TechStuff In Spaaace(X) – Part Two
Now Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. What’s it going to take to get there? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener [Read more]
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Andrews’ Raid, or: The Great Locomotive Chase Pt. 1
The Great Locomotive Chase was a very daring – but very failed – plot to commandeer a train and destroy a crucial stretch of railroad [Read more]
TechStuff In Spaaace(X) – Part One
Elon Musk wanted to go to space, so he founded a company to do it. We look at the early years of SpaceX. Learn more [Read more]
James Bond and Vichy France
Historian and author Matthew Parker discusses how Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels reveal his thoughts about the changes taking place in Jamaica in the 1950s and 1960s. Meanwhile, author and biographer Caroline Moorehead discusses her new book abou…
The Discovery of Longitude
People knew how to find their north-south position even before we had the idea of “latitude.” But once people lost sight of land, they didn’t [Read more]
TechStuff Races with McLaren
What is the McLaren Group and how has the company influenced racing? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The La Scala Opera House
The Teatro alla Scala is one of the most renowned opera houses in the world, and is Italy’s crown jewel of the arts. Even if [Read more]
Waterproofing Technology
What goes into making a piece of tech waterproof? From cases to creative charging ports, we look at the challenges. Learn more about your ad-choices [Read more]
The global First World War
Historian and broadcaster David Olusoga discusses the subject of his new TV series The World’s War, revealing how millions of people across the globe arrived in Europe to fight the First World War. See acast.com/privacy for privacy a…
Who was Claude Shannon?
TechStuff salutes an incredibly influential (and yet relatively unknown) tech genius: Claude Shannon. What did he do? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See [Read more]