Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3240: Origins of Engines’ Ingenuity
Posted on · Episode: 3240 An Inventive Mind Reaches a Milestone. Today, The Engines of Our Ingenuity honors its own inventor.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1894: Of Accuracy and Story-Telling
Posted on · Episode: 1894 Accuracy and story-telling — a learning experience in four acts. Today, accuracy and story-telling.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Houston Matters: SpaceX Launch Delayed, And Forecasting Hurricane Season (May 28, 2020)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: Weather delays the NASA/SpaceX launch, how hurricane forecasts are made, answers to your questions about wills, trusts, and estate planning, and the financial struggles theater organizations face.
Houston Matters
Wednesday’s Houston Matters: Releasing Body Camera Video, And Stopping Summer Brain Drain (May 27, 2020)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: Calls to release video of recent fatal police shootings, our weekly political roundup, fighting summer brain drain, the effects of spaceflight on the body.
Houston Matters
Tuesday’s Houston Matters: An Historic Space Launch, And City Councilman Edward Pollard (May 26, 2020)
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: Houston Methodist CEO Marc Boom, City Councilman Edward Pollard, a new era of American spaceflight, and engineering an open-source ventilator for COVID-19 patients.
Houston Matters
A New Era Of Spaceflight, And The NBA Resuming Its Season In Houston: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Houston Matters
Tuesday’s Show: COVID-19 In Texas Prisons, And Council Member Amy Peck (May 5, 2020)
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: COVID-19 in Texas prisons, Houston City Council Member Amy Peck, the Houston Matters Mixtape Vol. 3, and 30 years of the Hubble Telescope.
Houston Matters
A Successful Failure: 50 Years Later, Former Astronaut Jim Lovell Reflects On Apollo 13
Posted on · The ill-fated lunar mission launched 50 years ago this weekend and gave us the infamous misquotation, "Houston, we have a problem."
Houston Matters
Friday’s Show: Making Medical Equipment, And Astronaut Jim Lovell Reflects On Apollo 13 (April 10, 2020)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: Local organizations shift focus to making hospital equipment amid the pandemic, astronaut Jim Lovell on the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13, how the pandemic is affecting NASA, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the news.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1842: First Man in Space
Posted on · Episode: 1842 Who was first in space? It depends on what you call space. Today, the first man in space.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1815: Super Guppy
Posted on · Episode: 1815 Super Guppy: A most implausible and useful airplane. Today, an implausible airplane.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2770: Building the Mustang
Posted on · Episode: 2770 Developing the P-51 Mustang fighter. Today, our guest, NASA engineer Fitz Walker, remembers the P-51 Mustang.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Show: Alternatives To Asylum, And Houston At The Grammys (Jan. 30, 2020)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: Alternatives to asylum, the history of African Americans in space, Houston's showing at the Grammys, and the band Mattiel performs in studio.
Houston Matters
How Exploration Has Driven Technological Progress Throughout History
Posted on · SpaceX mission manager Andrew Rader discusses his book, "Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars."
Houston Matters
Wednesday’s Show: Mayoral Candidate Interviews, And Jay Leno (Dec. 4, 2019)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: We hear highlights from recent conversations with the two candidates in the runoff election for Houston mayor. We learn about a new piece from the Houston Symphony celebrating the history of NASA. And retired Tonight Show host Jay Leno talks about his career.