Wise About Texas

Recent Episodes

EP. 133: The Van Horn Wells

Posted January 23, 2025 • 00:21:53

For centuries, Indians knew where to get water on the desolate terrain of what would become West Texas. One of those spots came to be known as the...

EP. 132: The Coming of the Wire

Posted January 1, 2025 • 00:27:13

You can’t go anywhere in Texas without running into “the devil’s rope”–barbed wire. It keeps livestock in AND out. It protects property...

EP. 131: A Presidential Election, 1841

Posted November 5, 2024 • 00:13:57

You think our elections are divisive today? Well, Texas is just continuing a long tradition of candidates running hard and stirring the pot. In the...

Ep. 130: The Sisterdale Revolver

Posted August 20, 2024 • 00:24:40

In the early part of the Civil War, a group of German Freethinkers got together to design and manufacture a revolver for use by the Confederate forces....

EP. 129: Making Texas History: An Interview with Governor Rick Perry (Part 2)

Posted August 4, 2024 • 00:29:12

Governor Rick Perry is the longest serving Governor in Texas history. From his humble beginnings in Paint Creek, to the cockpit of an Air Force C-130,...