pod.link/1612089556
pod.link copied!
Patented: History of Inventions
Patented: History of Inventions
History Hit

This podcast investigates the curious history of invention and innovation. Did Thomas Edison take credit for things he didn’t actually invent? What... more

Listen now on

Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Google Podcasts
Overcast
Podcast Addict
Pocket Casts
Castbox
Stitcher
Podbean
iHeartRadio
Player FM
Podcast Republic
Castro
RadioPublic
RSS

Episodes

The Electric Chair

In 1890, the Governor of New York called for a new method of capital punishment. A more modern, efficient, scientific... more

22 Mar 2023 · 35 minutes
Tabasco Sauce

Every bottle of Tabasco sauce on earth comes from one place - Avery Island, deep down in Louisiana. The same... more

19 Mar 2023 · 34 minutes
Concrete

Concrete is the second most used material on earth after only water. There are more than half a trillion tons... more

15 Mar 2023 · 34 minutes
Cold War Origins of Tanks in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine is being fought with tanks designed in the Cold War. The US Abrams. The German Leopard.... more

12 Mar 2023 · 32 minutes
The First Computer Program

This is the story of the first modern computer program and the extraordinary woman who wrote it, Klara von Neumann.The... more

08 Mar 2023 · 29 minutes
Keyboards

The keyboard on the first ever commercially successful typewriter and the keyboard on your smartphone are separated by a gulf... more

05 Mar 2023 · 37 minutes
Filing Cabinets

It’s perhaps the most overlooked invention of all time. Consigned to a forgotten corner in the basement of history. The... more

01 Mar 2023 · 30 minutes
Instant Noodles

In the year 2000 Japan was asked what its greatest invention of the twentieth century was. They had a LOT... more

26 Feb 2023 · 30 minutes
The Rise and Fall of the BlackBerry

At its peak, the BlackBerry was the world’s most popular smartphone with almost 50% of the US market. They were... more

22 Feb 2023 · 12 minutes
God

If God invented Heaven and Earth, then who invented God? To explain how gods ‘are invented’, how they evolve and... more

19 Feb 2023 · 40 minutes
Patented: History of Inventions
Keyboards
Patented: History of Inventions
0:00
-0:00

Listen now on

Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Google Podcasts
Overcast
Podcast Addict
Pocket Casts
Castbox
Stitcher
Podbean
iHeartRadio
Player FM
Podcast Republic
Castro
RadioPublic
RSS

Description

The keyboard on the first ever commercially successful typewriter and the keyboard on your smartphone are separated by a gulf of time... more