On Machinery

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Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane

Sean Thomas Kane

202 episodes

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This podcast is a broadcasted version of Seán Kane's Wednesday Blog. Covering topics from history to natural history, astronomy, and language, the Wednesday Blog offers listeners a thoughtful reflection in the middle of each week.

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On Machinery

Wednesday Blog by Seán Thomas Kane

15 minutes 45 seconds

1 month ago

On Machinery

This week, for the penultimate post of the Wednesday Blog, how machinery needs constant maintenance to keep functioning.

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Sources:

[1] Surekha Davies, “Walter Raleigh’s headless monsters and annotation as thinking,” in Strange and Wonderous: Notes from a Science Historian, (6 October 2025).

[2] “Asking the Computer,” Wednesday Blog 5.26.