Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1795: Blanche Ames
Posted on · Episode: 1795 Blanche Ames: inventor, artist, and conservative activist. Today, meet Blanche Ames.
Posted on · Episode: 1795 Blanche Ames: inventor, artist, and conservative activist. Today, meet Blanche Ames.
Posted on · The 13 Minutes to the Moon podcast, produced by the BBC World Service, recorded its final episode at Rice University, looking back 50 years ago and beyond to the events that led up to the successful Apollo 11 moon landing.
Posted on · Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke told NPR's Steve Inskeep that "we're going to have to free ourselves from the dependence we have on fossil fuels and that means a greater investment in solar and wind."
Posted on · Presidential historian and Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley discusses his book, American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Texans continue to seek health insurance through the Affordable Care Act despite its uncertain future. The James Beard Awards snub Houston. We discuss the latest political news. We reflect on the political motivations that took us to the moon. And we meet the first woman dean of engineering at Prairie View A&M.
Posted on · The National Archives has until Oct. 26 to disclose the remaining files related to Kennedy's 1963 assassination, unless Trump intervenes.
Posted on · Fifty years ago, à former New York-based LIFE magazine photographer — andà long time Houstonian –à Bob Gomelà covered the funeral of John F. Kennedy. He shares his memories of covering that historic day and of times he spent with JFK when he was alive — including the time he fell asleep on the then […]