Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2332: The Automobile in 1915
Posted on · Episode: 2332 Learning who we were in 1915 by looking at automobiles. Today, the automobile in transition.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2266: The Cairo Rises
Posted on · Episode: 2266 In which the Cairo’s ghost rises from the Yazoo mud. Today, ghosts in a river.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2233: GeeBee and Other Fast Planes
Posted on · Episode: 2233 Gee Bee, Macchi-Castoldi, and the age of speed. Today, we go for speed.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2184: The Aeroplane Speaks
Posted on · Episode: 2184 The Aeroplane Speaks: A 1917 book plays counterpoint to war. Today, the airplane speaks.
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.
Houston Matters
Film Explores The Psychological Toll Of The Vietnam War
Posted on · Psychologist and director Ricardo Ainslie talks about his documentary, The Mark of War.
Houston Matters
Battleship Texas Faces Danger In Both War And Peace Time
Posted on · Houston Matters tours the ship and learns about the threats it faces from the elements.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Political Roundup, New Restaurants, And The Battleship Texas (Feb. 6, 2019)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Sugar Land convict remains, the latest political news, the best new restaurants, and a tour of the Battleship Texas.
Houston Matters
Historian Michael Beschloss Examines Lessons Learned From ‘Presidents Of War’
Posted on · 'Presidents of War' examines the difficulties of being a wartime leader and how over our 200-year-plus history executive war decisions have evolved.
Houston Matters
How Postcards From WWI Made Their Way From A Battlefield To Houston
Posted on · Dr. Irene Guenther discusses her book, a collection of postcards hand-painted by artist Otto Schubert while fighting The Great War.
Houston Matters
Houston Short Film Depicts PTSD Firsthand
Posted on · Filmmakers Darren Tompkins and David Black talk about A Soldier’s Judgment.
Houston Matters
Using New Data Techniques To Estimate The Number Syrian Of War Dead
Posted on · Rice University researchers are among those using data science and statistics to make a more accurate estimate of casualties in Syria.
Houston Matters
Photographer Uses Toys To Tell The Stories Of Children In War Zones
Posted on · Brian McCarty bases his photos on drawings by actual children who've lived through war.
News
WATCH: Pence Makes Surprise Visit To Afghanistan For War Meetings
Posted on · Vice President Mike Pence's surprise pre-Christmas visit was the first to the war-torn country by either Trump or the vice president
Full Show
How Powerful Should the President Be? Monday’s Show (April 24, 2017)
Posted on · On this edition of Houston Matters, we join with public radio programs nationwide participating in NPR's latest A Nation Engaged project, examining Power and the Presidency. We ask you: How powerful should any American president be? What do you see as the proper balance between the executive, legislative and judicial branches? What would you like […]