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.
Tag: war
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.
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.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1621: Motherland
Posted on · Episode: 1621 Motherland: The Stalingrad Memorial. Today, we visit a really big statue.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1607: Fire Control
Posted on · Episode: 1607 Continuous-aim firing: a diagnosis of an ill-received idea. Today, we aim a gun from a rocking platform.
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.