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
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45mins
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
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33mins
The Dark Avenger [From: Malicious.Life] | Curious Minds Podcast
The Dark Avenger [From: Malicious.Life] | Curious Minds Podcast
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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33mins
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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25mins
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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27mins
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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26mins
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
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38mins
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
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39mins
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
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24mins
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
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57mins