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George Foreman’s resilience: A two-time rags-to-riches story | Texas Standard share.google/xLqtgkNYkqZ6zij…
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George Foreman’s resilience: A two-time rags-to-riches story

George Foreman’s resilience: A two-time rags-to-riches story

The Texas-born boxing champion, preacher and businessman passed on a winning legacy.

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Commentary: The two men who rescued Shiner Beer -- @WFStrong @TexasStandard texasstandard.org/stories/sh…
Commentary: The two men who rescued Shiner Beer

Commentary: The two men who rescued Shiner Beer

W.F. Strong recounts how the popular Texas brew twice came to the brink of going flat.

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Photo from Texas flood shows how difficult the task that lies ahead. That is a full sized pickup buried there.
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Thanking PONCHO for gifting me several awesome Poncho shirts as thanks for VO work. Love this one with classic pearl snaps. Will look great in the warm Texas fall.
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"It was a perfect storm of generosity. I even looked at the foundation’s salaries for their officers and board members. Added all together, it came to zero. That’s highly unusual." texasstandard.org/stories/gr…
Commentary: The Gruver Farm Scholarship Foundation

Commentary: The Gruver Farm Scholarship Foundation

How a donated plot of land became a bounty for a small Panhandle town's students.

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I laughed. Waylon never said this, of course, but he would have had he been around when White Claw was invented. Thanks to Bill Alvarado for sending this in.
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Sunrise on Lake Sam Rayburn which is located 80 miles north of Beaumont, Texas. Did you know that the reservoir is flanked by the Angelina National Forest. 📸 by Susan Montemayor **Only one week left in the TexHeritage Photo Contest! bit.ly/4ex6lMT
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Sometimes things happen that seem too coincidental to be coincidental. Lots of words describe these moments: luck, serendipity, maybe fate, destiny or a miracle? Texas Standard Commentator W.F. Strong recalls such moments he just can't explain: texasstandard.org/stories/wf…
Commentary: My brush with fate or serendipity

Commentary: My brush with fate or serendipity

Commentator W.F. Strong shares a story about his chance discovery of a long-lost artifact.

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Some of the finest Texans we’ve ever had have been Californians. At least on film. texasstandard.org/stories/ca…
Some of the best Texans have been Californians – on the silver screen, at least

Some of the best Texans have been Californians – on the silver screen, at least

These five Californians, including John Wayne and Robert Duvall, have made great Texans in movies.

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Commentary: He who has the gold, makes the rules

Commentary: He who has the gold, makes the rules

Stories of buried and lost gold have long dominated Texas lore. 

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Frito pie, a mainstay under Friday night lights, is a Texas original

The recipe has morphed – and gotten more portable – since its debut in 1949.

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Commentary: An AI experiment for Stories from Texas texasstandard.org/stories/co…
Commentary: An AI experiment for Stories from Texas

Commentary: An AI experiment for Stories from Texas

Commentator W.F. Strong wondered if artificial intelligence could come up with a story in his style.

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Norfleet: The Texas rancher who kept on coming texasstandard.org/stories/no…
Norfleet: The Texas rancher who kept on coming

Norfleet: The Texas rancher who kept on coming

Norfleet had no experience in law enforcement, big city life or sophisticated cons. He was a cowboy and a hunter and made up us his mind to pursue the band of bunco men who conned him.

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Listening to "The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce" at buzzsprout.com/1435156/14923…
The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce - Beyond Texas...

The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce - Beyond Texas...

Often listed as one of the top ten best short stories ever written in America,  The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,  by Ambrose Bierce remains, even today, a particularly haunting  story for everyone...

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Commentary: 'Counting cattle with the fathers' texasstandard.org/stories/co…
Commentary: ‘Counting cattle with the fathers’

Commentary: ‘Counting cattle with the fathers’

W.F. Strong reflects on the strides Texas literature has made with this poem by Shelley Armitage.

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Listening to "Julius Caesar: Part II. The Assassination" at buzzsprout.com/1435156/13831…
Julius Caesar: Part II. The Assassination - Beyond Texas with W.F....

Julius Caesar: Part II. The Assassination - Beyond Texas with W.F....

Part Two of our conversation with Lindsay Powell, an expert on classical Roman history and co-author of a book about Julius Caesar, as well as a solo author of a book about his successor, Caesar...

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Many Texans travel the the Hill Country to enjoy the splendor of the wildflowers celebrating spring. Texas Standard commentator W.F. Strong suggests a route he calls the 'other' hill country, one far less traveled than its cousin to the west: texasstandard.org/stories/te…
Commentary: Take a drive through the ‘other’ Hill Country

Commentary: Take a drive through the ‘other’ Hill Country

The two-hour trip from Clay to Shiner offers winding roads and wildflowers galore.

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Commentary: The mystery of the Texas box texasstandard.org/stories/ro…
Commentary: The mystery of the Texas box

Commentary: The mystery of the Texas box

It's an artifact that was part of a pivotal moment of the American Revolution. How did it make its way to Laredo?

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