Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2026: Ritual Origins
Posted on · Episode: 2026 Ritual origins of technology: balance and metaphor. Today, we meet the mother of invention, and she’s not the lady we expected.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1878: Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Posted on · Episode: 1878 Fourier, Egypt, and modern applied mathematics. Today, Joseph Fourier.
Houston Matters
Foreign Policy Career Comes In Handy For Actor In The Alley’s ‘Camp David’
Posted on · Actor Sam Khazai says his years studying America's Middle East policy helped him bring authenticity to the story of the historic 1978 peace accords.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1720: The Silk Sea Lane
Posted on · Episode: 1720 The two Silk Roads: One by land, the other by sea. Today, the Silk Road goes to sea.
Houston Matters
Egyptologist Chronicles A Time ‘When Women Ruled The World’
Posted on · While many countries have yet to elect women leaders, noted Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney takes us back to a time when plenty of women led their nations.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1457: Eratosthenes’s Diameter of the Earth
Posted on · Episode: 1457 Eratosthenes’s 2200 year old calculation of Earth’s size. Today, we measure the earth.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1450: Searching for Cleopatra
Posted on · Episode: 1450 In which we learn too much about Cleopatra and the Pharos Lighthouse. Today, we look for Cleopatra.
News
Gunman Opens Fire On Cairo Church; Shootout Kills At Least 9
Posted on · The shootout took place when a gunman on a motorcycle tried to break through the security cordon set up outside the church, said the Interior Ministry, which is in charge of police
Sports
2018 World Cup Draw Results: Spain And Portugal In Same Group
Posted on · Russia goes into its home World Cup ranked 65th in the world, the lowest-ranked of any of the 32 teams in the tournament
News
Militants Attack Egyptian Mosque, Kill At Least 235 People
Posted on · Hundreds were killed in an attack on a mosque in Egypt's North Sinai region on Friday Nov. 24
News
Militants Attack Christians In Egypt, Killing At Least 28
Posted on · There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the fourth to target Christians since December, but it bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State group.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1334: Stone/Iron – Age Europe
Posted on · Episode: 1334 Watching Europe go from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Today, a story of wood, copper and iron.
News
Palm Sunday Church Bombings in Egypt Kill 43, Wound Dozens
Posted on · Terror attack targets Coptic Christians in Egypt
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1257: The First Suez Canal
Posted on · Episode: 1257 Digging the first Suez Canal, 4000 years ago. Today, we ask, when was the Suez Canal built?
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2833: Kykkos Monastery
Posted on · Episode: 2833 Kykkos Monastery, Cyprus, and the origins of Western monasticism Today, monks and hermits.