Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1217: Giant Earth-Movers
Posted on · Episode: 1217 Large earth movers: a paradox of large and small Today, we find some very big machines.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1208: The Panama Railroad
Posted on · Episode: 1208 The first transcontinental railroad — and no golden spike! Today, we build the first transcontinental railroad.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1198: The Gates of Hell
Posted on · Episode: 1198 In which Virgil visits a theme park and writes the Aeneid Today, we pass through the Gates of Hell.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1135: Ol’ Man River
Posted on · Episode: 1135 Trying to hold a river that doesn’t want to be held Today, the Mississippi writes a parable about going with the flow.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1132: The Siege of Paris
Posted on · Episode: 1132 In which balloons deliver the mail during the Siege of Paris Today, the very first airmail service is used to break a siege.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1116: An Attack on Superhighways
Posted on · Episode: 1116 Revisiting a 1970 attack on the Interstate Highway System Today, let’s look at an old attack on the Interstate Highway System.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1107: Engineering Education
Posted on · Episode: 1107 In which we call ourselves engineers, for the last 200 years Today, we learn where engineers come from.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1093: Under Pressure
Posted on · Episode: 1093 The sad tale of Eads’ great bridge and caissons disease Today, the story of a great bridge and a mysterious disease.
Houston Matters
Are Thousands of Texas Voters Being Disenfranchised?
Posted on · A report by the Texas Civil Rights Project describes what the organization considers defective and inadequate voter registration procedures at both state and local levels. According to the report, these practices effectively disenfranchise thousands of Texans. There are seven bodies charged with registering people to vote, but the Secretary of State’s office doesn’t have enforcement […]
Houston Matters
The Story of Civil Rights in Houston
Posted on · On this, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we remember the March on Washington from 50 years ago, and Dr. King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech delivered in front of more than a quarter million civil rights supporters. The speech, and that march, have become defining moments of the civil rights era. Back in […]
Houston Matters
What Issues Would Make Houstonians Take to the Streets and March?
Posted on · It’s Martin Luther King Day, a day in which we remember and appreciate the civil rights pioneer, and what he stood for. While Dr. King was already well known in many circles prior to the event, for many, he first came to national prominence in 1963 during the March on Washington, as he delivered his […]
Houston Matters
Dream of MLK Statue in Houston Close to Becoming Reality After Three Decades
Posted on · More than 30 years ago, Houston’s Black Heritage Society, after being approached by Martin Luther King, Sr., wanted to find a way to memorialize Martin Luther King, Jr. in the city. While they wanted a statue, they ended up settling for a live oak tree on MLK Boulevard. That set in motion a series of […]