Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3205: Alice Augusta Ball
Posted on · Episode: 3205 Alice Augusta Ball and Her Work on Leprosy. Today, a legacy with a sad coda.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1931: Wu Ting-Fang in America
Posted on · Episode: 1931 Chinese diplomat Wu Ting-Fang looks at America in 1914. Today, Wu Ting-Fang looks at America.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1934: Somerville, Curiosity, and Learning
Posted on · Episode: 1934 Mary Fairfax Somerville: a wild child teaches us about learning. Today, a wild young girl becomes a great scientist.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3202: Gladys West
Posted on · Episode: 3202 Gladys West and the Geoid. Today, a quiet hero.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2249: Mrs. Coade’s Stone
Posted on · Episode: 2249 Mrs. Coade’s remarkable stones. Today, architectural historian Margaret Culbertson tells about a woman who made artificial stone.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3059: Vera Rubin and Dark Matter
Posted on · Episode: 3059 Vera Rubin and Dark Matter. Today, that which can't be seen.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2517: Rebecca Clarke
Posted on · Episode: 2517 Rebecca Clarke: Violist, Composer, Woman. Today, a woman in conflict.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1889: Dolly Shepherd
Posted on · Episode: 1889 Dolly Shepherd, her mother, and her daughter: pioneering parachuting. Today, three women parachutists.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2480: Stephanie Kwolek and Kevlar
Posted on · Episode: 2480 Stephanie Kwolek: Inventor of Kevlar. Today, not-so-shining armor.
Houston Matters
Thursday’s Show: State Taking Over Houston’s Harvey Relief Program, And A Blueprint For Going Back To School (May 14, 2020)
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: The state takeover of the city's Harvey homeowner relief program, a blueprint for going back to school, and women shortlisted for the Supreme Court over the years.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1872: Reliving 1953
Posted on · Episode: 1872 Art and revolution: reliving 1953. Today, this is not a movie review, but …
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2143: Emma Lazarus
Posted on · Episode: 2143 In which Emma Lazarus reinvents the Statue of Liberty. Today, UH scholar Dorothy Baker tells us about Emma Lazarus.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1857: Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and Quiet
Posted on · Episode: 1857 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, gliding, and the quest for quiet. Today, a glider pilot seeks quiet.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3031: Mary Beale
Posted on · Episode: 3031 Mary Beale As Told By Ellen Clayton. Today, a ray of light.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2367: Georgie Clark
Posted on · Episode: 2367 Georgie Clark and the invention of white-water rafting. Today, let’s go whitewater rafting.