Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2019-06 to 2026-07.
The people on the most episodes about this topic over the trailing three months, excluding their own shows — ordered by VoiceRank, their score across the whole corpus. The chart tracks each one’s episodes month by month.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Successful engineering projects require thorough upfront planning, precise measurement techniques, and digital modeling.
2 people · 2 episodes
Successful construction projects rely heavily on thorough planning and the use of digital models before physical work begins.
“The problem that often arises is the first one. It's a joke, the problem is in the planning stage. It often doesn't give a good time for planning.”
MERI PODCAST · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 63K views on this topicLaser scanners and laser trackers are used to precisely map the geometry of the sunshield, with the tracker providing a high-accuracy reference for the scanner's data.
“The scanner's not that accurate, but the laser tracker is very, very accurate. So we measure these spheres. We compare where the scanner thinks the spheres are to where the laser scanners say the spheres actually are”
SmarterEveryDay · Mar 2022 · 1 episode · 3.2M views on this topicThe history of societal progress is defined by specific foundational technological innovations or material breakthroughs.
2 people · 1 episode
She advocates for steel as the technological advancement that has advanced society the furthest.
“as a material scientist I would probably say steel”
StarTalk · Jul 2020 · 1 episode · 149K views on this topicHe identifies the wheel and axle as the single greatest advancement in technology.
“I'm gonna say the wheel and axle”
StarTalk · Jul 2020 · 6 episodes · 1.3M views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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