Repurposing Tech for Developing Countries
How are people using bicycles to create new machines for developing countries? What are MediKits? Why is e-waste recycling such a dangerous job? Join Jonathan [Read more]
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Easter Island (Update)
In this episode, we revisit theories about the statues of Easter Island: the Moai. New evidence suggests that fewer than 20 people “walked” the Moai [Read more]
Pretty Boy Floyd and the Kansas City Massacre
Pretty Boy Floyd started out doing farm work, but in his late teens he ran off to try his hand at crime. He earned a [Read more]
TechStuff Hacks Into Music
Are you bored by the usual musical instruments? Would you like to turn an Atari 2600 into a guitar, or translate shadows into sound? If [Read more]
American religions
Richard Carwardine explores religion in the USA and David Lees considers Vichy France’s role in the Holocaust.
Lizzie Borden and her Axe (Update)
In 1892, a Massachusetts couple was brutally murdered; the only serious suspect was their daughter, Lizzie Borden. Borden was acquitted, but people have speculated about [Read more]
TechStuff Goes Steampunk
What is steampunk? What are the traits of the steampunk aesthetic? Who are some famous steampunk artists? Join Chris and Jonathan as they take a [Read more]
Printing Medication
How has ink jet technology been used to dispense medication? How could a 3-D printer create medicine? In what other ways have printers been used [Read more]
The Bloody Benders
The Bender clan settled in Kansas in 1870, building a combined store and inn. They weren’t popular. Only the comely Kate Bender drew admirers. When [Read more]
The Royal Navy
Sam Willis explores the history of the Royal Navy in the concluding half of our Tower of London lecture.