{"podcast":{"title":"Texas Matters","slug":"texas-matters-537140","podcast_index_feed_id":537140,"rss_url":"https://www.tpr.org/podcast/texas-matters/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.tpr.org/podcast/texas-matters","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8ca4d41/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1400x1400+0+0/resize/1400x1400!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb4%2Fe9%2F4fdea463482a9d7140badee1720c%2Fsafeimagekit-resized-img.png","author":"David Martin Davies (texaspublicradio@gmail.com)","episode_count":20,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T06:20:53.643442+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140"},"episode":{"title":"Texas Matters: Music from behind the walls of Texas prisons","slug":"texas-matters-music-from-behind-the-walls-of-texas-prisons","published_at":"2026-03-13T18:16:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-music-from-behind-the-walls-of-texas-prisons","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140","url":"https://www.tpr.org/podcast/texas-matters/2026-03-13/texas-matters-music-from-behind-the-walls-of-texas-prisons","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s188/audio/2026/03/txm1428-prison-music.mp3","summary":"This week on Texas Matters — forgotten songs from Texas prisons. Heartfelt tracks written, performed, and recorded by incarcerated men. The resurrected recordings from the '60s, ’70s, and ’80s tell us about crime and punishment, rehabilitation, and the humanity of the men locked inside.","meta_description":"This week on Texas Matters — forgotten songs from Texas prisons. Heartfelt tracks written, performed, and recorded by incarcerated men. The resurrected re…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1739,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/texas-matters-537140/episodes/texas-matters-music-from-behind-the-walls-of-texas-prisons/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140/texas-matters-music-from-behind-the-walls-of-texas-prisons.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}