Houston Matters
What’s In A Word? Navigating Language And Grammar
Posted on · We welcome your questions, comments and examples of the ever-changing world of the English language.
Tag: communication
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1695: Crystal Set
Posted on · Episode: 1695 On wanting to build my own crystal set. Today, we try to make a radio.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1532: Typewriters
Posted on · Episode: 1532 The invention and selling of the typewriter. Today, the typewriter teaches us its purpose.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2735: Technical Communication
Posted on · Episode: 2735 The challenge of technical communication. Today, bringing ideas to life.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1487: Telephone Use
Posted on · Episode: 1487 Teaching the American public to use the telephone. Today, would you buy the first telephone?
News
What This Picture Of Beyoncé Tells Us About How Generation Z Connects
Posted on · Why talk when you can say it with an emoji or a GIF? "Instead of me telling someone how good I look, I can just send them a picture of Beyoncé in a queen's outfit," Youth Radio's Robert Fisher says
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1425: A Transatlantic Cable
Posted on · Episode: 1425 Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable. Today, Queen Victoria sends a telegram to President Buchanan.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1380: Indian Telegraph
Posted on · Episode: 1380 William O’Shaughnessy and India’s telegraph system. Today, telegraphy comes to India.
News
Conference Held In Houston To Discuss Interpreters in Health Care
Posted on · Over 100 experts in the interpreting and translating field gathered to discuss and learn more about providing effective communication in medical settings.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1177: Thomas Watson
Posted on · Episode: 1177 Thomas Watson, the man on the other end of Bell’s telephone Today, we meet the man on the other end of Bell’s new telephone.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1128: Of Whales and Elephants
Posted on · Episode: 1128 Of whales and elephants: a remarkable convergence of attributes Today, we find that whales and elephants have more in common than just size.
Houston Matters
UH Study: News May Influence Racial Bias
Posted on · Does what we see or read in the news influence our subconscious feelings about race? A new study from the University of Houston suggests as much. We learn more from the study’s co-author, UH Assistant Professor of Communication Temple Northup. His article “Effects of Long-Term Exposure to News Stereotypes on Implicit and Explicit Attitudes” was […]
Full Show
HERO Trial, Cutting the Cable Cord, and the Houston Auto Show: Houston Matters for Friday, January 23, 2015
Posted on · Jury selection begins Monday, with opening statements to follow Tuesday, in the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance trial in Harris County District Judge Robert Schaffer’s courtroom. Opponents of the ordinance allege the city wrongly invalidated thousands of signatures on their petition for a referendum on the law. Last week, Judge Schaffer granted the plaintiff’s request for […]
Houston Matters
Is Houston a Home for Introverts?
Posted on · Weâve noted a number of times on this program how diverse Houston is. Ethnically, religiously, socioeconomically. No matter how you slice it, Houston is a melting pot. And that goes for personalities, too. We have loud, expressive, bombastic people. We have reserved, introspective people. While we routinely hear from the extroverts among us, those sociable […]
Houston Matters
How to Improve Communication Between Generations
Posted on · We discuss the challenges of communicating between generations. In the workplace, in personal relationships, is there a generational divide when it comes to how we interact with one another? How might such a potential communication gap manifest itself in Greater Houston? We ask Houston-based family therapist Sadia Jalali, psychologist Dr. Michael Winters, and Suzanne Buck, […]