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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2445: What Made Robert Norton Go?

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 25, 2022 · Episode: 2445 In which Renaissance engineer Robert Norton thinks about gunnery. Today, the inner life of an early engineer.

Tags arithmetic artillery cannons engineer Fractastorius geometry gunnery guns mathematics military newton projectiles renaissance Robert Norton War and Peace

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2404: Napoleon’s Aerial Crown

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 13, 2022 · Episode: 2404 Napoleon’s megalomania thwarting the use of observation balloons. Today, Napoleon’s aerial crown.

Tags aerial warfare Benjamin Franklin French Revolution hot air hydrogen military Napoleon Bonaparte Nero's tomb omen observation balloons

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2371: Sikorsky’s Bomber

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 22, 2022 · Episode: 2371 Early Igor Sikorsky — a great and largely forgotten contribution. Today, young Sikorsky.

Tags aerial warfare flying boats helicopters I.M. Igor Sikorsky Ilya Muromets large multi-engine airplanes military Russian air power WW-I air transport

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2332: The Automobile in 1915

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 26, 2022 · Episode: 2332 Learning who we were in 1915 by looking at automobiles. Today, the automobile in transition.

Tags automobiles electric cars highway system infrastructure military sierra madre mountains war women's suffrage

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2326: More on Steam Warships

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 18, 2022 · Episode: 2326 Emerging from the muddle of war to invent the modern steam vessel. Today, ocean warships struggle to come of age.

Tags B. F. Delano Benjamin Isherwood clipper ships cruiser frigate John Ericsson Madawaska Wampanoag marine architecture military Monitor steam engine vessels steamboat steamships US Navy

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2322: The Steam Navy

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 16, 2022 · Episode: 2322 Civilians and the making of the steam-powered U.S. Navy. Today, pruning hooks into spears.

Tags gun John Ericsson military Monitor Demologos paddle wheels river boats Robert Fulton sails screw propellers steamboats steamships technological change the second ironclads turrets US Navy

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2819: Folding Bicycles

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on August 2, 2022 · Episode: 2819 Folding bicycles battle new terrain. Today, altered shapes.

Tags bicycles folding bicycles military transportation urban World War

Houston

Houston post office will soon be renamed after Vanessa Guillén

Natalie Roman

Posted on May 12, 2022 · The post office, currently named Park Place, is just a few minutes away from where Guillén lived with her family.

Tags houston military post office Vanessa Guillen

Military & Veterans' Issues

Stigma persists around hunger in military as pandemic numbers remain high

Paul Flahive, TPR

Posted on December 27, 2021 · Stigma around asking for help persists in ranks as hunger soars among military families and new resources come online.

Tags army food hunger in military military

Houston Matters

Previewing The Third Special Session (Sept. 8, 2021)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 8, 2021 · On Wednesday’s show: Previewing another special session of the Texas Legislature and recapping the recently-ended second one, the week in politics, questioning the size of the U.S. military, and life as an NFL kicker.

Tags houston texans Jeremi Suri Kaʻimi Fairbairn military nfl Political Roundup politics special session texans Texas Legislature

Houston Matters

William McRaven Shares ‘Sea Stories’ From His Life In Special Ops

Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 30, 2019 · The retired Navy admiral discusses his many missions, from killing Osama bin Laden to sitting face-to-face with Saddam Hussein.

Tags Blue Willow Bookshop books Michael Hagerty military Navy Navy SEAL Osama bin Laden Saddam Hussein Sea Stories special forces University of Texas System William McRaven

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Some Troops Rushed To See Doctors Before The Military’s New Transgender Policy Took Effect

Carson Frame, TPR

Posted on April 15, 2019 · The policy bans transgender recruits and prevents current troops from transitioning to another sex unless they were diagnosed with gender dysphoria before April 12.

Tags military military veterans transgender military ban Transgender Rights

Houston Matters

Political Roundup: Bills To End The Shutdown, And Transgender Military Personnel

Abner Fletcher

Posted on January 23, 2019 · The Houston Matters experts break down the latest national, state, and local political stories.

Tags Brandon Rottinghaus Donald Trump Erica Grieder military Party Politics podcast Political Roundup politics supreme court Texas Legislature transgender

Explosive Ordinance Disposal

Houston Matters

Organization Helps Veterans Who Served in the Military’s Bomb Squad

Abner Fletcher

Posted on September 18, 2018 · A veteran of the military’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit discusses the stress of the job and helping those who were injured doing it.

Tags EOD Warrior Foundation explosive ordnance disposal explosives Maggie Martin military Timothy Colomer veterans

Texas soldiers who helped liberate concentration camps

Houston Matters

Exhibit Honors Texas Soldiers Who Liberated Concentration Camps

Abner Fletcher

Posted on September 7, 2018 · "The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust" is on display at Holocaust Museum Houston through Oct. 28.

Tags Bill Kongable concentration camps Holocaust Holocaust Museum Houston Joshua Zinn Kelly Zuniga military The Texas Liberator veterans

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2460: Forms of Nature

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2451: Guillaume Dufay

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