never meant to be solved.
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.
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THOUGHTS and DREAMS from a DADPRENUER! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/Ingenuity/support
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Creative. Motivated. Ingenious. There’s only one group of people who have ever figured out how to deliver as much energy as the world wants. This is the show about how they did it. And how they keep doing it.
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Podcast by Hoff & Dunn
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James Caan discusses his impressive career and offers his top tips on running a successful business. As one of the UK’s most successful businessmen, his name has become synonymous with entrepreneurship. James also discusses his latest entry into the digital realm with his new app, James Caan Business Secrets. Moderated by editor from The Sunday Times, Paul Croughton, at the Apple Store, Covent Garden, London.
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Episode: 2075 Rudolph Ackerman and his amazing chronicles of 19th-century art and technology. Today, architectural historian Margaret Culbertson tells us about a great chronicler of technology and art.Par Margaret Culbertson
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Episode: 2382 The Invention of the American Paperboy during the Great Depression. Today, the invention of the paperboy.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1339 The Good Soldier Svejk, a fine organizational model. Today, an old, but very sound, book on corporate management.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1055 Reflections on roller skates, roller blades, and stability. Today, a strange parable of appearance and reality.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1054 In Praise of Bats. Today, we meet some beleaguered animals that should be our friends.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1052 In which wasps teach us to make paper from wood. Today, wasps try to teach us to make paper.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2434 Understanding the Relationship Between Physics and Metaphysics.Par Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 2696 Winged Words: The Homeric Epics as Oral Poetry. Today, classicist Casey Dué listens to the Homeric epics.Par Casey Dué
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Episode: 1051 A Conservation Laboratory keeps vanishing arts alive. Today, we ask: Just what is a conservator conserving?Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1049 Hugh Miller: a fundamentalist radicalizes 19th century geology. Today, a 19th-century geologist struggles with the creation of the earth.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1048 Medieval machines in a 20th century hydraulics text. Today, two 20th-century thinkers look at the end of an era. One sees it. One does not.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1047 In which I question the dubious practice of ghost-writing. Today, we ask, "Who writes our story?"Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2432 Engineering, Football, and What Makes a Good Prank. Today, engineering, football, and a good prank.Par Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 2841 Multiple Big Bangs and Multiple Universes; The Fantastical Multi-Reality of Multiverse. Today, we imagine the Big Bangs.Par Haleh Ardebili
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Episode: 3238 Whitewash, as Metaphor and Practice. Today, whitewashing.Par Karen Fang
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Episode: 1046 The mind of Faraday and the merging of science and religion. Today, a look inside the mind of a surprising scientist.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1045 A lesson in engineering design on the sports pages. Today, lessons in modern design from the sports pages.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1338 The century-long retention of masts and sails on steamships. Today, we wonder about sails on steam-powered ships.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1337 Frankenstein -- the monster of our obsessiveness. Today, we consider a favorite nightmare.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2429 The Birth of Betty Crocker. Today, America's First Lady of Food.Par Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 3309 Shortwave Radio, the Original Information Super Highway. Today, we listen to the world.Par Fitz Walker
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Episode: 3308 Why do we play board games? Today, board games as models of the world.Par Dr. Krešimir Josić
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Episode: 1336 In which Diesel engines violate their own metaphor. Today, a new breed of Diesel engines fights an old metaphor.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1335 Santos-Dumas, Zeppelin, and the great airships. Today, we ride airships.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1334 Watching Europe go from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Today, a story of wood, copper and iron.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1333 Energy is pure delight, the conservation of energy. Today, we chase a will-o-the-wisp.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2424 The National Institute of Standards and Technology. Today, we measure things.Par Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 2882 Eliezer Ben Yehuda and the Revival of Hebrew. Today, the revival of an ancient language.Par Melissa Weininger
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Episode: 1332 Filmstrips, as used in schools from the 1920s through the 1980s. Today, filmstrips.Par Roger Kaza
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Episode: 1332 Moment of inertia, secrecy, and satellite stability. Today, government secrecy sabotages an early satellite.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1331 The Mississippi and Mark Twain's time warp. Today, a River in 1883.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1330 Electric lights in the 80 years before Edison. Today, we go looking for the first electric lights.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1329 16th Century scientist, Christiaan Huygens, looks for alien life. Today, an old inquiry into life on other planets.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2423 What's New? A Look at What it Means to be New. Today, what's new?Par Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 2373 The Phrasebook: A Dangerous Invention. Today, UH scholar, Richard Armstrong tells us about German phrasebooks.Par Richard H. Armstrong
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Episode: 3307 A Tool to Curb Pride: Don’t Believe Your Reviews. Today, A Tool to Curb Pride.Par Megan Cole
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Episode: 1328 The medieval character of the wild West. Today, the wild West holds up a mirror to medieval life.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1327 Electricity in Everyday Life in 1904. Today, let's look for parallels.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1326 Lift-off: Reflections on the launch of NASA Flight STS-91. Today, we all count 3-2-1.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1325 The day Mulholland's St. Francis Dam broke. Today, an almost-forgotten catastrophe.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2422 John Muir, Naturalist and Engineer. Today, an unlikely engineer.Par Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 3266 Fireworks, Firecrackers, and Lunar New Year. Today, we ring the new year in with a bang.Par Karen Fang
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Episode: 2838 The World of Small Dimensions; Nano-Dimensions and Pico-Times. Today, we explore Small.Par Haleh Ardebili
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Episode: 1324 C rations: Armies trying to travel on their stomachs. Today, an army tries to travel on its stomach.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1323 Fleming, the light bulb, and the vacuum tube. Today, an analogy changes our world.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1322 Five college degrees in six years: What does it mean? Today, some thoughts about beating the system.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 1321 A modern solar collector, a century before its time. Today, an idea whose time had not yet come.Par Dr. John Lienhard
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Episode: 2418 Quantifying the chance of losing at casino games. Today, luck and Las Vegas.Par Dr. Andy Boyd
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Episode: 3235 Gender, labor history, and the devaluation of film editing. Today, the mother of all film editors.Par Karen Fang
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Episode: 2822 Herodotus describing historical events of 5th century BC, fantastical and entertaining component of The Histories. Today, we visit Herodotus.Par Haleh Ardebili
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