Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3267: Character Amnesia
Posted on · Episode: 3267 The Human Benefits of Writing by Hand. Today, handwriting in the digital era.
Tag: Pulitzer Prize
Arts & Culture
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Texas Author Larry McMurtry Dies At 84
Posted on · McMurtry penned almost 50 books and dozens of screenplays during a career that spanned over half a century, often depicting the American West.
Houston Matters
Monday’s Show: A Potential Second Wave Of COVID-19, & Poet Jericho Brown (May 18, 2020)
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: An update on COVID-19 in Greater Houston, what a potential second wave of the virus might mean, vocational training programs find ways to continue, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown.
Houston Matters
Wednesday’s Show: COVID-19 Demographics, And Local Pulitzer Winners (May 6, 2020)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: The demographics of COVID-19, our weekly political roundup, conversations with two Pulitzer Prize winners, and a documentary about the origins of the jump shot in basketball.
Houston Matters
Jared Diamond Explores How Past Nations Have Handled ‘Upheaval’
Posted on · The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel talks about his latest book.
Houston Matters
He Won a Pulitzer, And He’s Undocumented
Posted on · Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas tells his story in his new memoir, Dear America: Notes of An Undocumented Citizen.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Houston Partnering With Microsoft, And Outsider Art (May 4, 2018)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: We learn about a new partnership between Microsoft and the City of Houston. Then, the Houston Chronicle's executive editor talks about the general state of the newspaper industry. Our panel of non-experts discusses The Good, Bad, & Ugly of the week's news. And a new book examines outsider art in Texas.
News
Kendrick Lamar, ‘Press Democrat’ Claim Pulitzers. Here’s The Full List Of Winners
Posted on · Lamar joins the staffs of "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post" as this year's prize winners, among many others. See the list of winners and watch Monday's announcement ceremony here.
Theatre & Film
Sam Shepard, ‘Poet Laureate Of America’s Emotional Badlands,’ Dies At 73
Posted on · A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, Shepard cut a towering presence in theater and cinema. He died last week of complications from ALS, a family spokesman says.
Full Show
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee on Genetics, MTS3K Cast, and Felicia Day: Friday’s Show (May 12, 2017)
Posted on · Deborah FeingoldWhat happens when a machine begins to read its own instruction manual? No, Iâm not talking about Skynet (from the Terminator films) but rather humanityâs rapidly increasing understanding of its genome â the code that makes us who were are. Weâve mapped it and identified genes that lead to certain disorders. So could we […]
Houston Matters
Houston Native David Fahrenthold Discusses Winning a Pulitzer for Investigating Donald Trump
Posted on · (Above: Houston native David Fahrenthold reacts to the announcement that he won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting at The Washington Post. Photo Courtesy: Bonnie Jo Mount/Washington Post) Houston native David Fahrenthold recently won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for his investigations regarding then-presidential candidate Donald Trump's claims about his donations to charities and […]
Full Show
Houston’s Pension Bill, and Pulitzer Prize-Winner David Fahrenthold: Tuesday’s Show (April 18, 2017)
Posted on · Michael Hagerty/Houston Public Media There was a lot of hand-wringing last year when the major investment services downgraded the City of Houstonâs credit rating, citing growing unfunded pension liabilities as a major reason for the move. Well, a year later, Mayor Sylvester Turner has secured an agreement with two of the cityâs three classifications of […]
Texas Originals
‘The Poet Of The Story,’ Katherine Anne Porter
Posted on · She was a pioneering and award winning author and poet. She said her stories were "true in the way a work of fiction should be true, created out of all the scattered particles of life."
Good, Bad and Ugly
Blue Bell Recall and Pulitzer Awards: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · We take up the notion of teaching to the test in this week’s edition of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, as our “non-expert panel” (Lisa Falkenberg, Fred Goodall, and Vlad Davidiuk) considers the good, bad, and ugly of the STAAR exams, and some Houston parents refusing to allow their kids to take the […]
Houston Matters
Familiar Family Drama at the Heart of ‘August: Osage County’
Posted on · Well, we made it through the holidays. And for some Houstonians, thatâs no small feat. If youâre lucky, you had a great time with family and friends. If youâre not so lucky, well, maybe there was an awkward conversation with the fam over dinner, an argument, a crisis, a showdown, someone had too much to […]