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Ordinary Genius [V3]
by Elena Marsh
Every day you touch dozens of small inventions and never give them a second thought: the zipper on your jacket, the traffic light on your corner, the humble paperclip holding your life together. Ordinary Genius is a weekly show about the surprising history, design, and quiet brilliance hidden inside the objects we take for granted.Each episode picks one everyday thing and follows it back to the messy, human story of how it came to be — the failed prototypes, the stubborn inventors, the lucky accidents, and the design decisions that shaped the way we live now. It's a calm, curious half hour for anyone who likes to ask 'wait, why is this shaped like that?'No hype, no jargon, no gatekeeping. Just good stories about the overlooked genius of ordinary things. New episodes every week.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Every day you touch dozens of small inventions and never give them a second thought: the zipper on your jacket, the traffic light on your corner, the humble paperclip holding your life together. Ordinary Genius is a weekly show about the surprising history, design, and quiet brilliance hidden inside the objects we take for granted.Each episode picks one everyday thing and follows it back to the messy, human story of how it came to be — the failed prototypes, the stubborn inventors, the lucky accidents, and the design decisions that shaped the way we live now. It's a calm, curious half hour for anyone who likes to ask 'wait, why is this shaped like that?'No hype, no jargon, no gatekeeping. Just good stories about the overlooked genius of ordinary things. New episodes every week.
HOSTED BY
Elena Marsh
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Every day you touch dozens of small inventions and never give them a second thought: the zipper on your jacket, the traffic light on your corner, the humble paperclip holding your life together. Ordinary Genius is a weekly show about the surprising history, design, and quiet brilliance hidden...
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Ordinary Genius [V3] is created and hosted by Elena Marsh.
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