Other Side of Texas

Quorum Report’s Scott Braddock calls in about Texas politics and Beto O’Rourke vs Ted Cruz. Plus, Blue Collar Bill on the demise of trade skills and America. And Leeson on the cultural hypocrisy of saying ethnic names in a particular way, but no one says his name in a West Texas drawl.

U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke discusses Republican claims of border insecurity, Democratic claims of border security and agriculture as a national defense. As well as the need for his a base to be much broader than white liberals despise Trump if O'Rourke is to be the Texas Democratic version of John Tower in 2018. From the OSTX on 4/9/2018. Full transcript at OtherSideofTexas.com.

From the OSTX 04/02/2018: Jay Leeson discusses how a 2014 opinion by then-Attorney General Greg Abbott likely enabled chemical storage at a residence two streets away from Texas Tech University. The explosion rocked a six-block radius, killing an occupant of the home and a next-door neighbor, as well as injured others.

Jay Leeson discusses 'Empire of the Summer Moon' and fabled Llano Estacado with author S.C. Gwynne, as well as the latest in Lone Star politics with Texas Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey. Plus Blue Collar Bill chimes in on Respect Crimes.

From the 03/26/2018 episode of OSTX: Texas Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey guides through the politics of redistricting, potential lost bond ratings and electioneering concerns.

From the 03/26/2018 episode of OSTX: Sam Gwynne, author of 'Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History', discusses his book, as well as how the experiences of West Texans facing Santa Anna, the Comanche Indians and the Dust Bowl formed an enduring Texas frontier mentality.

Leeson on Russians undermining American Democracy | Breitbart Texas' Brandon Darby on the conservative argument for regulating Facebook and Twitter as a public utility | Quorum Report's Scott Braddock on Austin Bombings and #txlege | Leonard T. Jenkins, Designated (Cotton) Stripper on smarter ways to ruin America

Leeson on Texas A&M's Disneyland Dad tactics on Texas Tech's Vet School | Texas Tribune's Ross Ramsey on everything Texas 2018 | The Panhandle Holds | Blue Collar Bill on Traveling to Mexico

Leonard T Jenkins on being designator stripper and boiled peanuts merchant, Scott Braddock on the 2018 Texas Primary elections, Blue Collar Bill on voting your place and Leeson on a Politics of Place.

Quorum Report's Scott Braddock goes in depth on the 2018 Texas Primaries.

A song about one's place. Used with permission of David Blake Terrell, artist and song writer. “Prairie Town”, David Blake Terrell 01/21/18 [VERSE 1] If you’da headed west out of Fort Worth And took the trail to Buffalo Gap It’a blown your mind when you set your eyes On an ocean of native grass It was before the rail & the land run Before the west really had begun You were closer to hell than you were a well left to die from thirst or Comanches one [VERSE 2] They might think we lost our minds Why would anyone settle here It’s a frying pan filled with dust and sand That’s why it’s the last frontier From a bunk house down on the Waggoner To the few living in Mentone from the town of Gail, on up to Quail They all call the prairie home [CHORUS] I’ve seen it all in Seymour I worked the patch in Balmorhea It’ll cross your mind, East Texas Pines Sound like the place to stay But of all the little towns in West Texas You can’t understand just how How they ride it out through the dust & drought Till you live in a prairie town [VERSE 3] This land can turn into fire And just spare a few head of cows They won’t see disaster relief Help comes to votes that count You ought to see the sunset in Canyon And the little band there in Rotan These folks they pray for the smell of rain They harvest faith in this heartland [CHORUS] There’s just 45 in Needmore Just a few still live in Chalk And if it ain’t clear that Austin’s weird You won’t find Marfa odd But of all the little towns in West Texas That no one ever hears about When luck runs out you do without When you live in a Prairie town [VERSE 4] When they came out here on the wagons Were they doomed before they arrived I Is it just the grassland or Cynthia Ann That cursed who occupied But you trade those cold blue northerns to see the deer and the antelope play to see the morning clear through your horses ears You thank God for life on the range [CHORUS] Well a cowcamp started Farwell There ain’t much left at Quitaque We hear that song ‘bout Luckenback Where nobody’s feeling pain But of all the little towns in West Texas That time forgot about It’s a rural route what the west is now when you live in a prairie town Yeah we do without but we’re dang proud That we live in a prairie town

Drunk horse riding on the freeway | Interview with elderly couple whose Leon County ranch and home could be decimated by the Houston/Dallas bullet train | Texas Tribune's Ross Ramsey on the March 6 Texas primaries | Leonard T Jenkins on spiritual constipation and cryptocurrency

Tannerite Gender Reveal parties | The eyes of Texas are upon the Panhandle | Republican candidate for Texas Lt. Gov. Scott Milder on his campaign | Quorum Report's Scott Braddock on the "Granny Tax" | Leonard T. Jenkins | Blue Collar Bill Report

Jim and Barbara Miles of Leon County, halfway between Houston and Dallas, express their candid concerns about Texas Central Railways proposed route through their ranch, and how they say it would destroy their place. From OSTX Radio on 2/26/2018.

Texas Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey's call-in to the program on 02/26/2018.