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The American Storytelling collection explores the human stories behind the political headlines
Season 1 Episode 7
Politics is the human story behind the headlines: our hopes, disagreements, choices and visions for what comes next. This fall, the American Storytel…
14 hours ago
I Die Laughing
Season 1 Episode 6
It’s been nearly 30 years since the Republic of Texas standoff. The lean-to embassy has been scattered in the wind. What happened in Rick’s wake? Wha…
11 months, 1 week ago
The Standoff
Season 1 Episode 5
During the days after Rick McLaren declared war, what would come to be known as the Republic of Texas Standoff, an unprecedented number of people des…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
King of the Lean-To
Season 1 Episode 4
Rick McLaren breaks ground in the DMR, and on the world wide web. It doesn’t take long for his followers to come running up the mountain. With guns. …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Getting Squinky
Season 1 Episode 3
There are these bumper stickers everywhere – a Texas flag with a big word printed at the top: SECEDE. What’s the story of Texas independence and how …
1 year ago
Gentle and Sweet
Season 1 Episode 2
How did Rick McLaren, an enthusiastic magazine reader from Ohio, become the leader of a secessionist nation in Texas? Zoe dives into the archives to …
1 year ago
A Very Long Road
Season 1 Episode 1
Back in ‘90s, in the mountains of Far West Texas, one man started his own nation. Reporter Zoe Kurland decides to find out what happens when the myth…
1 year ago
Welcome to A Whole Other Country
Season 1
A new podcast from Marfa Public Radio Studios. Coming October 8th.
1 year ago