Where do new words come from? Robert and Joe explore in the latest episode of Invention. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Invented Words, Part 2

Invented Words, Part 1

You may very well encounter barbed wire everyday -- and, in all likelihood, you see THROUGH this flesh-ripping barrier. Where did this invention come from? How did it change the world? Robert and Joe discuss “the devil’s rope” in this episode of Invention. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Invention: Barbed Wire

Fire technology depends on the ability to not only create and foster fire, but also the ability to snuff it out as needed. Today, the fire extinguisher is an important active fire protection device, but where does this technology emerge in human techno-history? Robert and Joe explore in this episode of Invention. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The Fire Extinguisher, Part 2

The Fire Extinguisher, Part 1

Mastery of fire was one of humanity’s greatest technological leaps forward, but even the ability to create fire only gets you so far if the flame is not easily generated and/or transferred. Thus, the millennia-spanning quest to create the subtle technology we so easily take for granted: the modern matchstick. Join Robert and Joe for a multi-episode Invention exploration on fire-generation technology. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Strike the Match, Part 3

Strike the Match, Part 2

Strike the Match, Part 1

It’s easy to take the pencil for granted, but that eraser-capped wooden cylinder with a core of graphite has a story and a history -- and Robert and Joe explore it in this episode of Invention. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The Pencil

The Mai Tai isn’t only the most famous Tiki cocktail, it’s one of the most well known cocktails on the planet. But where does it come from? Who invented it? In this episode of Invention, Robert and Joe turn to noted Tiki historian and mixologist Jeff “Beachbum” Berry for answers. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Beachbum Berry on the Invention of the Mai Tai

Chopsticks are such an intuitive and precise eating utensil, it’s easy to assume they’ve been with us. But as Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick explore, this neolithic invention didn’t really leave the kitchen for the dinner table in a major way till the fifth century CE. Prepare to explore the invention of chopsticks. (Originally published 12/17/18) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Invention Classic: Chopsticks

Join your Invention hosts Robert and Joe for another round of listenener mail on recent episodes devoted to the Microwave Oven and all sorts of toys. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Listener Mail: Year End Wrap-Up, Part 2

As the first year of Invention comes to a close, Robert and Joe catch up on listener mail for everything from air conditioning and ketchup to toys and bubble wrap. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Listener Mail: Year End Wrap-Up, Part 1

As the holiday season sets in, Robert and Joe open up Santa’s toy bag to consider the invention of various toys -- toys intended to teach, toys intended to puzzle and toys that leverage technology for good old fashioned childhood fun. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Toys, Part 3

Toys, Part 2

From agriculture to the X-ray machine, Stuff to Blow Your Mind hosts Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick explore the inventions we created, and how they created us.

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