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Episode: 2669 Plants and greens associated with the Christmas Season. Today, Christmas greenery.
Episode: 2367 Georgie Clark and the invention of white-water rafting. Today, let’s go whitewater rafting.
Episode: 2353 Reflections on — or in — the key of C. Today, French hornist Roger Kaza plays in C.
Episode: 2341 Richard Wagner conceives a sound, then invents an instrument to create it. Today, horn player Roger Kaza tells us about the tuba Wagner built.
Episode: 3210 Scourge of the Sea, the long search for a cure for scurvy. Today, a medical cure, lost and found.
Episode: 3209 Net of Life: Can Technology Protect Us from Ourselves? Today, a net of life.
Episode: 2869 James Watt’s introduction of horsepower as a measurement unit. Today, the power of horses.
Episode: 2858 Hearing Pictures: Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Today, hearing pictures.
Episode: 2833 Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus, and the origins of Western monasticism. Today, monks and hermits.
Episode: 2779 Smartphones/Wise Phones, our changing relationship with phones over the last century. Today, smartphones vs. wise phones.
Episode: 2739 Evolution of the Hall from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. Today, a room without a view.
Episode: 2714 Hub Motors, aka In-Wheel Motors and their applications in electric vehicles. Today, re-inventing…wheels.
Episode: 2654 Recumbent bicycles and the One Hour record. Today, variations on a bicycle.
Episode: 2669 Plants and greens associated with the Christmas Season. Today, Christmas greenery.
Episode: 2641 Niagara Falls and the development of hydroelectric power. Today, ghosts of Niagara.
Episode: 2645 Eero Saarinen, Hannskarl Bandel and the creation of the Gateway Arch. Today, a chain and an arch.
Episode: 2637 Neanderthal genes in the human genome, and Darwin’s theory of Sexual Selection. Today, Neanderthal genes.
Episode: 2621 Giovanni Gabrieli and the Venetian School of Polychoral music at St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice. Today, a marriage of sound and space.
Episode: 2549 Cahokia, an Ancient American Metropolis. Today, an ancient American metropolis.
Episode: 2488 Revision: An Essential Component of the Creative Process. Today, creator vs. revisor.
Episode: 2473 King Ludwig II and his castle at Neuschwanstein. Today, a swan on a mountain.
Episode: 2469 Ancel Keys and the Link between Diet and Heart Disease. Today, a heart doctor who wasn't.
Episode: 2456 The invention and history of Kodachrome film. Today, photographic memory.
Episode: 2448 Sergei Rachmaninoff visits a hypnotist to remove his writer’s block. Today, a composer unblocked.
Episode: 2439 Reflections on Hurricane Ike and the effect of satellite technology on the hurricane experience. Today, picturing monsters.
Episode: 2669 Plants and greens associated with the Christmas Season. Today, Christmas greenery.
Episode: 2426 The National Institute of Standards and Technology. Today, an "average" guy.
Episode: 2419 Peter Schlumbohm and the invention of modern coffee-making techniques. Today, a chemist and his coffee.
Episode: 2367 Georgie Clark and the invention of whitewater rafting. Today, let’s go whitewater rafting.
Episode: 2353 Reflections on — or in — the key of C. Today, French hornist Roger Kaza plays in C.
Episode: 2341 Richard Wagner conceives a sound, then invents an instrument to create it. Today, horn player Roger Kaza tells us about the tuba Wagner built.
Episode: 2858 Hearing Pictures: Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Today, hearing pictures.
Episode: 3210 Scourge of the Sea, the long search for a cure for scurvy. Today, a medical cure, lost and found.
Episode: 3209 Net of Life: Can Technology Protect Us from Ourselves? Today, a net of life.
Episode: 3271 An Obsession with Round Numbers. The two-hour marathon milestone has been smashed. But what exactly does that mean? Today, an obsession with round numbers.
Episode: 2912 David Hume and the Is-Ought Problem in Philosophy. Today, David Hume dissects a problem.
Episode: 2869 James Watt’s introduction of horsepower as a measurement unit. Today, the power of horses.
Episode: 2833 Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus, and the origins of Western monasticism. Today, monks and hermits.
Episode: 2763 The legacy of Steve Jobs, who simplified computers and computing devices. Today, the man who made it simple.
Episode: 3225 Abraham Lincoln invents a boat which can free itself from sandbars. Today, Abe Lincoln, inventor.
Episode: 2739 Evolution of the Hall from Anglo-Saxon times to the present. Today, a room without a view.
Episode: 2669 Plants and greens associated with the Christmas Season. Today, Christmas greenery.
Episode: 2714 Hub Motors, aka In-Wheel Motors and their applications in electric vehicles. Today, re-inventing…wheels.
Episode: 2654 Recumbent bicycles and the One Hour record. Today, variations on a bicycle.
Episode: 2645 Eero Saarinen, Hannskarl Bandel and the creation of the Gateway Arch. Today, a chain and an arch.
Episode: 2641 Niagara Falls and the development of hydroelectric power. Today, ghosts of Niagara.
Episode: 2637 Neanderthal genes in the human genome, and Darwin’s theory of Sexual Selection. Today, Neanderthal genes.
Episode: 2621 Giovanni Gabrieli and the Venetian School of Polychoral music at St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice. Today, a marriage of sound and space.
Episode: 2549 Cahokia, an Ancient American Metropolis. Today, an ancient American metropolis.
Episode: 2473 King Ludwig II and his castle at Neuschwanstein. Today, a swan on a mountain.
Episode: Ancel Keys and the Link between Diet and Heart Disease. Today, a heart doctor who wasn't.
Episode: 2448 Sergei Rachmaninoff visits a hypnotist to remove his writer’s block. Today, a composer unblocked.
Episode: 2439 Reflections on Hurricane Ike and the effect of satellite technology on the hurricane experience. Today, picturing monsters.
Episode: 3242 Dr. John McLoughlin and the Colonies That Stayed. Today, a doctor helps expand a nation.
Episode: 2426 Charles Dow and the Creation of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Today, an "average" guy.
Episode: 3237 Aaron Copland composes an uncommonly fine fanfare. Today, an uncommonly fine fanfare.
Episode: 2419 Peter Schlumbohm and the invention of modern coffee-making techniques. Today, a chemist and his coffee.
Episode: 2367 Georgie Clark and the invention of white-water rafting. Today, let’s go whitewater rafting.
Episode: 3225 Abraham Lincoln invents a boat which can free itself from sandbars. Today, Abe Lincoln, inventor.
Episode: 2669 Plants and greens associated with the Christmas Season. Today, Christmas greenery.
Episode: 2353 Reflections on — or in — the key of C. Today, French hornist Roger Kaza plays in C.
Episode: 2341 Richard Wagner conceives a sound, then invents an instrument to create it. Today, horn player Roger Kaza tells us about the tuba Wagner built.
Episode: 3210 Scourge of the Sea, the long search for a cure for scurvy. Today, a medical cure, lost and found.
Episode: 3209 Net of Life: Can Technology Protect Us from Ourselves? Today, a net of life.
Episode: 2669 Plants and greens associated with the Christmas Season. Today, Christmas greenery.