Practical Engineering



Episodes

Title Duration Published Consumed
Which Power Plant Does My Electricity Come From? 2024-11-19 15:01
Why Are Cooling Towers Shaped Like That? 2024-11-05 15:00
1.5 Years of Heavy Construction in 1.5 Hours 2024-10-29 14:00
The Wild Story of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure 2024-10-15 15:01
Is the World Really Running Out of Sand? 2024-10-01 15:00
When Infrastructure Gets Hacked 2024-09-17 15:00
The Hidden Engineering of Landfills 2024-09-03 15:00
Why Are Texas Interchanges So Tall? 2024-08-20 15:15
How French Drains Work 2024-08-06 15:00
When Natural Gas Had No Smell 2024-07-16 15:00
Why Bridges Don't Sink 2024-07-02 15:00
This Bridge Should Have Been Closed Years Before It Collapsed 2024-06-18 15:00
The Most Confusing Part of the Power Grid 2024-06-04 15:00
Every Kind of Bridge Explained in 15 Minutes 2024-05-21 15:00
How Bridge Engineers Design Against Ship Collisions 2024-05-07 15:00
Connecting Solar to the Grid is Harder Than You Think 2024-04-16 15:00
Why Fish Ladders (Mostly) Work 2024-04-02 15:00
How the Hawaiian Power Grid Works 2024-03-19 14:00
How Fish Survive Hydro Turbines 2024-03-05 15:00
How To Install a Pipeline Under a Railroad 2024-02-20 15:00
Why Locomotives Don't Have Tires 2024-02-06 15:00
How The Channel Tunnel Works 2024-01-16 15:00
How Railroad Crossings Work 2024-01-02 15:00
How Engineers Straightened the Leaning Tower of Pisa 2023-12-19 15:00
Why Railroads Don't Need Expansion Joints 2023-12-05 15:00
Engineering The Largest Nuclear Fusion Reactor 2023-11-21 13:58
Which Is Easier To Pull? (Railcars vs. Road Cars) 2023-11-07 15:00
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 5 2023-10-24 15:00
How Much Is a Human Worth? (according to engineers) 2023-10-17 15:00
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 4 2023-10-10 15:00
Why Are Rails Shaped Like That? 2023-10-03 15:00
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 3 2023-09-26 15:00
Every Type of Railcar Explained in 15 Minutes 2023-09-19 15:00
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 2 2023-09-12 15:00
Do Droughts Make Floods Worse? 2023-09-05 15:00
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 1 2023-08-29 15:00
Every Construction Machine Explained in 15 Minutes 2023-08-15 15:00
Where Does Grounded Electricity Actually Go? 2023-08-01 15:00
Philadelphia I-95 Bridge Collapse Explained 2023-07-18 15:00
Why Is Desalination So Difficult? 2023-07-05 15:00
Was Starship’s Stage Zero a Bad Pad? 2023-06-20 15:00
How Flood Tunnels Work 2023-06-06 15:00
What Really Happened During the Gas Explosions in the Merrimack Valley? 2023-05-16 15:00
How Sensors Keep Bridges From Collapsing (and other structures too) 2023-05-02 15:00
East Palestine Train Derailment Explained 2023-04-18 15:00
Why Engineers Can't Control Rivers 2023-04-04 15:00
Why Construction Projects Always Go Over Budget 2023-03-21 14:00
Why Rivers Move 2023-03-07 15:00
The Only State Capital Where You Can’t Drink the Water 2023-02-21 15:00
Why Some Roadways Are Made of Styrofoam 2023-02-07 15:00
What Really Happened with the Substation Attack in North Carolina? 2023-01-17 15:00
How Different Spillway Gates Work 2023-01-03 15:00
How This Bridge Was Rebuilt in 15 Days After Hurricane Ian 2022-12-20 15:00
What Is A Black Start Of The Power Grid? 2022-12-06 15:00