Beyond Texas with W.F. Strong

By W. F. Strong

As I already have a podcast produced by the Texas Standard, Stories from Texas, I wanted to launch a new one that would go beyond the limits of where my stories are typically corralled. I'm calling ... more

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The podcast currently has 58 episodes available.

Beyond Texas with W.F. Strong episodes:

December 22, 2022 Julius Caesar: Part I.
A good long informative chat about Julius Caesar with author, Lindsay Powell, who is an expert on Julius Caesar and who has just released a new book on the life of the great politician and military leader.
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46min
November 29, 2022 Three Red Marbles
This is a beautiful very short story for the holidays. The author is anonymous.
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5min
July 29, 2022 The Gospel According to Mark by Jorge Luis Borges
Sharing a wonderful, now iconic short story, by Jorge Luis Borges, It is representative of the sort of mesmerizing short-stories that he regularly produced in the middle of the last century.
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17min
July 12, 2022 What Internet Data can Teach us About Life, the Universe and Everything
A conversation with Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, Elad Yom-Tov, about big data and what we are learning from it that can improve our lives in many ways.
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51min
May 26, 2022 PART II of Spare Parts with Paul Craddock
Part II of my interview with the incomparable Paul Craddock, author of Spare Parts: the story of the history of transplant surgery.
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21min
May 20, 2022 Spare Parts by Paul Craddock
An interview with Paul Craddock, PhD, concerning his page-turner of a best-selling book about the fascinating history of transplant surgery.
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36min
April 08, 2022 Mariupol: One Woman's Story of Survival and Escape.
This is Alyona's story of surviving the Russian bombing and shelling of her beloved Mariupol and her harrowing escape to safer territory. You can write to her here: [email protected]
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20min
March 17, 2022 Saint-Exupéry Part II
The second half of Saint-Exupéry and Prevot's struggle to survive the brutal challenges of the Libyan desert after they're plane crashed there.

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24min
March 08, 2022 Stranded in the North African Desert: Part 1
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, along with his co-pilot and mechanic, Andre Prevot, crashed in the North African Desert in 1935 while trying to set an air speed record between Paris and Saigon. They survived the crash, but barely survived the desert. They walked 120 miles and came within hours of dying of thirst and exposure to the unrelenting sun. This is the story, in his words, of how they survived.
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25min
January 11, 2022 Carville - America's only National Facility for the Treatment of Leprosy
An interview with former NPR reporter, Pam Fessler concerning her captivating book,
Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice.

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42min

FAQs about Beyond Texas with W.F. Strong:

How many episodes does Beyond Texas with W.F. Strong have?

The podcast currently has 58 episodes available.