The History of Open Source & Free Software, Pt. 1, w/ Special Guest: Richard Stallman| Curious Minds Podcast

Arsenic Poisoning – A History | Curious Minds: Why do poisons invoke such a deep terror in us? About Mithridates, "The Poison King", Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Ursinus who tried to poison her servant - and why is arsenic so dangerous to the body. by Curious Minds Podcast

30 min listen

The Bubonic Plague | Curious Minds: The Black Death that swept across Europe in the 14th century wasn't the first time nor the last that the Bubonic Plague decimate large cities and brought empires to their knees. For many thousands of years, by Curious Minds Podcast

32 min listen

U Boats in WWII, Pt. II: Wolf Packs and Floating Coffins | Curious Minds: A 2-part series, exploring the role of technology in the Battle of the Atlantic in WW2. How did technical innovations by German, American and British engineers determine the ebbs and flows of the naval battles and the ultimate fate of the German U-Boat... by Curious Minds Podcast

39 min listen

Medical History: Rontgen, Hounsfield & Radiology | Curious Minds: In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen was an honored and admired physics professor. But reputation aside, Röntgen was 50 years old - and at that age, it is rare for a scientist to make a significant contribution to his or her field. by Curious Minds Podcast

33 min listen

U Boats in WWII, Pt. I: The Battle of the Atlantic | Curious Minds: How did the small, outgunned German fleet manage to strike painful blows to the Great British Navy? The credit for this success belongs to the German flotilla of submarines: the Unterseeboots, or U-Boats. by Curious Minds Podcast

31 min listen

Digital Preservation & The Domesday Project | Curious Minds: What can we learn from the BBC's failed Domesday Project about the digital preservation of the wealth of information we produce each year? by Curious Minds Podcast

37 min listen

Molecular Clock, Pt. 2: Y Chromosome | Curious Minds: The male Y Chromosome holds tantalizing clues about our own, personal past - but that past can turn out to be very troubling.... by Curious Minds Podcast

36 min listen

LSD History | Curious Minds: The discovery of LSD, and the CIA's top-secret experiment: MKULTRA. by Curious Minds Podcast

33 min listen

LSD History, Pt.2: Timothy Leary | Curious Minds: Dr. Timothy Leary help kickstart the LSD's involvement in the Hippie movement - and was imprisoned for it. What really makes LSD so dangerous? by Curious Minds Podcast

21 min listen

Molecular Clock, Pt.1: Mitochondrial DNA | Curious Minds: A scientific paper released in 1987 dramatically changed our understanding of human evolution. It was based on a novel technique called 'The Molecular Clock'. by Curious Minds Podcast

32 min listen

Astronomy Shorts 1: The Scale of the Universe | Curious Minds: Astronomy Shorts 1: The Scale of the Universe by Curious Minds Podcast

6 min listen

Heroes Of Podcasting #1: Inventor of MP3, Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg | Curious Minds Podcast: We're interviewing Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg - inventor of MP3, the popular format which was a critical innovation in Podcasting history. by Curious Minds Podcast

22 min listen

The Indo-European Language, Pt. 1 | Curious Minds: A surprising discovery uncovered an ancient language, the ancestor of an amazing variety of modern languages - from English and French, to Indian Sanskrit. by Curious Minds Podcast

34 min listen

The Indo-European Language, Pt. 2: Linguistics & Genetics| Curious Minds Podcast: What can words tell us about life in the Bronze Age, and a single lucky mutation that enabled the Yamna People to digest milk. by Curious Minds Podcast

36 min listen

The History of Open Source & Free Software, Pt. 1, w/ Special Guest: Richard Stallman| Curious Minds Podcast: In the early 1980's Richard Stallman founded the Free Software Foundation (FSF): a socio-technological movement that revolutionized the software world. by Curious Minds Podcast

34 min listen

Astronomy Shorts 2: Three Breathtaking Views within the Solar System | Curious Minds: Astronomy Shorts 2: Three Breathtaking Views within the Solar System by Curious Minds Podcast

6 min listen

The Longitude Problem (Maritime History) | Curious Minds: How a single navigation error cost the Royal Navy Four battle ships - and led to the solving of an important engineering challenge. by Curious Minds Podcast

33 min listen

The Solar System’s Little Known Members – Astronomy Shorts 4 | Curious Minds Podcast: This episode will focus on a few of the lesser-known children of the Solar System neighborhood: The Oort Cloud, Kuiper's Belt & Dwarf Planets. by Curious Minds Podcast

6 min listen

Astronomy Shorts 3: Crazy Weather On Other Planets| Curious Minds: This episode reveals some of the greatest, most amazing, violent and impressive meteorological phenomena seen on other planets in the Solar System. by Curious Minds Podcast

6 min listen

Heroes Of Podcasting #3: Leo Laporte, This Week In Tech | Curious Minds Podcast: This series explores the history and future of podcasting. This time, we're interviewing Leo Laporte, from This Week In Tech. by Curious Minds Podcast

53 min listen

Heroes Of Podcasting #2: Jay Soderberg (The PodVader), VP of BlogTalkRadio | Curious Minds Podcast: Jay Soderberg started in podcasting back in 2006 in the corporate world, whereas the vast majority of podcasters back then were independent creators. by Curious Minds Podcast

34 min listen

The History of Open Source & Free Software, Pt. 2 | Curious Minds Podcast: Richard Stallman, the founder of the FSF, and Tim O'Reilly who helped popularize the term 'Open Source' discuss the history of Open Source & Free Software. by Curious Minds Podcast

40 min listen

The History of File Sharing, Part 1 (of 2): The Rise & Fall of Napster | Curious Minds Podcast: Napster, a revolutionary Peer-to-Peer file sharing software, was launched in 1999 - and forever changed the media world. by Curious Minds Podcast

39 min listen

Heroes Of Podcasting #5: Aaron Mahnke, Lore Podcast | Curious Minds Podcast: Heroes of Podcasting: An interview with Aaron Mahnke about the role of storytelling in podcasting, his inspirations and how he started Lore. by Curious Minds Podcast

24 min listen

Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense (SDI) Initiative, AKA – “Star Wars” | Curious Minds Podcast: In 1983, Reagan shocked the world when he announced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Was Reagan’s Initiative the reason for the USSR collapse? by Curious Minds Podcast

27 min listen

The History of File Sharing, Part 2: Grokster & BitTorrent | Curious Minds Podcast: Grokster's legal battle against the Record Companies, the sinister poisoning of file sharing networks by OverPeer - and the rise of BitTorrent. by Curious Minds Podcast

39 min listen

The Awful and Wonderful History of the Mir Space Station | Curious Minds Podcast: The Mir Space Station was a true Soviet engineering wonder, an achievement comparable with the US landing on the Moon. Yet in its later years, Mir survived some horrific & hair-raising accidents... by Curious Minds Podcast

46 min listen

Are Software Bugs Inevitable? Part 2: The Most Expensive Failed Software Project Ever | Curious Minds Podcast: The story of the FBI's VCF project - perhaps the most expensive failed software project ever - and Dr. Fred Brooks' classic book, 'The Mythical Man-Month'. by Curious Minds Podcast

25 min listen

The Lost Manuscript of Archimedes | Curious Minds Podcast: How a random discovery - a Palimpsest found in an old church in Turkish Istanbul, casts Archimedes' genius in an even more surprising light. by Curious Minds Podcast

33 min listen

Are Software Bugs Inevitable? Part 1: FORTRAN and the Denver Airport Baggage Disaster | Curious Minds Podcast: Are Software errors inevitable? we'll tell the story of FORTRAN and the sad, sad tale of the Denver Airport Baggage Disaster. by Curious Minds Podcast

28 min listen

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