Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1758: Sinking the Bismarck
Posted on · Episode: 1758 Sinking the Bismarck: What is important in history? Today, we wonder how the Bismarck was sunk.
Tag: Titanic
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1696: Harriet Quimby
Posted on · Episode: 1696 Harriet Quimby, first American woman licensed to fly. Today, Harriet Quimby.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1632: The Sunken Monitor
Posted on · Episode: 1632 Rediscovering the sunken Union Monitor. Today, we find the first modern warship — on the ocean floor.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1541: History and Horseshoe Nails
Posted on · Episode: 1541 Do ‘Horseshoe Nails’ really alter human history? Today, we ask if horseshoe nails are real.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1450: Searching for Cleopatra
Posted on · Episode: 1450 In which we learn too much about Cleopatra and the Pharos Lighthouse. Today, we look for Cleopatra.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1436: Adding It Up in 1910
Posted on · Episode: 1436 Adding it up in 1910: A book grapples with the coming 20th century. Today, a world prepares to be transformed.
Theatre & Film
Fort Worth Native, ‘Apollo 13’ Actor Bill Paxton Dies At 61
Posted on · 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.