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Time for a Siesta
Come and Take It - January 13, 2020 06:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsWe love Texas. We love talking about Texas. After six and half years of exploring the history and culture of the Lone Star state, we three Texans are ready to take a break.
NYE 2019
Come and Take It - January 01, 2020 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsIf you’re subscribed and caught up, Happy New Year! Today we reflect on some great Texas New Year questions as we look back on 2019 and look forward to 2020.
Best of: A Texas Christmas Classic
Come and Take It - December 23, 2019 06:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsOn December 23, 1927, a gang of men led by Santa Claus robbed a bank and set off one of the largest manhunts in the history of Texas. It is one of the most astonishing stories of infamy and ineptitude in the history of crime.
Texas Boot Stories Volume One: The Makers
Come and Take It - December 16, 2019 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsTexas if full of iconic imagery: The Lone Star Flag, the Alamo, cowboy hats, pickup trucks, and—perhaps most iconically—cowboy boots. Today we're talking about some of the people who put Texan footwear on the map.
Mexican Governors of Texas: Part Two
Come and Take It - December 09, 2019 06:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsIt's easy to imagine that Texas sprang into being just in time for the Texas Revolution, but it was actually part of another revolution before that. For thirteen years, Texas was under the control of Mexico and the men in charge of the state were often as idealistic—and flawed—as the men who woul...
Mexican Governors of Texas: Part One
Come and Take It - December 02, 2019 06:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsIt's easy to imagine that Texas sprang into being just in time for the Texas Revolution, but it was actually part of another revolution before that. For thirteen years, Texas was under the control of Mexico and the men in charge of the state were often as idealistic—and flawed—as the men who woul...
CATI Watches: Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Come and Take It - November 25, 2019 06:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsHe heard of Houston an' Austin so, to the Texas plains he jest had to go, Where freedom was fightin' another foe, an' they needed him at the Alamo. This week we talk about the legendary Disney movie 'Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'.
Best of CATI: Texas' First Thanksgiving
Come and Take It - November 18, 2019 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsThis week revisit a holiday favorite. There were no turkeys, pumpkin pies, or Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving celebrated in Texas. In fact, it occurred over 20 years before any Englishman set foot on Plymouth Rock. This week we look at the remarkable story of America’s REAL first Thanksgiving!
Waylon Jennings Part Two
Come and Take It - November 11, 2019 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsHe was the ultimate country music outlaw, who broke from the Nashville norm and forged his own path. This week we continue our discussion of the legendary Waylon Jennings.
Waylon Jennings Part One
Come and Take It - November 04, 2019 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsHe was the ultimate country music outlaw, and somehow it's taken us six years to record an episode on this Texas legend. This week we talk about the one and only Waylon Jennings.
Texas Proposition 5
Come and Take It - October 28, 2019 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsHow can you support Texas' state parks and historic sites in November 2019? By voting! This week we talk about Proposition 5 and Texas' parks and landmarks!
Songs of Willie Nelson: The Early Years
Come and Take It - October 21, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsWillie Nelson is one of the all time great Texan musicians, but his struggles for success in Nashville before finding his sound are legendary. This week we compare and contrast some of the songs that others made famous in Willie's early days.
The Texas Florida Wrestling Connection
Come and Take It - October 14, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsWhat do Terry Funk, Dusty Rhodes, and David Von Erich have in common? They are integral to the surprising connection between two great professional wrestling hotbeds. This week we are joined by special guest Barry Rose, as we look back on Texas and Florida wrasslin' memories.
Best of CATI: Odds and Ends Part One
Come and Take It - October 07, 2019 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsSometimes we run across a story that we can’t quite stretch into a full episode on its own. Today we thought we’d bring you some interesting stories we wanted to bring to you as kind of a potpourri of odds and ends
Best of CATI: Panther Hall
Come and Take It - September 30, 2019 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsWe're looking back at an episode about one of the historic music halls of Texas. For fifteen years, a former bowling hall was the greatest music venue in the Lone Star State. From Bob Wills to Johnny Cash to Tina Turner to Willie Nelson, some of the biggest music names in the world walked the fam...
CATI Watches: LBJ
Come and Take It - September 23, 2019 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsThis week, CATI watches another movie about the United States' first Texan president, Lyndon Baines Johnson. This time it's LBJ starring Woody Harrelson, directed by Rob Reiner.
Texas' Woodstock: The Texas International Pop Festival
Come and Take It - September 16, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsIn the summer of 1969, tens of thousands of young Americans travelled across the country to experience an outdoor music festival like no other…in Texas! This week we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Texas International Pop Festival, Texas’ Woodstock.
Texas Rock: Garage Bands and Psychedelia
Come and Take It - September 09, 2019 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsTexan Englishmen, Bob Dylan clones, and freakout cowboys! Today we take a look at some of the obscurities of Texas music, 60s Garage bands and psychedelia.
Ima Hogg
Come and Take It - September 02, 2019 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsThe First Lady of Texas was no joke. A woman who cared about the cultural and mental well-being of her beloved home state and spent her life working for it, today we’re talking about Ima Hogg.
CATI Watches: All the Way
Come and Take It - August 26, 2019 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsIn the year after JFK's death, Texan Lyndon Baines Johnson became President and was faced with guiding the country through massive political change while simultaneously seeking re-election.This week we talk about the 2016 HBO movie (based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play) about this fascinating p...
Best of Come and Take It: Ysleta Mission
Come and Take It - August 19, 2019 05:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsThe Mission Ysleta del Sur Pueblo is more than just a pretty church in Texas' westernmost city. It was the oldest European settlement in the territory and remains the longest continually-operating Catholic mission in Texas. Its long history and rich contributions to the culture are great examples...
Jim Hogg
Come and Take It - August 12, 2019 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsHe was the first governor to be born in Texas. He fought for the people of his beloved home state against the corporate giants of his time, a true rags to riches story. Without him, the history of Texas could have been filled with tales of fraud and malfeasance in the railroad industry. Today we'...
Martin de Leon
Come and Take It - August 05, 2019 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsHe was the only empresario of a predominantly Mexican colony in Texas, and his influence on the Lone Star State was great.
Best of Come and Take It: Roy P. Benavidez
Come and Take It - July 29, 2019 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsSgt. Benevides has been in the news recently, with support to rename Fort Hood in his honor. We thought this would be a good time to pull this gem from the archives and shine some light on this Texan hero. Roy Benavidez left behind the poverty of his south Texas home town of Cuero for a career in...
Green Dewitt
Come and Take It - July 22, 2019 05:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsThough he might not be as famous as Stephen F. Austin and he missed the Texas Revolution, without Green DeWitt establishing his colony, the first battle of the Texas Revolution would have happened somewhere else, or not at all! And we wouldn’t have a show name. This week we talk about empresario ...
Best of: H. Ross Perot
Come and Take It - July 15, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsThough he's best known for his impressive 3rd party run for president in the 1990s, he was also a successful businessman both before and after. He's a man who refused to accept the status quo and tried his best to put a dent in the universe.
Best of: Fat Men Clubs of Texas
Come and Take It - July 08, 2019 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsFrom the 1860s to the 1920s, a strange phenomena took hold across the country and in Texas. Those years were the era when the surest sign of wealth and prosperity in a man was tied to his girth. This week we look at the wild world of the Fat Men?s Clubs of Texas.
Texas History Roundtable: D-Day Comes to Texas
Come and Take It - July 01, 2019 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratings75 years ago, the Allied powers invaded Northern France. It was the greatest invasion in history, and was the beginning of the end of World War II. Today we continue our series of roundtable discussions with Texas history enthusiasts and talk about how D-Day Came to Texas!
I-10: Road Trip East to West
Come and Take It - June 24, 2019 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsI-10 runs across this great nation from Jacksonville, Florida, to Los Angeles, California. For 876 miles, it passes through Texas. From Orange to El Paso, it's the longest stretch of interstate inside any single state. Today we present a travelogue across Texas, I-10 East to West.
CATI Watches: Six Pack
Come and Take It - June 17, 2019 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 144 ratingsA washed up stock car racer finds himself responsible for a family of six child car thieves, who become his pit crew and show him that love will indeed turn you around. This week we are looking at the 1982 Kenny Rogers classic movie, Six Pack!
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