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Tag: Titanic

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1758: Sinking the Bismarck

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 7, 2019 · Episode: 1758 Sinking the Bismarck: What is important in history? Today, we wonder how the Bismarck was sunk.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1696: Harriet Quimby

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 3, 2019 · Episode: 1696 Harriet Quimby, first American woman licensed to fly. Today, Harriet Quimby.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1632: The Sunken Monitor

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 1, 2019 · Episode: 1632 Rediscovering the sunken Union Monitor. Today, we find the first modern warship — on the ocean floor.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1541: History and Horseshoe Nails

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 18, 2018 · Episode: 1541 Do ‘Horseshoe Nails’ really alter human history? Today, we ask if horseshoe nails are real.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1450: Searching for Cleopatra

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 3, 2018 · Episode: 1450 In which we learn too much about Cleopatra and the Pharos Lighthouse. Today, we look for Cleopatra.  

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1436: Adding It Up in 1910

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 6, 2017 · Episode: 1436 Adding it up in 1910: A book grapples with the coming 20th century. Today, a world prepares to be transformed.  

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Theatre & Film

Fort Worth Native, ‘Apollo 13’ Actor Bill Paxton Dies At 61

Lauren Silverman, KERA

Posted on February 27, 2017 · Bill Paxton, who as a boy in Fort Worth witnessed John F. Kennedy's final day and who grew up to be a Hollywood stalwart in such films as "Apollo 13" and "Titanic," has died from complications after surgery. He was 61.

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