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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2449: Francis Hopkinson

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 2, 2023 · Episode: 2449 Francis Hopkinson: My Days Have So Wondrous Free and other accomplishments. Today, America’s first song.  

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2208: Beccaria and Franklin

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 8, 2022 · Episode: 2208 Franklin, Beccaria, and Volta: Setting the stage for the electric 19th century. Today, we invent electricity.

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Posted on March 16, 2023 · The artist behind '80’s hits like Jessie’s Girl and Human Touch is in town Saturday for the Moon 2 Mars Festival at Space Center Houston.

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Posted on March 16, 2023 · On Thursday's show: The state will take control of Houston’s public schools in June and will replace the district's board. What should board members do until then? We ask their president, Dani Hernandez.

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Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ owes some of its enduring success to planetariums

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Posted on March 9, 2023 · With this year's 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking album, we visit the Burke Baker Planetarium at the Houston Museum of Natural Science to learn why the music meshed so well with their programming.

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Posted on February 27, 2023 · On Monday's show: We discuss the money Harris County spends for court-appointed defense attorneys and the caseloads of those public defenders. And U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón talks about how nature plays a role in her work and her love of Houston's grackles.

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