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HUM306: Creative Problem Solving

Searching for "How I Built This" Podcasts

To find NPR's "How I Built This" podcasts related to your problem, follow the steps below:

  1. Go to Google.
  2. Type, "how I built this" (in quotation marks) and a broad term for your problem/topic [Note: Using quotation marks tells Google to search for that exact phrase, as opposed to those words anywhere/far apart from each other.] For example:
    "how I built this" technology
  3. Then, add, site:npr.org to the end of your search [Note: This will limit your search to results from npr.org only.] For example:
    "how I built this" technology site:npr.org
    See image below:
    screenshot of "how I built this" technology site:npr.org typed into the Google search bar
  4. Run the search.
  5. Skim the list of results for podcast recordings that are relevant to your topic/problem. See image below:

Finding Other Podcasts

If you aren't finding any "How I Built This" podcasts related to your problem, check out some of these other innovation podcasts:

Tip: Google Site Limiter

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Did you know...?

You can use the Google site limiter trick to limit your Google results to any specific website or web domain (.gov, .org, etc.)! For example:

  • Searching for: opioid statistics site:.gov will limit your results to anything with the .gov web domain.
  • Searching for: opioid statistics site:cdc.gov will limit your results to anything on the website, cdc.gov.