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Why does this podcast sound like a train name? When you were a kid, it wasn’t electromechanical devices that peaked your interest in engineering, it was boats, planes, cars, trains, or other big interesting things. Those items triggered a passion for engineering that led you to where you are today, but what is going to carry you further than that? Knowledge. Passion. Momentum. Knowledge itself is like a train, with each discovery connected to those before it, the train grows longer. Passion ...
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The show first aired in 1934 for the NBC Radio New England region. Himan Brown, then still at college, arranged the radio rights for the comic strip. On February 4, 1935, it was picked up by CBS Radio, airing in 15 minute episodes four times a week. Returning next season it aired on Mutual Broadcasting System from September 30, 1935 to March 24, 1937. From April 29, 1939, "Dick Tracy" became a half-hour-long prime time radio serial, airing at 5:00 pm. When the USA got involved in the Second ...
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The Journey from Engineering Utilitarian Endeavors to Artistic Ones
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Send us a text In this episode of The Engineering Passion Express, we take you on a journey from working on projects that have utility, or known value, to the more abstract world of art. This story is told through the lens of Gustave Eiffel, French Engineer and bridge builder! You know his tower, but this story is an imaginative telling of how he w…
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The Journey from being the right person to finding the right people
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Send us a text In this episode of The Engineering Passion Express, we take you on a journey from having all the right technical skills to do a project, to being the person who has to manage a combination of similarly talented people for a larger scale project. This story is told through the lens of Daniel Burnham, Architect and one of the first urb…
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The Journey from Academic to Entrepreneur
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Send us a text In this episode of The Engineering Passion Express, we take you on a journey from a time when there were no reliable weather forecasts. Ships, planes and even family vacations were ruined by the lack of understanding how weather systems form and evolve. This story is told through the lens of Lewis Fry Richardson, one of the academic …
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The Journey from Lane Oil Chaos to Perfect Patterns
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Send us a text In this episode of The Engineering Passion Express, we take you on a journey from a time when no two bowling lanes played the same due to hand cleaning and oiling inconsistencies, to an era where precise patterns could be put down using machinery, and those patterns would determine how the game should be played on a given night. It's…
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Vernon Kyle continues to terrorize the Yukon town of Pitchblende. What was the weird cry in the night? "The Purple Rider" offers to help Dick Tracy and the Mounties. As the dog teams pass through "Dead Man's Pass," Vernon Kyle causes an avalanche.By The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
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Junior has been kidnapped by "The Mogul" to force him to reveal the location of the black pearl. Help comes from a stranger all dressed in black: he's "The Unknown." After the story, there's a secret code message for members of "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." The system cue has been deleted.By The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
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The announcer mentions that the program is "electrically transcribed." It is therefore possible that even though the series was being broadcast on NBC at this time, these might be syndicated versions, as no system cues are heard. Vernon Kyle is terrorizing the citizens of the Yukon to getting their radium ore (pitchblende).…
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Dick Tracy tries to track down "The Unknown" and discovers a gang of art thieves and forgers. Who is Number One? A membership meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol" is held. The system cue has been deleted.By The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
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0075 Dick Tracy: Junior Sends A Mirror Message
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An announcement is made that the program is transcribed. Junior is being held in a mountain cabin, a prisoner of Vernon Kyle. Junior threatens to jump off the roof, after using a secret code to alert Dick. A coded message is decoded after the story. The system cue has been deleted.By The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
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0001 Dick Tracy: Premiere - Tess Disappears
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Dick Tracy: Premiere - Tess DisappearsBy The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
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"The Purple Rider" shows up and gets the drop on Tracy. Junior is kidnapped by Vernon Kyle and his gang. A meeting of "The Dick Tracy Secret Patrol" ends the program.By The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
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0075 Dick Tracy: Junior Rescued By and Captues the Purple Rider
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Junior is rescued by, "The Purple Rider." Junior gets the drop on the "Rider," then chairs a meeting of, "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." April 20 will be, "The Dick Tracy Patrol Badge Day." The system cue has been deleted.By The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
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0078 Dick Tracy: The Purple Rider Exposed
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Dic Tracy: The Purple Rider ExposedBy The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
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0077 Dick Tracy: Dick Lassoes The Purple Rider
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Dick is determined to keep Vernon Kyle from controlling the world's radium supply. Junior captures "The Purple Rider" and two of Vernon Kyle's henchmen. "The Purple Rider" escapes by jumping over a chasm on horseback. Dick Tracy proves himself quite a cowboy by following right after him and lassoing him out of the saddle. A meeting of "The Dick Tra…
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Dick Tracy: FlattopBy The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
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0073 Dick Tracy: The Purple Rider Exposed
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The identity of "The Purple Rider" is revealed. Professor Shelby asks Tess Trueheart for help from Dick Tracy. After he'd invented something valuable, Prof. Shelby's life has been threatened by, "The Brain." Tracy shames the citizens of Pitchblende in the Yukon, to testify against Vernon Kyle. Kyle intercepts a letter from Tess to Tracy. A meeting …
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0032 Dick Tracy: Dick Finds The Black Pearl
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Dick Tracy finds "The Black Pearl Of Osiris" inside the bullet in Tracy's leg! A Madagascan plans "The Silken Rope Of Death" for Tracy. Another meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." Tracy will have a surprise for members on Friday! The system cue has been deleted. Hummi Batique a member of the cult gave Dick Tracy in search of a black …
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"The Mogul" gets the drop on Tracy and Pat Patton! The system cue has been deleted. Dick Tracy has been guarding a mysterious pearl, the Black Pearl of Osiris from the Mogul and his society of thieves who make their living by selling valuable works of art and other precious objects. In the last episode we heard how a board of enquiry cleared Hummi …
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Surrounded in a restaurant, Tracy foils an attempt to steal the ring, and then uses scientific detective work to get a clue: a mattress factory! A secret code message is given to members of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." The system cue has been deleted. The Black Pearl of Osiris belong to an Egyptian society dedicated to the ancient worshi…
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"The Mogul" puts himself into a cataleptic trance and escapes from prison after he's declared dead. The Mogul hypnotizes Pat Patton to get him to help obtain "The Black Pearl Of Osiris." The system cue has been deleted. With the capture of the Mogul and head of the society of art and treasure thieves it seems that Dick Tracy had brought to a close …
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Tracy's Egyptian friend Batik leaves for his home country with "The Pearl Of Osiris." Junior has disappeared! Perhaps he was a victim of "The Mogul." Dick Tracy himself conducts the meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." The system cue has been deleted.By The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
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Tracy is shot by the evil yellow-faced Egyptian! "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol" delivers a secret code message. The system cue has been deleted. Aboard the ocean liner Marvania Dick Tracy and Pat had been trying to protect the famous Egyptologist Dryden Small from an unknown enemy called the man with the yellow face. Yesterday we heard how …
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The man with the yellow face strikes again, and Pat goes overboard! The twentieth meeting of "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." A secret code message is given. The system cue has been deleted. Dick Tracy has been trying to protect Dryden Small a well-known Egyptologist from dark forces, which seek his death. Small has received strange warnings…
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0046 Dick Tracy: The Case of the Firebug Murders
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0027 Dick Tracy: The Black Pearl Of Osiris
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The reappearance of "The Man With The Yellow Face." A message from an invisible hand. "The Black Pearl Of Osiris" must shine again! At the nineteenth meeting of "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol," a secret code message is delivered. The system cue has been deleted. When Dick Tracy closed the case involving the baron and the sub-stratosphere air…
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000A Dick Tracy: Case of the Dark Corridor
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Case of the Dark CorridorBy The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network
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The plot of "The Silken Rope Of Death" fails, as does a plan to trick Dick into giving up the pearl. A meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol" is held: a big surprise is coming! The system cue has been deleted. The Black Pearl of Osiris, its theft is Dick Tracy's latest case, was found concealed in a bullet which was fired in to the leg o…
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What is the secret of the man with the yellow face? Tracy tries a bluff! The twenty-first meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol" is held with a secret code message. The system cue has been deleted. An unknown assailant called the man with the yellow face has threatened the life of the well-known Egyptologist Dryden Small. Yesterday we he…
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0031 Dick Tracy: Dick Gets Ring of Osiris
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The Egyptian from the Cult of Osiris describes his "Good Luck Ring Of Osiris" with a secret compartment! Junior says he'd sure like to have one just like it! Another meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." An explanation of how to be promoted to sergeant and get a special badge (the badge is offered as a premium). The system cue has been…
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Junior is presented with a "Dick Tracy Secret Compartment Ring." At last, the secret compartment Dick Tracy rings are being made available to members of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." The system cue has been deleted. The Black Pearl of Osiris, which Dick Tracy wants safely returned to Egypt is concealed in the secret compartment of a speci…
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