Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1975: Asa Gray
Posted on · Episode: 1975 In which botanist Asa Gray shows us how to apply good science. Today, a botanist in a changing world.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1970: Cope and Marsh
Posted on · Episode: 1970 Edward Drinker Cope, Othniel Charles Marsh, and their needless war. Today, needless anger.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1949: James Dwight Dana
Posted on · Episode: 1949 James Dwight Dana: a great, and nearly forgotten, American scientist. Today, America’s Charles Darwin.
In-Depth
A Storm, A Death, A Pandemic: Houston Church Still On The Road To Recovery 3 Years After Harvey
Posted on · Emmanuel Episcopal Church finally has a new home after being flooded in 2017 – but they still can’t worship there.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3239: The Materialism Controversy
Posted on · Episode: 3239 A Materialist Controversy Inspired by the Human Body. Today, a never-ending feud.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1907: Earlier Than We Think
Posted on · Episode: 1907 It is Earlier Than We Think. The road ahead is longer than we thought. Today, it is earlier than we think.
Religion
How Hospital Chaplains Are Caring For The Pandemic’s Patients And Front-Line Workers
Posted on · One of Houston Methodist's chaplains says they've started video conference support groups for staff who've tested positive for COVID-19.
Religion
Religion In Quarantine: How Faith Groups Are Adapting To The Coronavirus
Posted on · First social distancing and now the region's "stay at home" order have forced local churches, synagogues and other religions to rethink how they practice their faith.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1830: Saturday Magazine
Posted on · Episode: 1830 Reading the 1836 Saturday Magazine. Today, an old magazine.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2364: The Longest Year in History
Posted on · Episode: 2364 46 BC: In which Julius Caesar creates the longest year. Today, UH scholar Richard Armstrong tells us about the longest year in history.
Houston Matters
Tuesday’s Show: How A State Takeover Of HISD Would Work, And Practicing Haitian Vodou (Dec. 3, 2019)
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: We examine the history of the Port Neches chemical plant where explosions and a fire occurred last week. An expert walks us through how the impending state takeover of the HISD board might work. A bug expert answers your questions. And we meet a local practitioner of the Haitian Vodou religion.
Houston Matters
Religious Historian Explores How Views On Scripture Have Skewed More Literal
Posted on · Ahead of an event in Houston, Karen Armstrong discusses her book, "The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts."
Houston Matters
Friday’s Show: The State Takeover Of HISD, And Cycling Fatalities (Nov. 8, 2019)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: Inside the state takeover of the HISD board, cycling fatalities outside the city's urban core, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the news, and religious historian Karen Armstrong on how we approach and interpret scripture.
Houston Matters
Houston’s Cameron Dezen Hammon Wrestles With Gender Roles In Communities Of Faith
Posted on · She lays out those struggles and other issues she’s faced in faith and marriage in her new book, This Is My Body: A Memoir of Religious and Romantic Obsession.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Show: HPD’s New Drug Raid Policy, And I-45 Project Concerns (Oct. 24, 2019)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: HPD's new policy for serving high-risk warrants in drug cases, citizens share their concerns about TxDOT's plans for improving I-45, and the challenge of being a strong-willed woman in communities of faith.