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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2313: Atlantropa

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 9, 2022 · Episode: 2313 Herman Sörgel’s Atlantropa project: Lebensraum from a lowered Mediterranean. Today, we rewrite geography.

Tags architecture art arts and crafts Atlantropa Bauhaus dam ecology Europe geography German Expressionism Gibralter Herman Sörgel Hitler irrigation Mediterranean Sea Nazis North Africa Star Trek

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1940: The American Woman’s Home

Margaret Culbertson

Posted on September 21, 2022 · Episode: 1940 In which Harriet Beecher Stowe and her sister build a model house to pay for a mansion. Today, architectural historian Margaret Culbertson tells us about a cabin, a mansion, and a model home.

Tags architecture Catharine Stowe cottage design Harriet Beecher Stowe homemaking Margaret Culbertson model home Uncle Tom's Cabin women

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Remembering the Holocaust

Jennifer Altheide

Posted on September 16, 2022 · Ken Burns discusses his latest documentary “The U.S. and the Holocaust” and experts weigh in on the importance of knowing our history

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Ground Zero 360 “Remembrance” exhibition honors the lives lost on 9/11

Jennifer Altheide

Posted on September 10, 2022 · Artist Nicola McClean created this exhibit to remember and honor the victims, families, and first responders of the September 11th terror attacks

Tags 9/11 Anniversary art FIrefighters first responders Ground Zero Ground Zero 360 honor Houston Baptist University Kevin O'Rourke memorial Michael Collins Moira Smith New York City Nicola McClean NYFD NYPD Paul McCormack police officers remembrance september 11

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2309: Broken Brushes

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 5, 2022 · Episode: 2309 Today, broken brushes. Brushes broken by people whose eyes will not see.

Tags Adolph Hitler art prints Degenerate Art Gerhard Marcks German expressionist art Gus Kopriva Irene Guenther Jim Edwards Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Kathe Kollwitz Nazis Paul Kleinschmidt Redbud Gallery WW-I

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