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28/07/2021

S1E7: Finding Home in El Paso

Katie Nodjimbadem on how she was shaped by her family's unlikely choice to make a home in the Chihuahuan Desert.

28/07/2021

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15 min
Season 1, Episode 6

6. Memorials and Monuments

In the past decade, historians and descendants of victims of La Hora de Sangre have raised awareness of the violence against Mexican Americans in the 1910s—including with new historical markers placed by the State of Texas. But organizers of the Texas Rangers’ bicentennial in 2023 want to remind Texans of the virtues that made Rangers legends in the first place. For more on this story please visit https://www.texasmonthly.com/podcasts/series/white-hats/

S1, E6

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45 min
Season 1, Episode 5

5. Bias Toward Action

Today’s Texas Rangers make a hard distinction between themselves and the men who rode alongside Jack Hays, J. M. Fox, or even Frank Hamer. But the hat and the badge—the Ranger mystique—still count for something. How does that Rangerness affect their approach to policing? How does it affect the people they’re investigating, tracking, and interrogating—the guilty . . . and the innocent? For more on this story please visit https://www.texasmonthly.com/podcasts/series/white-hats/

S1, E5

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43 min
21/07/2021

S1E6: Planting Wildflowers in a Pandemic

The poet and performer Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton on risking new connections with nature during a year of tragedy.

21/07/2021

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10 min
Episode 1

A Pretty Little Place

“Someone is lying. And it’s hard to know who’s lying and who’s not.”

E1

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31 min
04/06/2018

Is This A New Front In Immigration Policy?

In this first episode of Reporter, senior editor Carlos Sanchez explores the implications of blocking immigrants from seeking asylum.

04/06/2018

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15 min
21/06/2018

The Texas Republican Convention Was a Love Affair for President Trump

U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz may have been featured speakers at the Republican Party of Texas convention in San Antonio, but the absent star for the Republicans was President Donald Trump.

21/06/2018

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10 min
27/06/2018

The Democratic Convention Vented Fury at Trump Over Family Separations.

The Texas Democratic convention in Fort Worth was filled with disdain for the president and love for U.S. Senate nominee Beto O'Rourke. Whether the party that hasn't won a statewide race in almost a quarter century can ride this wave of anger all the way to victory in the fall remains uncertain.

27/06/2018

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9 min
Season 1, Episode 3

3. La Hora de Sangre

After the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, as fighters crossed into Texas to raid ranches, Texas hired hundreds more Rangers to defend the state—many with hardly any qualifications. The atmosphere of suspicion and fear between Anglo and Mexican Texans gave rise to an era of state-sanctioned violence by Rangers, vigilantes, and other officials. It reached its peak at a massacre in the West Texas town of Porvenir.You can read more about the stories in this episode in "Revolution in Texas," by Benjamin Johnson, and "Redeeming La Raza," by Gabriela Gonzalez.

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45 min
Season 1, Episode 8

America's Girls | 8. Making the Dream

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have navigated scandals and cultural shifts in the last few years. What is their future in this new world? For episode transcripts and bonus content related to the show, visit texasmonthly.com.

S1, E8

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54 min

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