If you have not yet had the pleasure of tuning in to the incredible podcasts from Radiolab, I highly recommend you do. This week on Radiolab we hear the incredible story of the miraculous mechanical monk:

 

 

A Clockwork Miracle
(Radiolab)

 

In 1562, King Philip II needed a miracle. So he commissioned one from a highly-skilled clockmaker. In this short, a king’s deal with God leads to a creation that, to this day, remains in perfect working order at the Smithsonian…where Jad pays it a visit.

 

 

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When the 17-year-old crown prince of Spain, Don Carlos, fell down a set of stairs in 1562, he threw his whole country into a state of uncertainty about the future. Especially his father, King Philip II, who despite being the most powerful man in the world, was helpless in the face of his heir’s terrible head wound…

 

 

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