Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3032: Lamaze
Posted on · Episode: 3032 How Lamaze Found Its Way to the US. Today, from Russia with love.
Tag: communism
Houston Matters
Boris Yeltsin’s 1989 Visit To A Houston Grocery Store Is Now An Opera
Posted on · "Yeltsin in Texas" is a mostly absurd reflection on the day the future Russian president visited a Randall's in Clear Lake and the role that moment played in ending communism.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2857: Leonid Kantorovich
Posted on · Episode: 2857 Leonid Kantorivich, Soviet Mathematician and Economist. Today, an economic wonder.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1274: The Maxim Gorky
Posted on · Episode: 1274 The Maxim Gorky, largest airplane of its time. Today, Stalin builds a big airplane.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1155: Veblen and the Information Age
Posted on · Episode: 1155 How would Thorstein Veblen do in the information age? Today, thoughts about Thorstein Veblen and the information age.