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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

The Invention of the Gimbal

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

Social Sciences, Science, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences

4.36K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the ancient origins of the gimbal, its connections to Chinese incense censers and its role in technological innovation.

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0:00.0

I'm Dana Schwartz, host of Stealing Superman, a new I Heart original podcast about the most

0:07.5

unlikely art heist of all time.

0:10.5

It was Nick Cage's own personal, national treasure.

0:14.8

At a 1999 New Year's Eve party, someone snatched Cage's priceless comics.

0:22.4

But who?

0:23.4

Listen to Stealing Superman on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find

0:29.0

your favorite shows.

0:54.0

I'm Barry Edelstein, artistic director of the old Globe in San Diego, one of the country's

1:06.6

leading Shakespeare theaters.

1:08.1

My podcast, where there's a will, finding Shakespeare from the Globe and Pushkin Industries,

1:13.1

is kind of a scavenger hunt for Shakespeare, because Shakespeare keeps popping up in all

1:18.8

sorts of unexpected places.

1:21.0

Why?

1:22.0

What does it mean about him?

1:23.2

And what does it mean about us?

1:25.3

Listen to where there's a will on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you

1:29.6

get your podcasts.

1:34.3

Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of I Heart Radio.

1:41.0

Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind.

1:46.5

My name is Robert Lamb, and I'm Joe McCormick.

1:49.8

I want to start this episode of the quote, just because this is where my mind instantly

1:55.3

went for this episode, which is going to be about the gimbal.

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