Come And Take It

It's the 'Grand Canyon of Texas', 120 miles cut through the Caprock Escarpment in the Texas Panhandle. It's rich with geological curiosities, teeming with wildlife, and steeped in thousands of years of history. This week we talk about the Palo Duro Canyon!

This week we take a look back at one of our early episodes from the first year of the show. This week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, TX. For an entire generation, where you were on November 22, 1963 is one of the defining points of their lives. Its continuing legacy is felt both psychologically and physically through the very geography of the city.

He was was a Texas boy who became a Navy test pilot and found everlasting fame as the fourth astronaut to walk on the moon.

Walker. Texas. Ranger. In 1993, a television event like no other premiered across America. Chuck Norris' family-friendly Texas Ranger show kick-punched it's way into our collective hearts. Today we watch Season 1 Episode 1 of Walker Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger.

He was famed as a punishment taking brawler and as a tough guy character actor. This week we look at the legend of Randall 'Tex' Cobb.

This week we present another installment in our series with Professor James Early of San Jacinto College, in which we're taking a closer look at some of the many stories of Texas in the Civil War. Today we're talking Texas Overland Expedition, an effort by Union forces to invade Texas and restore the Lone Star State to the Union.

Proponents of technology, engineering, sciences, medicine, education, and the arts, for eight decades the McDermott family made a profound mark on the city of Dallas and the state of Texas. This week we honor the life and legacy of Eugene and Margaret McDermott.

This week we take a few moments to discuss listener feedback, follow up on some stories, and look at some interesting Texas history tidbits that don't quite fill up a whole show. It’s time for another edition of Odds and Ends.

He was a 7-foot-7 in giant who fought in the Civil War and spent the last decades of his life in northeast Texas. This week we look at the original Texas Giant, Henry Clay Thruston.

One of the most recognizable and influential comedians of all time, her Tarzan yell, and ear-pulling secret message to her beloved grandmother have become a part of America's psyche. Today we're talking about San Antonio native Carol Burnett.

Since 1941, this giant manufacturing plant in Fort Worth has produced some of the most powerful aircraft in the United States Air Force, directly from the assembly line to the flight line of the air base next door. This week we talk about the history of Carswell Field and Air Force Plant Number 4.

A Southern lawyer from South Carolina who became a hero of the Alamo. A small north Texas town with roots going back to the mid-1800s that became the birthplace of some of the most famous (and infamous) Texans. A prime example of Depression-era WPA and Civilian Conservation Corps construction. These all have one thing in common: the name Bonham.

The old testament has a verse, 'And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land.' Today we're talking about the almost biblical SEVEN years of drought that consumed Texas from 1950 to 1957.

1983 is one of the high-water marks in American cinema history. But in mid-April 1983 history was changed forever when Chuck Norris kick-punched his way into our young hearts. Crossbows, shoguns, spinning heel kicks, and warm Pearl beer. This week—with special returning guest Stephen Guerra from the Beyond the Big Screen podcast—we examine one of the great works of Texas cinema.

He was a Texan soldier who became a trailblazer in the development of the Alaska territory. Later he led American troops in their intervention into the Russian Civil War.

From taciturn champ to loveable pitchman, this native Texan’s career included a break so long, it was longer than most people’s careers. This week we bring you part two of the life of Texas boxing legend George Foreman.

From taciturn champ to loveable pitchman, this native Texan’s career included a break so long, it was longer than most people’s careers. Today we’re talking about a Texas boxing legend.

Like most people, when it's cold and windy outside, all we can think about are sun, snakes, skis, and porpoises. Not to mention llamas and fishes. That's right, we're talking about Sea-Arama, that wonderful, long-lost jewel of Galveston Island.

In 1843, a group of Texans set out in an ill-fated expedition to raid the famed trading caravans of the Santa Fe Trail, and sparked an international incident thanks to an unexpected encounter with the United States Cavalry. This week we talk about Jacob Snively and the Battalion of Invincibles.

Just south of I-20 in East Texas, the small town of Canton hosts the largest and oldest flea market in history. Today we're talking about the history of Canton's First Monday Trade Days!