5 (Engineering) Podcasts Worthy of Your Walk to Class

Want more from your early morning walk to class? Podcasts are perfect for delivering engaging, informative, humorous, and thought-providing engineering news and stories. So put it in your ear buds and tune in to learn more about what might be in store for your future as an engineer.

1. 99% Invisible

Ever wonder how inflatable men came to be regular fixtures at used car lots? Curious about the origin of the fortune cookie? Want to know why Sigmund Freud opted for a couch over an armchair? This podcast is about all the thought that goes into the things we don't think about - the unnoticed architecture and design that shapes our world.

2. Grinding Gears

A new podcast aimed at filling in the engineering knowledge you didn't learn in school. Each episode is built around sharing tribal knowledge from top engineering and manufacturing leaders to help you on your journey.

3. Engineering Innovation

Brought to you by the National Academy of Engineering, this podcast provides weekly features highlighting engineering innovations and stories that add technical context to issues in the news.

4. The Discovery Files

An upbeat, entertaining look at the latest advances in science and engineering. Often fun and always fascinating, each episode covers a project funded by the National Science Foundation.

5. Engineering People

A podcast with the world's leading engineering managers to learn from their experience and ideas. Each week, presenter Ryan Carson, CEO and Founder of Treehouse, interviews a range of engineering managers from all over the world to pick apart their experience and ideas.

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Content of this blog post derived from Born to Engineer