# Texas Matters

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Official site: https://www.tpr.org/podcast/texas-matters
Author: David Martin Davies (texaspublicradio@gmail.com)
Episodes: 20

## Resource

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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## Episodes
- [Former Austin Mayor Steve Adler reflects on the capital city's explosive growth, homelessness and threats to democracy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/former-austin-mayor-steve-adler-reflects-on-the-capital-city-s-explosive-growth-homelessness-and-threats-to-democracy) — 2026-07-31T17:48:52+00:00
- [Texas Matters: 'After the Flood' Episode 3 — Investigating the Camp Mystic deaths](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-after-the-flood-episode-3-investigating-the-camp-mystic-deaths) — 2026-07-10T15:00:00+00:00
- [Texas Matters: 'After The Flood'  — Part 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-after-the-flood-part-2) — 2026-07-02T22:53:03+00:00
- [Texas Matters: 'After the Flood' tells the story of the deadly 2025 Hill Country floods](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-after-the-flood-tells-the-story-of-the-deadly-2025-hill-country-floods) — 2026-06-26T22:47:14+00:00
- [Texas Matters: TX Ag Commissioner Sid Miller blasts screwworm  response and why Texas isn't producing more oil](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-tx-ag-commissioner-sid-miller-blasts-screwworm-response-and-why-texas-isn-t-producing-more-oil) — 2026-06-13T20:33:00+00:00
- [Texas Matters: Canadian mother says Dilley ICE detention center is a 'prison,' not a family facility](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-canadian-mother-says-dilley-ice-detention-center-is-a-prison-not-a-family-facility) — 2026-06-05T16:34:25+00:00
- [James Talarico and the race for U.S. Senate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/james-talarico-and-the-race-for-u-s-senate) — 2026-05-29T22:54:35+00:00
- [Texas Matters:  SB4 is blocked, and West Texas border wall moves forward](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-sb4-is-blocked-and-west-texas-border-wall-moves-forward) — 2026-05-15T22:59:29+00:00
- [Texas Matters: Pass The Biscuits, Pappy - Part Two](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-pass-the-biscuits-pappy-part-two) — 2026-05-12T18:47:03+00:00
- [Texas Matters: Watering down FEMA, abortion pill access, Texas prisons' compassionate release and questions about Texas ocean desal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-watering-down-fema-abortion-pill-access-texas-prisons-compassionate-release-and-questions-about-texas-ocean-desal) — 2026-05-11T00:12:07+00:00
- [Texas Matters: Sharia law rhetoric, abortion care fallout, and a contested death row case](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-sharia-law-rhetoric-abortion-care-fallout-and-a-contested-death-row-case) — 2026-04-18T21:48:00+00:00
- [Texas Matters: A populist history of Texas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-a-populist-history-of-texas) — 2026-04-10T21:44:16+00:00
- [Texas Matters: Larry McMurtry and the making of the modern Texas myth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-larry-mcmurtry-and-the-making-of-the-modern-texas-myth) — 2026-03-27T17:25:20+00:00
- [Texas Matters: Music from behind the walls of Texas prisons](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-music-from-behind-the-walls-of-texas-prisons) — 2026-03-13T18:16:04+00:00
- [Texas Matters: How Texas got religion](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-how-texas-got-religion) — 2026-03-09T13:59:13+00:00
- [Texas Matters: The meaning of the Spanish missions in San Antonio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-the-meaning-of-the-spanish-missions-in-san-antonio) — 2026-02-22T16:14:52+00:00
- [Texas Matters: 1964, Civil Rights and the Lady Bird Special](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-1964-civil-rights-and-the-lady-bird-special) — 2026-02-13T19:11:14+00:00
- [Texas Matters:  CAIR refutes Texas claim of pushing Sharia law and terrorism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-cair-refutes-texas-claim-of-pushing-sharia-law-and-terrorism) — 2026-01-31T20:57:20+00:00
- [Texas Matters: How Texans experience violence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-how-texans-experience-violence) — 2026-01-24T15:01:00+00:00
- [Texas Matters: On trial — The State of Texas v. Adrian Gonzales](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-on-trial-the-state-of-texas-v-adrian-gonzales) — 2026-01-17T14:01:41+00:00

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