Archive for the ‘podcasts’ Category

Ever since I bought my Nano, I have become a podcast junkie. I listen to a lot of music on it (e.g. Oingo Boingo, Moxy Fruvous, Celldweller, etc.), but by far podcasts are what I find myself listening to the most. I’ll have Fear the Boot on while scrubbing dishes, or This American Life will be helping me through the dog wash. But when I want to sit in the garden and enjoy a quiet moment it is the Texana Review that I queue up.

The Texana Review is “…a growing collection of news and information for, of and about the Lone Star State.”

Ed Blackburn, the host of the podcast, has this wonderful Texas tone to his voice that reminds me of Saturday night sitting on the porch eaves dropping on my dad and his buddies telling stories on each other. Ed brings a marvelous craft to the stories he tells, the news he reports, and even the recipes he shares.

Those are his father’s recipes, by the way.

My father cooked, too.

Ed breathes Texas.  He plays right into several of my passions… story telling, cooking, Texas history… His recent entry on “One Ranger” made me run out and buy the book.

His episodes are short - almost painfully so - and always leave me wanting more.

Dad’s stories had the same effect on me, too.

The Texana Review can be downloaded from Ed’s website as well as on iTunes.