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Quantum Leap Sound Bites is brought to you by Indiana Humanities and sponsored by J.P. Morgan Chase. This series is part of Indiana Humanities’ Quantum Leap initiative which invites Hoosiers to explore and celebrate the spirit of possibility and problem-solving that occurs when we bridge the humani…

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    • Dec 18, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 6m AVG DURATION
    • 41 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Quantum Leap Sound Bites

    Birthplace Of Modern Entertainment Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2018 6:18


    How did Hoosier inventions spur on a new era of entertainment and information?

    Birthplace Of Modern Entertainment

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 7:06


    How did Fort Wayne, Ind., become a hotbed for inventions that have changed the way the entire world communicates?

    Boldly Going Where…Many…Hoosiers Have Gone Before

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 6:10


    How are the innovations of a young drone entrepreneur built upon on Indiana’s legacy of aviation and aerospace innovation?

    The Invention of the Dishwasher

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 8:12


    What drove the daughter of a swamp engineer from Valparaiso, Ind., to invent the first dishwasher?

    New Languages in South Bend

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 6:24


    How is the South Bend Code School using a new language--computer coding—to help children develop solutions to make the world a better place?

    The Guinea Pigs of Notre Dame

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 8:05


    Can you still be a path-breaking scientist even if you’re later proven wrong?

    A Hubbub in Indiana

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2018 9:28


    How did Indiana women in the sixties come together to convince lawmakers to pass a landmark piece of legislation to ban phosphates?

    The Attic Lab

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2018 5:45


    How did a campus dance and a roomful of bunnies in Bloomington, Indiana, lead to one of the 20th century’s greatest breakthroughs in genetics?

    The Buzz in Bloomington

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2018 5:04


    How is one young entrepreneur harvesting data and honey from beehives to better protect these vital pollinators?

    Dig Indy!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2018 6:16


    How are civil engineers eliminating Indianapolis's sewage overflow problem and what effect will it have on the White River?

    The Marie Curie Effect

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2018 7:33


    What happened when a modern-day Hoosier archaeologist uncovered evidence of a long-overlooked woman’s contributions to the field?

    Rome Wasn’t Built (in 3D) in a Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2018 5:21


    How is one Hoosier professor bringing the ancient world to life with the most cutting edge technology available?

    The Creatures of Goose Pond

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2018 6:37


    Where do whooping cranes, shorebirds, and Hoosier scientist and educator George Sly converge?

    Pike County Physicist

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2018 6:02


    How did a farm girl from Hazleton, IN use her small town Hoosier values when she became a world-class scientist and educator?

    The Battle Against Addiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 6:45


    Who are the Hoosiers taking action against opioids in Indiana?

    The Reverend and Red Blood Cells

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 8:43


    How did a beloved Catholic monk and civil rights activist help Indiana become a leader in the treatment of a rare blood disorder?

    Ag, Bio, Sciences, Oh My!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017 6:09


    How is one organization's commitment to collaboration across industries change the way Hoosiers solve big problems? Sound Bites is going on a holiday break! Check out Season 3 beginning in early 2018!

    The Aquanaut

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2017 6:37


    What is space medicine and how did Hoosier Serena Aunon-Chancellor beat the odds to become an astronaut doctor?

    The Future of Transportation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 6:16


    How did Chauncey Rose’s new building transform the railroad industry and Indianapolis?

    The Guinea Pigs of Notre Dame

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2017 7:38


    Can you still be a path-breaking scientist even if you’re later proven wrong?

    Bedrock of Hoosier Innovation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2017 4:49


    How did two Hoosiers, Judy and Dave Elliott, innovate in an industry that barely changed over hundreds of years?

    The Father of Synthetic Rubber

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2017 6:43


    How did a Belgian immigrant turned Hoosier solve one of the greatest problems of the 1900s, lack of access to rubber?

    Erich and the Wolves

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2017 6:41


    Why did Dr. Erich Klinghammer bring wolves back to the Hoosier state? How has his work made an impact on Indiana and the world?

    A Laboratory at the Limberlost

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2017 6:22


    How did a swamp in northeastern Indiana inspire Gene Stratton-Porter to become an innovative photographer, best-selling author and self-taught scientist?

    Season 2 begins August 22nd

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2017 1:01


    We're going on a short break! In the meantime, tell a friend (or five) about us! Tales of Hoosier innovation begin again on August 22nd.

    The Hoosier Mathematician

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2017 6:56


    How did a boy from Evansville, Ind. grow up to become the nation’s first African American doctor of mathematics?

    The Bacteria that Changed Cotton Farming

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2017 7:27


    How did one Hoosier company use a naturally occurring bacteria to combat pests on cotton farms?

    A Hubbub in Indiana

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2017 9:01


    How did Indiana women in the sixties come together to convince lawmakers to pass a landmark piece of legislation to ban phosphates?

    Hoosier Seeking Resilient Communities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2017 6:19


    What’s a resilient community and how are innovative nurses looking beyond medical solutions to solve health crises?

    Better Than Penicillin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2017 6:50


    How did 500 pioneering women, like Ruth Gardiner from Indianapolis, save more than a million lives during World War II?

    The Little Professor and the Big Race

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2017 6:39


    What kinds of engineering and automotive innovations have originated at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway? This special episode of Quantum Leap Sound Bites is part of the festivities surrounding the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 28, 2017.

    Vital Infrastructures

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2017 6:28


    How are cities like Fishers, Ind., using co-working spaces to build ecosystems for entrepreneurs that nurture creativity, innovation and collaboration?

    Hoosier Oil Tycoon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2017 6:54


    What obstacles did Lannie H. Smith Jr. overcome on his way to becoming an oil tycoon and one of Indiana’s leading black entrepreneurs?

    The Not So Tragic Commons

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2017 5:12


    How did a woman economist in Bloomington, Ind., finally solve “the tragedy of the commons”?

    How to Build a Better…Jail Cell?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2017 5:24


    Did engineers in Crawfordsville, Ind., really figure out how to make jails more humane?

    From Iron Dinosaurs to Kerosene Annie

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2017 5:07


    How did two immigrants in LaPorte, Ind., build a revolutionary agriculture empire?

    The Expert

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2017 5:12


    How does a kid from South Bend, Ind., design lunar vehicles if he’s never been to the moon?

    Beauty Titans

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2017 6:00


    What does a contemporary entrepreneur raised in Fort Wayne, Ind., have in common with a turn-of-the-century cosmetics tycoon from Indianapolis?

    Arclight City

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2017 6:11


    How did tiny Wabash, Indiana, become the world’s first electrically lighted city?

    The Doctor and the EKG Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 5:20


    How did a black doctor in Indianapolis, forbidden from working at most hospitals, become one of the nation’s most expert cardiologists?

    The Attic Lab

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2017 5:18


    How did a campus dance and a roomful of bunnies in Bloomington, Indiana, lead to one of the 20th century’s greatest breakthroughs in genetics?

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