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.
Tag: 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.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1593: LST-325
Posted on · Episode: 1593 The LST-325: Thirty old men and an old ship become young again. Today, the LST-325.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1583: Glide Bombs
Posted on · Episode: 1583 Glide Bombs and the unrevealed Rohna disaster. Today, the weapon we didn’t know about.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1562: Guido da Vigevano
Posted on · Episode: 1562 Guido da Vigevano uses war as an excuse to invent. Today, a medieval inventor goes to war — almost.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1546: Max Jakob
Posted on · Episode: 1546 Max Jakob: a breath of fresh air in a new land. Today, a great engineer escapes the Holocaust.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1525: Liberty Ships
Posted on · Episode: 1525 Liberty ships: an amateur takes over the trade. Today, an amateur builds ships.
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.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1510: Thomas Sopwith
Posted on · Episode: 1510 Thomas Sopwith’s hundredth birthday. Today, we meet the oldest airplane designer.