Posted on · In the inaugural edition of The Bigger Picture, the new Houston Matters monthly segment exploring the larger issues addressed in film and TV, we explore the feminist message of Captain Marvel.
Posted on · Cinemability: The Art of Inclusion examines the 120-year history of how people with disabilities have been represented in film and television.
Posted on · Mark Kistler of Tomball taught kids how to draw in 3D on his public television series The Secret City, and he's still at it today.
Posted on · Episode: 1464 Trying to teach technologies that were novel for us, but not our students. Today, a thought about technological change and learning.
Posted on · Gems like Game of Thrones and Master of None continued to glimmer in 2017, but don't count out the broadcast networks — NBC's The Good Place is the only show all three NPR critics agreed on
Posted on · Episode: 2614 Engineering Pictures Made of Pixels. Today, painting with pixels.
Posted on · (Above: Jonathan and Drew Scott, otherwise known on the HGTV network as “Property Brothers.” Photo: Michael Hagerty, Houston Public Media) Twins Jonathan and Drew Scott, otherwise known on the HGTV network as Property Brothers, have numerous spin-off shows, including one called Brother vs. Brother, the latest season of which takes place entirely in Galveston. In […]
Posted on · Episode: 1230 The problem of teaching mathematics in a computer world. Today, let’s teach math to our grandchildren.
Posted on · Veteran television director Michael Grossman’s credits include shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Pretty Little Liars, Firefly and Gilmore Girls – just to name a few. But, for the past three years, he’s taken a break from directing to spend some time on the University of Houston campus working with students hoping to make a career in […]
Posted on · The final episode of Downton Abbey airs this Sunday (March 6, 2016) at 8 p.m. on TV 8 followed at 10 p.m. by Manor or Speaking, Houston Public Media’s own follow-up chat show about the popular PBS series. Host Ernie Manouse talks about what made Downton so popular and what he and the Manor of […]
Posted on · Episode: 2820 A Spectacular Series of Spectaculars: Remaking Ben-Hur Today, remaking Ben-Hur.
Posted on · Episode: 3039 Computer Animation Today, taking it down a dimension.
Posted on · A $1 billion industry for Texas is at risk, now that state lawmakers have cut a tax incentive that spurred the industry’s growth.
Posted on · This summer, ABC is running a ten-part series called The Astronaut Wives Club, based on the non-fiction book by the same name by Lily Koppel. The series tells the stories of the early days of the US space program through the eyes of the wives of the astronauts in NASA’s Mercury program. Houston plays a […]
Posted on · What’s the secret to community buy-in for a high-speed rail project? Location, location, location. Last spring, we spoke with former Harris County judge and Texas Central Railway President Robert Eckels about his company’s effort to construct a privately funded bullet train between Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth. Texas Central Railway first proposed the plan to build the rail […]