Science
Innovation Hub
March 15, 2019
Obsessed with work, insensitive, socially detached, and neglectful of family and friends — these may not be the most endearing qualities in a person, but they are just a few of the common characteristics a researcher found when studying some of the world’s most famous and prolific inventors.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West
Studio 360
November 05, 2010
A Bright Idea
Living on Earth
March 10, 1995
Arts, Culture & Media
Preserving America's earliest recordings
The Takeaway
August 02, 2011
Richard Martin and Meagan Hennessey are the husband-and-wife team behind Archeophone Records in Chicago. Archeophone has rescued and preserved some of America's richest recording history.
Arts, Culture & Media
Phonautogram
Studio 360
January 06, 2012
Did you know there are audio recordings that predate Thomas Edison's phonograph by almost 20 years? The phonautogram was invented by a Frenchman named Ã?duoard Léon-Scott and patented in 1857.
Global Politics
Tesla vs. Edison
Studio 360
January 27, 2012
Tesla's biggest innovation was introducing alternating current as the standard for modern electric power, breaking Thomas Edison's monopoly on DC power. Author and monologist Mike Daisey performs.
How Thomas Edison Illuminated Modern America
The Takeaway
February 26, 2013
Arts, Culture & Media
American Icons: Lincoln Memorial
Studio 360
July 01, 2008
How the Lincoln Memorial became America's soapbox and how it speaks to the better angels of our nature.
Arts, Culture & Media
America's earliest recordings preserved and remastered
The Takeaway
August 03, 2011
A Chicago-based duo has saved hundreds of old recordings to preserve an important slice of American history.
Environment
If you have ever failed, this show is for you
PRI's The World
March 05, 2014
We all fail. We all make mistakes. Now, a new exhibit at Trinity College in Dublin is celebrating epic failures across the globe to make a point about the importance of making mistakes.
Science
The battle between gas and electric cars isn't new
Science Friday
October 23, 2014
In the auto business, the battle between gasoline-powered and electric vehicles is not new. Studebaker Motors manufactured many variations of electric cars over a hundred years ago. Electrics could have been a contender, but gasoline won out. So what happened?