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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2914: Charles Loring Brace

Posted on June 22, 2023 · Episode: 2914 Charles Loring Brace and the Orphan Trains Movement. Today, for the love of children.

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One-third of Texas foster care caseworkers left their jobs last year as the agency continued putting kids in hotels

Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune

Posted on September 26, 2023 · The Department of Family and Protective Services has increasingly relied on housing foster kids in hotels when it can’t find them a home. In the 2022 fiscal year, after record staff turnover, more than 1 in 4 caseworkers had less than one year of experience.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2905: The Gift of Imagination

Posted on August 30, 2023 · Episode: 2905 Imagination’s Contributions to Science and Technology, Developmental Psychology and Imagination. Today, the gift of imagination.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2905 The Gift of Imagination

Posted on August 8, 2023 · Episode: 2905 Imagination’s Contributions to Science and Technology, Developmental Psychology and Imagination. Today, the gift of imagination.

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Breathing the air in Houston (July 24, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 24, 2023 · On Monday's show: Is breathing the air in Houston generally worse for you these days?

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