The Ragged Edge

Richard Stone
The Ragged Edge

Weekly news maker interview. Politics. Culture. Current Events.

  1. 07/02/2021

    It's time for a summer break

    We're taking a break. Details in the clip.

    1 min

  2. 06/24/2021

    Jason Stanford: What you think you know about the Alamo is wrong

    My guest this week is Jason Stanford. His book, which he wrote with authors Chris Tomlinson and Bryan Burrough, is called “Forget the Alamo: the Rise and Fall of an American Myth.” It was published earlier this month by Penguin Press and is an Amazon Bestseller.Jason also publishes a very good weekly newsletter called the Jason Stanford Experiment and I recommend it. Subscribe at jasonstanford.substack.comJason and I talked about how what we know of as the story of the battle of the Alamo cam...

    22 min

  3. 06/18/2021

    The Ragged Edge on the road — again! — with Rep. John Bucy

    Our show this week is another on the road edition, this one recorded during a town hall for State Rep. John Bucy on the patio at Whitestone brewery in Cedar Park and hosted by the Hill Country News. I got to moderate the conversation. Every time we do one of these live programs, we learn something new … this time we learned that matter how hard I try, I just don’t have the resources to get a clean recording of an outdoor event amid all the traffic and wind and other extraneous noises … so, ou...

    44 min
  4. Ragged Edge on the road with Rep. James Talarico

    06/11/2021

    Ragged Edge on the road with Rep. James Talarico

    We took our second-ever road trip to the Texas Beer Co. for an in depth conversation with Texas HD52 State Rep. James Talarico. We talked about the good, the bad and the ugly from the 87th meeting of the Texas Legislature, why redistricting is a bi-partisan issue and the importance of civics education in our public schools.

    50 min

  5. 05/26/2021

    An interview remnant with Jon Stone

    A few weeks ago, I had my cousin on the show to talk about Oran Roberts, the most important Texas you never heard of. As is often the case, especially where conversations with Jon are concerned, we talked about a lot of stuff that didn’t make it into the interview. Well, I saved that part of the interview for a special edition I’m calling “Remnants.” We talked about the civil war, politics today and … well, little known facts about the Louisiana Purchase. Also, Program Notes:Live event 7...

    16 min

  6. 05/21/2021

    Denise Rogers: Crappy legislation and ways to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ community.

    Our conversation this week is with Denise Rogers, a Central Texas LGBTQ+ activist, about the horrible legislation working through the Texas Legislature. We also discussed what you can do to support this community — even if all you know is that you dislike the way the way some people are treated — and the importance of representation in popular culture.

    30 min

  7. 05/14/2021

    Eric Berger: Going to the moon is hard

    For anyone who knows me, it’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of science fiction … as such, I listened to Gemini mission broadcasts on my transistor radio and glued to my television when Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon. Our family toured the Johnson Space Center in Houston whenever we got the chance. We held an early morning watch party for the first space shuttle launch — and watched as many other launches as I could.It seems that, over the last year or so, the tempo of our activitie...

    24 min

  8. 05/08/2021

    David Thompson: How Black Lives Matter protests rocked a small city in North Carolina.

    We’re coming up on the anniversary of the of the beginning of the Black Lives Matter protests and rallies which swept our nation last summer after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. So, I called a friend of mine who works at a newspaper in Asheville NC. David Thompson helped to cover seven very intense days of rallies, protests and demonstrations. Asheville is not a big city, about the size of Temple, so the intensity of the rallies — and police pushback — was ...

    25 min
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Weekly news maker interview. Politics. Culture. Current Events.

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  • Creator
    Richard Stone
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023 RTS Connect
  • Show Website
    The Ragged Edge

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