Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1887: Ernest K. Gann
Posted on · Episode: 1887 Ernest K. Gann: pioneer and portrayer of American flight. Today, Ernest Gann.
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Houston Matters
Monday’s Show: A Potential Second Wave Of COVID-19, & Poet Jericho Brown (May 18, 2020)
Posted on · On Monday's Houston Matters: An update on COVID-19 in Greater Houston, what a potential second wave of the virus might mean, vocational training programs find ways to continue, and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1875: Inventing Modern
Posted on · Episode: 1875 Inventing Modern: In which a book instructs its author. Today, history repeated.
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.
Houston Matters
How A House Fire Inspired Nick Flynn’s Childhood Obsession With A Local Hermit — And His Latest Collection Of Poetry
Posted on · Flynn, who teaches in the creative writing program at UH, discusses his latest collection of poetry, I Will Destroy You.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1781: Flora Loughead and Her Sons
Posted on · Episode: 1781 Flora Haines Loughead, social change and airplanes. Today, airplanes and Flora Loughead.
Houston Matters
How Elizabeth Gilbert Turned A Dark Time Into The Bright, Shiny Novel ‘City Of Girls’
Posted on · The latest novel by the author of "Eat Pray Love" is an homage to the glitz and glam of 1940s musical theater in New York.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1747: Sonya Kovalevsky
Posted on · Episode: 1747 Sonya Corvin-Krukovsky Kovalevsky: mathematician and author. Today, strange wallpaper, and an unexpected mathematician.
Houston Matters
Why Houston Writer Katherine Center Didn’t Want To Write About A Firefighter
Posted on · Center discusses her latest novel, Things You Save in a Fire.
Houston Matters
How Nearly Crashing A Plane Became A Novel About Immigration And Drug Smuggling
Posted on · Houston writer Daniel Peña discusses his debut novel, Bang.
Houston Matters
A Diverse City Inspires Diverse Stories In Bryan Washington’s Debut Collection
Posted on · The local writer discusses Lot, his debut collection of short stories, all of which are set in and around Houston.
Houston Matters
Full Show: Chemical Fire Extinguished, New Kashmere Principal, And Writer Bryan Washington (March 20, 2019)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: The latest on the fire at a Deer Park chemical facility, a discussion of the latest political news, Kashmere High School's new principal, and writer Bryan Washington.
Houston Matters
How A Challenge From Justin Cronin’s Daughter Turned Into A Best-Selling Vampire Trilogy
Posted on · Cronin discusses his series, The Passage, which is now a TV series on Fox.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3196: Flannery O’Connor
Posted on · Episode: 3196 The Life and Writing of Flannery O’Connor. Today, dirtied feathers.
Houston Matters
Writer Joe R. Lansdale: ‘Horror and Humor are Opposite Sides of the Same Coin’
Posted on · The Texas-based author of Bubba Ho-Tep and the Hap and Leonard series discusses changing notions of horror and what it’s like to have his work adapted for the screen.