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Season 1

Speedway: The Greatest Spectacle in Learning

by emba-faculty

An audio-first documentary course on the Indianapolis 500 and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway — history, engineering, physics, and the innovations that moved from the racetrack to your driveway. Each episode pairs a narrated story with a knowledge check, all cited.

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Episode 1: The Race That Started It All (1911)0/2
  1. 1. Episode 1: The Race That Started It All (1911)text
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  2. 2. Episode 1 — Quizquiz
Episode 2: 3.2 Million Bricks0/2
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Episode 3: Voices in the Air0/2
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  2. 6. Episode 3 — Quizquiz
Episode 4: The Shape of Speed0/2
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  2. 8. Episode 4 — Quizquiz
Episode 5: Fuel for Thought0/2
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  2. 10. Episode 5 — Quizquiz
Episode 6: Born From Tragedy: The Safety Story0/2
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  2. 12. Episode 6 — Quizquiz
Episode 7: The Driver's Body0/2
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  2. 14. Episode 7 — Quizquiz
Episode 8: Pit Stop Precision0/2
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  2. 16. Episode 8 — Quizquiz
Episode 9: Breaking the Brickyard Glass Ceiling0/2
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  2. 18. Episode 9 — Quizquiz
Episode 10: From Track to Driveway0/2
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  2. 20. Episode 10 — Quizquiz
Episode 11: The Business of May0/2
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  2. 22. Episode 11 — Quizquiz
Episode 12: The Future Lap0/2
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  2. 24. Episode 12 — Quizquiz
Episode 13: The Other Brickyard: How Purdue Built the Engineers of the Indy 5000/2
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  2. 26. Episode 13 — Quizquiz