Texas Matters

David Martin Davies

Texas is a big state with a growing, diverse population and as the population grows, the issues and challenges facing its residents multiply. Texas Matters is a statewide news program that spends half an hour each week looking at the issues and culture of Texas.

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April 10 · 29 min
Texas Matters: A populist history of Texas
This week on Texas Matters — The story of Texas that we typically hear is one…
March 27 · 28 min
Texas Matters: Larry McMurtry and the making of the modern Texas myth
This week on "Texas Matters," the life and writing of Larry McMurtry and how he…
March 13 · 28 min
Texas Matters: Music from behind the walls of Texas prisons
This week on Texas Matters — forgotten songs from Texas prisons. Heartfelt…
March 9 · 28 min
Texas Matters: How Texas got religion
Millions of Texans tell pollsters religion is very important in their lives.…
February 22 · 28 min
Texas Matters: The meaning of the Spanish missions in San Antonio
Today on Texas Matters: The old Spanish missions of San Antonio — 300 years of…
February 13 · 28 min
Texas Matters: 1964, Civil Rights and the Lady Bird Special
In October 1964, as the South simmered under the tensions following the signing…
January 31 · 28 min
Texas Matters: CAIR refutes Texas claim of pushing Sharia law and terrorism
Governor Greg Abbott and other Republican state leaders are targeting CAIR, the…
January 24 · 28 min
Texas Matters: How Texans experience violence
Today on Texas Matters — A first-of-its-kind survey shows how Texans experience…

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