Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2151: Earth Abides
Posted on · Episode: 2151 Earth Abides: Thinking about Apocalypses and lesser ills. Today, Earth Abides.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of our Ingenuity 2138: P-39, Bell Airacobra
Posted on · Episode: 2138 The P-39, Bell Airacobra: lemonade from a lemon. Today, we’re given a lemon, and we make lemonade.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2120: The ME-163B KOMET
Posted on · Episode: 2120 ME-163B Komet: a secret weapon that almost worked. Today, the problem with secret weapons.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2110: de Havilland and the BE-2
Posted on · Episode: 2110 Goeffrey de Havilland’s BE-2, and a design legacy. Today, a flying progenitor.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2636: Admiral Michael Mullen
Posted on · Episode: 2636 Admiral Michael Mullen and Mathematics. Today, leading the charge.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2044: Kettering’s Buzz Bomb
Posted on · Episode: 2044 Kettering’s failed guided missile — a 1918 Buzz-Bomb. Today, Kettering’s Buzz Bomb.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1212: Macroparasites
Posted on · Episode: 1212 Human history in terms of macroparasites and microparasites. Today, we wonder who feasts upon whom.
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.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1885: Hurricane & Spitfire
Posted on · Episode: 1885 Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire: plowshares become swords. Today, we beat a plowshare into a sword.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2770: Building the Mustang
Posted on · Episode: 2770 Developing the P-51 Mustang fighter. Today, our guest, NASA engineer Fitz Walker, remembers the P-51 Mustang.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1744: Chinese Bombard
Posted on · Episode: 1744 The Chinese origin of the European bombard. Today, a cannon that’s two hundred years too old.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1738: Maxim’s Airplane
Posted on · Episode: 1738 Maxim’s airplane. Today, two early not-quite-airplanes.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1737: Airplanes and Krupp Guns
Posted on · Episode: 1737 A Reflection airplanes, war, and the Krupp Works. Today, airplanes and Krupp guns.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1731: To Kill a City
Posted on · Episode: 1731 Why bombs can’t kill a city. Today, we try to kill a city.
Houston Matters
A Veteran Returns To Iraq To Reflect On The ‘Places And Names’ Where He Fought
Posted on · Elliot Ackerman discusses his memoir of fighting in Iraq and returning as a writer.