Texas Standard
928 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 179 ratingsCoverage of politics, lifestyle, environment, technology, innovation and money matters from a uniquely Texas perspective.
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Texas Standard: February 2, 2021
February 02, 2021 17:21 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBIt was billed as a State of the State address. But a closer reading might reveal the not-to-subtle start of a new campaign season in Texas. We’ll break down governor Greg Abbott’s 5 emergency items. Also the latest on bottlenecks in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in the Lone Star State. And rural Texas, disconnected? […]
Texas Standard: February 1, 2021
February 01, 2021 17:32 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBWhat is the state of the state of Texas? The Governor lays out his plans for the legislature in a statewide address. We’ll have a preview. Also, could senator Ted Cruz get disbarred? A push by his critics following the January 6th riots at the capitol. And what do do with an unwanted byproduct of […]
Texas Standard: January 29, 2021
January 29, 2021 17:17 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBCould you draw a map of the state of Texas? Try drawing the political maps. This year, it promises to be tougher than ever. As redistricting begins in Texas, what to look for in what is likely to be another highly contentious process. Also, are you having trouble getting the COVID-19 vaccine? Many are. Our […]
Texas Standard: January 28, 2021
January 28, 2021 17:15 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBAs the governor announces a plan to get more COVID-19 vaccines to rural Texas, a major urban county could be reaching a vaccination milestone. El Paso is fast approaching vaccination levels of 10 percent, though it’s a trade off that could leave many in areas hardest hit by the virus without being vaccinated. That story […]
Texas Standard: January 27, 2021
January 27, 2021 17:21 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MB6 days into the Biden Administration and Texas’ Attorney General has successfully, if temporarily, reversed a deportation ban. Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against the Biden administration puts a temporary stop on the president’s attempts to change immigration enforcement. What happens next? We’ll explore. Also, for many the symptoms of COVID-19 don’t last very long. Now, what […]
Texas Standard: January 26, 2021
January 26, 2021 17:39 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBIn Texas’ most populous metro area, a rethink of how the COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed, we’ll have the latest. Plus, when the Texas capitol city cut the budget for its police department by almost a third last year, Texas’ governor warned there would be a price to pay. Now, with the Texas legislature in […]
Texas Standard: January 25, 2021
January 25, 2021 17:11 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBAnd so it begins: the Attorney General of Texas files a lawsuit against the Biden administration over immigration enforcement changes. The story today on the Texas Standard. Coming up- new findings on pregnancy and COVID-19. We’ll talk with a Texas-based maternal-fetal medicine specialist. Also, should funding for Texas public schools be based on attendance, or […]
Texas Standard: January 21, 2021
January 21, 2021 17:19 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MBThe executive transition-from pardons to new executive orders President Joe Biden takes action to undo much of his predecessor’s legacy. The story today on the Texas Standard. In all some 17 executive acts, orders, and directives in the first 24 hours of the Biden Administration. We’ll explore some of the top line changes, many of […]
Texas Standard: January 20, 2021
January 20, 2021 17:09 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBThe beginning of a new chapter and a new era. With change coming to Washington, what are the implications closer to home? On this presidential inauguration day, what are the priorities for the 46th chief executive of the united states and what do they add up to for Texas? Coming up, we’ll hear from Texas […]
Texas Standard: January 19, 2021
January 19, 2021 17:12 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBSorting through legislative priorities: what legislators will pass but probably shouldn’t and what they won’t pass but probably should. The good the bad and the ugly…the good? It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood but with Mr. Rogers gone, a woman in the Texas Hill Country and her dog are filling those shoes. And speaking […]
Texas Standard: January 18, 2021
January 18, 2021 17:10 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBIs there a doctor in the House? At least one COVID-19 case reported among Texas lawmakers and what that may mean for getting back to business at the Texas capitol, we’ll have the latest. Also, President elect Joe Biden says one of the first things he’ll do after inauguration is rejoin the Paris Climate accords […]
Texas Standard: January 15, 2021
January 15, 2021 17:26 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBThe November elections suggested it wouldn’t be business as usual at the state house, unless of course, lawmakers changed the rules, we’ll have details. Also, when republicans lost a key seat in the Texas senate, they lost their supermajority… a tool they’ve used to keep democrats from blocking their priorities. We’ll hear what a new […]
Texas Standard: January 14, 2021
January 14, 2021 17:15 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBIn a long list of unprecedented events theres another one. For the first time two of the three highest offices in the land will be lead by women. Women make better leaders in a time of crisis, so says the Harvard Business Review. We’ll tell you why. Plus, how are teachers taking current events and […]
Texas Standard: January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021 17:48 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThe Texas legislature has gaveled into session with a new house speaker and big news on the budget front. We’ll hear more on what’s happening at the Texas capitol. Plus from the nations capitol, a conversation with a U.S. congressman from the Rio Grande Valley on the realities ahead on the presidential impeachment front. And […]
Texas Standard: January 12, 2021
January 12, 2021 17:51 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThe start of the 2021 Texas legislative session, minus some lawmakers who plan to skip what they call as a super-spreader event. Also, as the governor announces several new hubs for the distribution of covid vaccines, others worry about Texas’ role as a hub for vaccine misinformation. Plus Dr. Fred Campbell of UT Health San […]
Texas Standard: January 11, 2021
January 11, 2021 17:10 - 51 minutes - 47 MBFrom pandemic to political upheaval, a budget shortfall and beyond, what promises to be a Texas legislative session like few in recent memory. We’ll have more on tomorrow’s start of the Lone Star legislative session. Also, after the storming of the U.S. Capitol, the role of Texas’ junior senator under growing scrutiny amid calls for […]
Texas Standard: January 8, 2021
January 08, 2021 17:28 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBWill prominent Texas politicians who sided with unsubstantiated election fraud claims pay a price for that position after Wednesday? And what is a coup? It’s a question many Americans are asking about and arguing over after the invasion of the capitol. We’ll talk with a Texas scholar whose focus includes authoritarian regimes. And she’s one […]
Texas Standard: January 7, 2021
January 07, 2021 17:13 - 51 minutes - 47 MBA normally ceremonial ritual of democracy stalled by the storming of congress. But it didn’t stop the confirmation of change. After violence at the capitol inspired by unsubstantiated claims of a fraudulent election, congress defies a mob and confirms Joe Biden as the next President of the United States and Kamala Harris as Vice President. […]
Texas Standard: January 5, 2021
January 05, 2021 17:12 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBEven as more Texans get vaccinated, hospital beds fill with COVID-19 patients and Texas may be approaching a critical tipping point. COVID-19 patients now occupy one in 5 hospital beds in Texas, and many ICUs statewide are at their limits. The state of the state of care and what health officials fear may come next. […]
Texas Standard: January 1, 2021
January 01, 2021 17:00 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBIt promises to be a new year like few others, if any in Texas history. What’s on the docket as state lawmakers get back to work at the capitol? This much seems certain: it’ll be a legislative session like few others in modern Texas history. From budget shortfalls, to an ongoing fight against a COVID-19 […]
Texas Standard: December 31, 2020
December 31, 2020 17:00 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBNo matter where you are we’ll bet you’re ready to say goodbye to 2020. This hour, the year in review in the Lone Star State. From extremes of partisan politics to a pandemic to protests and a reckoning over race…2020 will go down in history as a turning point for millions statewide and beyond. But […]
Texas Standard: December 30, 2020
December 30, 2020 17:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBLights camera, Texas! In 2020, the eyes of Texas were on small screens everywhere as streaming video reached a new peak. From Selena revisited to a journey inside Texas Boys State, from a drag queen in Paris, Texas to the untold story of Johnny Cash’s first wife who hailed from San Antonio. Texans and Texas […]
Texas Standard: December 29, 2020
December 29, 2020 17:38 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBAs many anticipate the start of the New Year, many Texas public school officials fear what the stroke of midnight might mean for them. A hold harmless guarantee for Texas public schools expected to expire on December 31st. For districts facing a drop off in attendance, will there be enough money to maintain operations? Also, […]
Texas Standard: December 28, 2020
December 28, 2020 17:43 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBA new survey shows changing attitudes on vaccinations in Texas, and the numbers offer even more surprises and important insights. We’ll take a deeper dive in to what that means. Also, 12 states have not expanded medicaid, Texas among them. Economist Ray Perryman on why Texas lawmakers should consider 2021 an opportunity to turn things […]
Texas Standard: December 25, 2020
December 25, 2020 17:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBHow many times must it be said that 2020 was not the happiest of years? Today we have some reasons to smile on this special edition of the Texas standard. Do you want the good news first or the bad? For once, we’re spending an entire hour on the former, as we use this moment […]
Texas Standard: December 24, 2020
December 24, 2020 17:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBNo matter where you are, you can’t escape Texas music. But as 2020 draws to a close, what is the state of the musical arts in the Lone Star State? We’ll take a look. Made here and played here, that is perhaps the simplest definition of Texas music but one that only hints at the […]
Texas Standard: December 23, 2020
December 23, 2020 17:00 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBRead any good books lately? We sure have. As we fast approach the end of the year, and a certain holiday known for gift giving we hit the stacks. They served on the front lines of a revolution in Mexico that revolutionized Texas, too. A new book reclaims the often overlooked stories of revolutionary women. […]
Texas Standard: December 22, 2020
December 22, 2020 17:20 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWhat we should know and when about a highly contagious variant of COVID-19. One of Texas’ top infectious disease experts joins us. We’ll ask Dr. Peter Hotez all we can about the latest spread of the coronavirus, the vaccine, and what we need to know here in Texas. Meanwhile, a Texas-led challenge to DACA is […]
Texas Standard: December 21, 2020
December 21, 2020 17:28 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBWe have a winner in a hotly contested state senate election. Can it tell us anything about the Texas Republican party? We’ll explore. Also, some health care providers across Texas have now received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Next up should be nursing home patients and staff. We’ll look at how one provider […]
Texas Standard: December 18, 2020
December 18, 2020 17:20 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MBAs families reunite for the holidays, worries grow for kids in the Texas foster care system. An update today on the Texas Standard. In what sounds like a return to the worst days of the state’s foster care crisis, a new report finds foster kids sleeping in state offices. We’ll hear details. Also, why a […]
Texas Standard: December 17, 2020
December 17, 2020 17:24 - 51 minutes - 71.4 MBIt’s being described as an act of cyber espionage so big it is hard to overstate its impact, and a Texas company is in the crosshairs. That story and more today on the Texas Standard. Texas is distributing the COVID vaccine in tiers of priority. But what happens if someone tries to cut in line? […]
Texas Standard: December 16. 2020
December 16, 2020 17:24 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBSenate leader Mitch McConnell congratulates Joe Biden on his election win. So why are many fellow republicans, including from Texas, staying silent? Today on the Texas Standard As a movement to declare so called sanctuary cities for the unborn takes hold statewide, the push gets a major boost in Lubbock, the biggest Texas city to […]
Texas Standard: December 15, 2020
December 15, 2020 17:28 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBAs hope arrives in Texas in the form of a vaccine, fears loom for thousands of Texans who don’t see how they’ll pay their rent next month. The story on today’s Texas Standard. The expiration of a federal moratorium on evictions leaves many Texas renters worried about where they’ll go come January…we’ll explore. Also, the […]
Texas Standard: December 14, 2020
December 14, 2020 17:03 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MBA big red letter day for Texas as the first COVID-19 vaccines roll into the Lone Star State. Where the vaccines are going and what happens next- today on the Texas Standard. Four health care centers in Texas today set to receive the first batches of Pfizer’s just approved two-dose vaccine. How to find out […]
Texas Standard: December 11, 2020
December 11, 2020 17:08 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MB“Build the wall”. Those words that helped usher President Trump into office seem to still be guiding him as his time winds down- today on the Texas Standard. We know the coronavirus pandemic will shape the upcoming Texas legislative session. Another hot topic will be medical marijuana. But how about casinos? Some will be betting […]
Texas Standard: December 10, 2020
December 10, 2020 17:18 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MBThe start of the next Texas legislative session is looming… but what will it look like during this pandemic? Today on the Texas Standard. We’ll examine questions over how Texas lawmakers will vote and what access the public will have to hearings. Plus, Texas nursing homes will be among the first places in the state […]
Texas Standard: December 9, 2020
December 09, 2020 17:15 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MB“Deeply dysfunctional.” Part of the findings of an investigation of Fort Hood. We’ll look at actions taken — and what’s left undone. Today on the Texas Standard. I’m Laura Rice in for David Brown. Learning during the pandemic. It’s been among the major challenges. So should it be business as usual when it comes to […]
Texas Standard: December 8, 2020
December 08, 2020 18:23 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBHe is set to become, if not a household name, a statewide presence in politics: just who is Dade Phelan and why should everyday Texans care? We’ll explain. Also, by court order, the Trump administration says it has restored the deferred deportation program called DACA. But recipients remain fearful of its future. Also the change […]
Texas Standard: December 7, 2020
December 07, 2020 17:26 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFront line workers in Texas get to get COVID-19 vaccines but educators and staff are demanding a better place in in the vaccination line. We’ll have details. Plus as Texas lawmakers get ready to start a new session, both republicans and democrats prepare to take on issues of voter fraud and voter access. Also, powering […]
Texas Standard: December 4, 2020
December 04, 2020 17:16 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBAs hospital ICU units statewide again fill with COVID-19 patients, new restrictions are taking hold. Judge Clay Jenkins of Dallas county issues new orders curbing business activity, but admits it won’t be enough and calls on Texans to embrace a wartime patriotism to combat the virus. Our conversation with him coming up. Also, some Houston […]
Texas Standard: December 3, 2020
December 03, 2020 17:43 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBThe countdown to the holidays: how the numbers add up in the battle against the pandemic in Texas. Another story we are tracking: a new study finds a strong correlation between cancer and living within 30 miles of an oil refinery. What this could mean for some 6 million Texans in the nation’s top oil […]
Texas Standard: December 2, 2020
December 02, 2020 17:51 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBWith Texas reporting new record high numbers of Coronavirus cases, a warning from Washington that more needs to be done, we’ll have details. Also, as the fight against COVID-19 continues, setbacks reported in the war against human trafficking in Texas. Plus high hopes versus realistic expectations: with change at the White House, what Texas immigrant […]
Texas Standard: December 1, 2020
December 01, 2020 17:37 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBA downturn in travel. Layoffs in the energy industry, struggling small businesses, what’s it all add up to? Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivers some grim news about the Texas budget to lawmakers. But there’s a bit of a surprise, too: the news is not as bad as some feared. We’ll talk with him. Also, the after […]
Texas Standard: November 30, 2020
November 30, 2020 17:10 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MBThe timetable for COVID-19 vaccines in Texas? The first doses could be here within days, says the governor. We’ll have more on the state’s plans for a rollout of Pfizer’s Coronavirus vaccine in Texas, who gets it and when. Bob Garret of the Dallas Morning news with details. Also more on the incoming Biden administrations […]
Texas Standard: November 26, 2020
November 27, 2020 17:00 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBIt’s Thanksgiving Day and we’re re-broadcasting a special show for you. Overlooked No More: How Asian Texans shape the state. Today we’ll talk about How the Asian American community has changed since 1870, the first time the U.S. census counted people from China to today. Also, we’ll meet a group called the “Pershing Chinese” – […]
Texas Standard: November 27, 2020
November 27, 2020 17:00 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBToday we once again present our Ofrendas: our offering of sounds honoring the lives of those who have left us.This a re-broadcast of Ofrenda – A Decimation of People, A Celebration of Life. We’ll take a look at the soothing tradition of remembering the dead through food, color and music. In a year when Texas […]
Texas Standard: November 25, 2020
November 25, 2020 17:00 - 51 minutes - 71.3 MBYou now the saying so many books, so little time? Well if you’ve got an hour, we’ve got a page turner for you. We’ll take a trip to the library. From ideas about voting and civic duty, the untold story of a war often repeatedly revisited, an agent of change who might otherwise have been […]
Texas Standard: November 24, 2020
November 24, 2020 17:27 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBHow did an agency that oversees managing office space and procuring supplies come to play such a role in the presidential transition? Gimme a T for transition: what changes and how for Team Biden with an election acknowledgement by a key government agency? Also, who Biden’s tapping for his administration and what it could mean […]
Texas Standard: November 23, 2020
November 23, 2020 17:18 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MBCars line up for miles outside food banks in our big cities. On this Thanksgiving week, the state of food insecurity in the state of Texas. As many Texans prepare for a big Thanksgiving dinner, others struggle with the choice of whether to leave the lights on or put food on the table. We’ll explore. […]
Texas Standard: November 20, 2020
November 20, 2020 18:55 - 51 minutes - 71.4 MBIs the presidential contest still a real contest? Texas’ senior senator says it’s still too close to call, we’ll have the latest. Also, he pledged to heal the soul of the nation, but when it comes to immigration, some wonder why that topic doesn’t make it too Joe Biden’s top 5 list of policy priorities. […]