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Stories from Texas are written for and recorded for the Texas Standard radio program. They're written by W.F Strong and edited for broadcast by Texas Standard producers. Texas Standard airs Monday through Friday on more than 25 public radio stations across Texas. Visit texasstandard.org/listen to find when it airs where you are.

MAR 12

The 100th meridian

If you examine any good map of Texas, you’ll notice a natural division of East and West Texas that runs from the eastern side of the Panhandle down to Abilene and San Angelo and on past Uvalde to Carrizo Springs and Laredo. To the west side of that line is arid and to the east […]

6 min
JAN 29

John Steinbeck (and Charley) on Texas

Steinbeck’s comments about Texas and Texans go well beyond his “Texas is a state of mind” quote. Texas Standard commentator W.F. Strong explores. The full transcript of this episode of Stories from Texas is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

5 min
12/31/2024

Do you have a favorite W.F. Strong story? Here are our top 10

Texas Standard is celebrating its 10th birthday by looking back on 10 years of covering Texas. One way we’re going to do that is with top 10 lists. We started by counting down our top 10 Stories from Texas from commentator W.F. Strong. The full transcript of this episode of Stories from Texas is available on the […]

49 min
12/19/2024

Fronters and backers

Some of the most frustrating hours of our lives might be spent in a vehicle. After some hard times on the road, nothing can feel better than the perfect parking spot at the place you need to be. But how will you pull in? Texas Standard commentator WF Strong has some thoughts. The full transcript […]

4 min
12/04/2024

A tale of a stolen town

On the western side of the Panhandle, right on the Texas/New Mexico border are two towns that were established just a few years apart in the late 1800s. They were separated by a line as thin as a goal line. They both still exist today — with populations of less than 1,500 each. But Texas […]

5 min
11/20/2024

How some donated land became a bounty for a small town’s students

Texas Standard commentator WF Strong says the Gruver Farm Scholarship Foundation has already made a multi-generational impact. The full transcript of this episode of Stories from Texas is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

6 min
11/07/2024

Could Napoleon have ruled over Texas?

A strongman politician is something we’ve heard a lot about recently. This Stories From Texas is about a strongman from history and a plan to set him up anew in Texas. Texas Standard Commentator W.F. Strong dug up this story — one that you probably didn’t hear about in Texas history, for one, because it […]

5 min
10/23/2024

A second siege of the Alamo

Even though the words “Remember the Alamo” are available on t-shirts, bumper-stickers, and kitchen kitsch, the Alamo wasn’t always remembered with the reverence it is today. For a long time, the Alamo was used mostly as a warehouse. Even the church, which people rather universally think of as the Alamo, was used as an army […]

3 min

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02/10/2023

Bigfoot bleaver

Have you heard about the alvod bulldogs
Love this Podcast

05/10/2022

OCTX Trucker

The gentleman who narrates this podcast absolutely loves texas. I can tell that he understands the importance of Mexico and Mexican culture in Texas history unlike other people who want to ignore or even deny it.This man may actually know where the actual heart of Texas is and not where everyone thinks it is.
03.11.2020

11/03/2020

Tuntunwin71

myanmar
This is why Texas is so honored.

06/28/2020

AClutter

The stories spoken here are as deep and rich like the character of the 5 regions of Texas. From the tall pines to the arid desert, these stories run deep as rich as a sage perfume.
MK life!

11/23/2019

soulsisplayz

Pink Cadillacs and lucky 13! Wowwwww I didn’t know that Mary Kay like was like that it was amazing
Yup.

11/08/2019

HalinTexas

Texas, Texas, and more Texas!
More!

03/31/2019

wheniride

Only thing missing is more!
I love love love this podcast!

09/06/2018

ZEP TX

W.F. Strong is awesome! The stories are incredibly interesting and he is just so engaging. His delivery is perfect. I always find myself shaking my head and saying “wow” at the end of an episode. Every one is short and sweet and totally enjoyable.
You might not agree but we must be kin

07/31/2018

Steve 2867

I love these Texas stories and I’m amazed at how similar Texas is to Central Florida. Being a 6th generation Cracker we talk the same and have the same family values. Living in the heartland as we call it has nothing to do with Disney World, it’s all citrus and cattle, beautiful lakes and pine flat woods. My daughter lives in Texas now and we love to visit. I’ve told all my good friends about this podcast. Y’all keep up the good work and thank you.
Fun and quick

07/09/2018

forrestgj

Great storytelling!

Stories from Texas are written for and recorded for the Texas Standard radio program. They're written by W.F Strong and edited for broadcast by Texas Standard producers. Texas Standard airs Monday through Friday on more than 25 public radio stations across Texas. Visit texasstandard.org/listen to find when it airs where you are.