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Wise About Texas

Ken Wise

If you think you know Texas history, think again. This is the podcast that goes beyond the textbooks — rigorously researched, compellingly written, and delivered with a relaxed storytelling style that makes even the most serious history feel like sitting around a campfire. Your host is Justice Ken Wise: a scholar with a gift for narrative and a knack for finding the stories that surprise you. Texas history, Texas legends, Texas characters — all told the way they deserve to be told. Subscribe for new episodes and prepare to see the Lone Star State in a whole new light.

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Episodes

177 episodes

  1. Ep. 157: Ad and Plinky Topperwein, the Texas Sharpshooters 41:09
  2. EP. 156 (Live From Young County) Fort Belknap with Jim Hammond 37:52
  3. EP. 155: (Live from Young County) Starting a History Museum with Shannon Potts & Tony Widner 34:18
  4. Ep. 154: When Lone Star Cowboys Took the Sport of Kings 31:09
  5. EP. 153: How to Start a War- The Warfield and Snively Raids 38:16
  6. Ep. 152: Teeing off with Wise About Golf! 28:59
  7. EP. 151: A Road Trip Through the Republic 25:17
  8. Ep. 150: Happy 250th Birthday America! 28:52
  9. EP. 149: Up the River (road) 23:59
  10. Bonus: A Quick Notice to Subscribers 1:27
  11. Ep 148: Governor Richard Coke, Texan: An interview with Rosser Coke Newton 30:46
  12. EP. 147: Teeing Off With Texas Golf 9:49
  13. EP. 146: Getting to Know Governor Oran Roberts, the “Old Alcalde.” An Interview with Dr. John Adams. Part 2 18:04
  14. Ep. 145: Getting to Know Governor Oran Roberts, the “Old Alcalde.” An Interview with Dr. John Adams. Part 1. 32:53
  15. EP. 144: The Runaway Scrape with Dr. Stephen Hardin 41:08
  16. EP. 142: Letters from the Alamo (?) 13:50
  17. Ep. 142: A Disturbing Set of Events (Anahuac, 1832) 25:29
  18. Ep 141: Come and Take It! 17:37
  19. EP 140: A DECADE of Texas history 25:25
  20. EP. 139: An English Earl in Texas… 19:59
  21. EP. 138: A Volcanic Trail Marker 16:53
  22. EP. 137: The First Chief Justice (sort of) 20:19
  23. EP. 136: A Word for the Hill Country 4:58
  24. EP. 135: Texans You Should Know– Lottie Deno 21:11
  25. Ep. 134: The Fence Cutting Wars 15:04
  26. EP. 133: The Van Horn Wells 21:53
  27. EP. 132: The Coming of the Wire 27:13
  28. EP. 131: A Presidential Election, 1841 13:57
  29. Ep. 130: The Sisterdale Revolver
  30. EP. 129: Making Texas History: An Interview with Governor Rick Perry (Part 2) 29:12
  31. Making Texas History: An Interview with Governor Rick Perry (Part 1)
  32. EP. 127: Clash of the Titans 29:37
  33. EP. 126: An Accidental Victory 14:57
  34. The Texas Rangers: Milton H. West- from Ranger to Congressman 35:23
  35. EP. 124: Texans You Should Know- Sally Skull 26:09
  36. EP. 123: The Texas Rangers- Senior Captain Tony Leal (part 2) 52:10
  37. EP. 122: The Texas Rangers- Senior Captain Tony Leal (part 1) 50:36
  38. Bonus Episode: The 72 oz Steak Challenge with James Webb 35:25
  39. Ep. 121: A Dead Man’s Horse: The Case of Issac Desha 24:14
  40. BONUS EPISODE: Celebrating The Texas Ranger Bicentennial 25:33
  41. Bonus Episode: A Bad Day at the Courthouse 6:32
  42. EP. 120: Texas Rangers: “Old Paint” Caldwell 33:27
  43. EP. 119: The Texas Rangers: Origins 23:00
  44. EP. 118: Texans You Should Know- Osjetea Briggs 20:40
  45. EP. 117: A Murder in the Capitol 13:26
  46. EP 116: I Heard it on the X, Part 2 17:53
  47. EP. 115: I Heard it on the X, Part 1 20:49
  48. Ep. 114: Winging it in Big Bend 36:22
  49. Ep. 113: The Travis County Dog Wars 24:00
  50. EP. 112: A Texas mother- Mary Christian Burleson 19:15