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Curious Minds Podcast

Curious Minds – A podcast about Science, Technology and History.

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The Awful and Wonderful History of the Mir Space Station | Curious Minds Podcast

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. Y... Read more

2 Sep 2017

45mins

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The Lost Manuscript of Archimedes | Curious Minds Podcast

The Lost Manuscript of Archimedes | Curious Minds Podcast

Archimedes is famous for being Ancient Greece's greatest engineer. Yet a random discovery - a prayers book found in an o... Read more

27 Jul 2017

33mins

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The Dark Avenger [From: Malicious.Life] | Curious Minds Podcast

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In 1989, a message was found in a virus: "Eddie Lives…Somewhere in Time!". 'Eddie' was a particularly nasty virus, and i... Read more

29 Jun 2017

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Are Software Bugs Inevitable? Part 2: The Most Expensive Failed Software Project Ever | Curious Minds Podcast

Are Software Bugs Inevitable? Part 2: The Most Expensive Failed Software Project Ever | Curious Minds Podcast

After describing the Software Crisis in the previous episode, we discuss the various methodologies and practices impleme... Read more

4 Feb 2017

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Are Software Bugs Inevitable? Part 1: FORTRAN and the Denver Airport Baggage Disaster | Curious Minds Podcast

Are Software Bugs Inevitable? Part 1: FORTRAN and the Denver Airport Baggage Disaster | Curious Minds Podcast

Software errors and random bugs are rather common: We’ve all seen the infamous Windows “blue screen of death”... But is ... Read more

23 Jan 2017

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Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense (SDI) Initiative, AKA – “Star Wars” | Curious Minds Podcast

Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense (SDI) Initiative, AKA – “Star Wars” | Curious Minds Podcast

In 1983, president Ronald Reagan shocked the world when he announced that the United States was developing an ultra-mode... Read more

18 Dec 2016

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The History of File Sharing, Part 2: Grokster & BitTorrent | Curious Minds Podcast

The History of File Sharing, Part 2: Grokster & BitTorrent | Curious Minds Podcast

The fall of Napster (see Part I of this series) has left a vacuum in the world of file sharing - and as the saying goes,... Read more

16 Nov 2016

38mins

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The History of File Sharing, Part 1 (of 2): The Rise & Fall of Napster | Curious Minds Podcast

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.... Read more

2 Nov 2016

39mins

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Heroes Of Podcasting #5: Aaron Mahnke, Lore Podcast | Curious Minds Podcast

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 ... Read more

4 Oct 2016

24mins

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Heroes Of Podcasting #4: Todd Cochrane, CEO of RawVoice (Blubrry) | Curious Minds Podcast

Heroes Of Podcasting #4: Todd Cochrane, CEO of RawVoice (Blubrry) | Curious Minds Podcast

Todd has an amazing story which begun with a serious injury - but ultimately led to a surprising career as an early entr... Read more

4 Sep 2016

57mins

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