State of Mind

Texas Monthly
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State of Mind

There’s something different about Texas. But how do you define it without resorting to cliches about cowboys and oilmen? At Texas Monthly, we think the answer is through stories — stories like the ones we’ve been telling for almost 50 years. On State of Mind, you’ll hear those stories from our talented writers and from a wide array of other Texans. Join us each week for a new story about life in the Lone Star State, from the Texas Monthly team behind “Boomtown,” “One by Willie,” and “Tom Brown’s Body.”

Episodes

  1. New From Texas Monthly: America's Girls

    12/06/2021

    New From Texas Monthly: America's Girls

    The original Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad burst onto the field back in 1972—the same year Title IX passed, the same year Deep Throat came out, and a year before Roe v. Wade. Sarah Hepola digs into the untold stories behind the global pop culture phenomenon, from the stripper who allegedly inspired the squad’s creation, to a scandalous Playboy cover shoot that was partly a battle over fair wages, to the ongoing debate about sexuality and women’s bodies in a post-#MeToo world. The result is a vibrant mix of history, cultural criticism, and storytelling, featuring interviews with New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino, award-winning novelist Ben Fountain, Oscar-nominated director Dana Adam Shapiro, local television sports legend Dale Hansen, folk-writing hero Joe Nick Patoski, and a whole bunch of cheerleaders whose names you don’t know yet—but should.

    3 min

  2. 08/04/2021

    S1E8: Useful Wild Plants

    Two Austinites have made it their life's work to document uses for every wild plant in Texas—a project they say could save humanity.

    17 min

  3. 07/28/2021

    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.

    15 min

  4. 07/21/2021

    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.

    10 min

  5. 07/14/2021

    S1E5: G-L-O-R-I-A

    Mike Hall tells the story of closing down the legendary Austin club Liberty Lunch in 1999 with a 24-hour performance of Van Morrison’s “Gloria.”

    14 min

  6. 07/07/2021

    S1E4: Life, in Dog Years

    Mimi Swartz remembers her days caring for her father, and the dogs who took care of them both.

    20 min

  7. 06/30/2021

    S1E3: A Life Surrounded by Vinyl

    DJ El Dusty traces the origins of the record collection that gave him his signature sound, and is helping to shape the sound of his hometown of Corpus Christi.

    11 min

  8. 06/23/2021

    S1E2: O Sister, Where Art Thou?

    Skip Hollandsworth tracks down the Goree All Girl String Band, whose dreams of leading normal, anonymous lives required them, first, to become country music stars.

    15 min

  9. 06/16/2021

    S1E1: The Lion Tamer

    In the debut episode of State of Mind, Texas Monthly's Cat Cardenas tells the story of her grandfather, the often magical tales that he told, and how he built a life in Texas. Read more about the story at texasmonthly.com/stateofmind.

    16 min

  10. 06/01/2021

    Introducing State of Mind

    There’s something different about Texas. But how do you define it without resorting to cliches about cowboys and oilmen? At Texas Monthly, we think the answer is through stories — stories like the ones we’ve been telling for almost 50 years. On State of Mind, you’ll hear those stories from our talented writers and from a wide array of other Texans. Each of them is a window into the experience of life here. Join us each week for a new story about life in the Lone Star State, from the Texas Monthly team behind “Boomtown,” “One by Willie,” and “Tom Brown’s Body.”

    2 min
  • 10 Episodes

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There’s something different about Texas. But how do you define it without resorting to cliches about cowboys and oilmen? At Texas Monthly, we think the answer is through stories — stories like the ones we’ve been telling for almost 50 years. On State of Mind, you’ll hear those stories from our talented writers and from a wide array of other Texans. Join us each week for a new story about life in the Lone Star State, from the Texas Monthly team behind “Boomtown,” “One by Willie,” and “Tom Brown’s Body.”

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