Texas Standard Podcast
1) How Texas plans to power its AI data center boom
As data centers expand across the state, so does the need for energy. More power plants are popping up with Texas at the center of the AI data center boom.The federal government gives its first briefi...Show More
2) Meteor over Texas leaves debris, questions
A secretive project to build a long water barrier in the Rio Grande is revealed as letters go out to landowners to build a Big Bend border wall. We’ll hear what locals are thinking. Look up to the sky...Show More
3) A special broadcast from Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi cuts its timeline to a water disaster and the state issues emergency orders to deal with what may be an unprecedented crisis. Today we’re coming to you from the place they call the Spar...Show More
4) Debate grows over César Chávez Day and public memorials in Texas
Revelations over César Chávez’s reported history of sexual abuse has led to an immediate response across Texas. We’ll break it down. Texas is home to two of America’s four strategic ...Show More
5) History of Texas prison bands lives on through rare recordings
Time has run out for what many thought would be a game-changing endorsement in the GOP runoff for a U.S. Senate seat. President Trump has yet to weigh in on the race between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton...Show More
6) Bob Odenkirk talks new action role in SXSW film ‘Normal’
A new report says the Trump administration created military zones on the border and charged people with trespassing. We’ll dive into why the cases are often flawed.Today is the deadline to apply for s...Show More
7) Would could the Prairieland decision mean for future federal prosecutions?
Fire warnings, scary high winds, dust storms out west, temps plummeting 30 and 40 degrees in some places… We’ll get the latest on a wild weather weekend.Guilty verdicts in a trial involving the ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) Waymo expansion sparks safety concerns in Texas cities
A recent change to Texas law now requires local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.Driverless cabs are making headlines in Austin for all the wrong reasons. What this mi...Show More
9) Historic Baptist ledger sheds light on early Texas faith
As gas prices nationwide skyrocket, President Trump announces a massive new Texas-based refinery in Brownsville he claims could spur thousands of new jobs.Plus, Exxon’s move may signal a tipping point...Show More
10) Texas ban on smokable cannabis products looms
Texas lawmakers did not get through a ban on THC sales this past legislative session, but new rules restricting them are about to go into effect.There’s been some confusing back and forth from t...Show More