Texas Standard

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Texas Standard Podcast

Texas Standard delivers up-to-the-moment coverage of politics, lifestyle, the environment, technology, innovation and money from a uniquely Texas perspective. The program airs Monday through Friday on more than 30 public radio stations across Texas. Visit texasstandard.org/listen to find when it airs where you are.

  1. 12 HR AGO

    A North Texas city has paused all new development

    Princeton, a Dallas suburb, has quadrupled in population since 2010. Recently, city leaders paused all new residential development to let infrastructure catch up. The latest in our series on the intersection of religion and politics: students from two schools in Abilene with a diversity of perspectives and a strong desire to bridge the political divide. […]

    50 min

  2. 1 DAY AGO

    Abilene Christian University gets green light for nuclear reactor research

    In Texas’ 2024 elections, long shot candidates are facing uphill battles in heavily gerrymandered districts. Why these candidates are running. Why federal regulators are giving researchers the green light to build a nuclear reactor at Abilene Christian University. The state is paying more for mental health services. But private psychiatric hospitals say they’re not getting […]

    49 min

  3. 2 DAYS AGO

    Researchers relocate coral to Texas coast in conservation project

    The Matterhorn Express pipeline, a 580-mile project set to go online soon, will transport natural gas from a terminal in West Texas to Katy, near Houston. We’ll hear what it could add up to for Texas and for energy prices more broadly. A proposed liquified natural gas terminal in the Rio Grande Valley is stirring […]

  4. 4 DAYS AGO

    Texas Extra: Remembering DJ Steve Crosno

    The El Paso radio and TV disc jockey made a lasting impact on the city’s music scene and contributed to the mixing of cultures that still makes far west Texas so special. This is an extended interview about an effort to document Crosno’s impact before his death in 2006. The full transcript of this episode […]

  5. 5 DAYS AGO

    Proposed school curriculum with Bible stories nears vote

    A possible government shutdown looming with an Oct. 1 deadline. With the backdrop of elections, how might this story unfold? UT-Austin political science professor Sean Theriault talks about a perennial issue of government funding and where its headed. Bible stories in the classroom? The Texas Education Agency is getting a lot of feedback and blowback […]

    50 min

  6. 6 DAYS AGO

    Ultramarathoner prepares for run across Texas

    Americans are pretty evenly divided on the issue of gun rights versus regulated ownership. How might it show up at the polls? The number of migrants trying to cross the border with Mexico into the U.S. is down quite a bit. A look at why. We’ll also introduce you to an endurance runner preparing to […]

  7. 18 SEPT

    Hindu voters in Texas weigh in as political ties grow stronger

    New questions about Attorney General Ken Paxton and his properties not disclosed in financial statements. Investigative reporter Lauren McGaughy of The Texas Newsroom with more on what she’s found looking into the property disclosures of the state’s top lawyer.State lawmakers hear testimony about the investigation into what caused the largest wildfire in Texas history earlier […]

    50 min

  8. 18 SEPT

    Texas Extra: The Poll Party

    Barely half of Texas voting age population turned out for the 2020 presidential election. And the story is worse for young voters. We wondered, what can we do about that? So the Texas Standard joined forces with our home music station, KUTX, and the UT Austin student station, KVRX, for what we called a poll […]

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Texas Standard delivers up-to-the-moment coverage of politics, lifestyle, the environment, technology, innovation and money from a uniquely Texas perspective. The program airs Monday through Friday on more than 30 public radio stations across Texas. Visit texasstandard.org/listen to find when it airs where you are.

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  • Channel
    KUT & KUTX Studios
  • Creator
    Texas Standard
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2024
  • Episodes
    317
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023 KUT Radio | Moody College of Communication
  • Show Website
    Texas Standard

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