West Texas Wonders

By chris.ruggia

We know your curiosity about West Texas isn't limited to our focus areas. What other sorts of odds and ends do you wonder about?Maybe you want to know more about a local celebrity, an architectural od... more

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How many episodes does West Texas Wonders have?

The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.

West Texas Wonders episodes:

February 26, 2019 Front Doors, Bighorn Sheep, Buried Treasure And The Toe Nail Trail With The Rambling Boy
The Rambling Boy teams up with Marfa Public Radio's Sally Beauvais in an attempt to answer some of the tough history questions that have been submitted to West Texas Wonders.
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12min
February 26, 2019 The Odessa Meteor Crater: A Subtle Feature Tells a Cosmic Story
Listener Josh Knight asked West Texas Wonders whether the meteor crater in Odessa was actually produced by a crash, and, if so, what ecological impact that collision might have had.
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February 22, 2019 Front Doors, Bighorn Sheep, Buried Treasure And The Toe Nail Trail With The Rambling Boy
The Rambling Boy teams up with Marfa Public Radio’s Sally Beauvais in an attempt to answer some of the tough history questions that have been submitted to West Texas Wonders. Hosted by for KRTS
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January 31, 2019 "How Screwed Are You" If You Don't Work In Oil In The Permian Basin? It Depends.
By Mitch Borden
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6min
January 31, 2019 “How Screwed Are You” If You Don’t Work In Oil In The Permian Basin? It Depends.
By Mitch Borden It doesn’t take much to see the Permian Basin’s economy is doing pretty well right now. Just look at Midland and Odessa, the two cities’ unemployment rate is around two percent, wages are high and property values … Continue reading → Hosted by for KRTS
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January 04, 2019 The Burro Lady, Rainfall and Marriage, Old Roads And Gas Stations With The Rambling Boy
Rachel Maxwell of Alpine wants to know what the highest level of education the Burro Lady achieved was. Harry Hudson of Dallas wants to know how Mrs. Kerr of Fort Stockton's marriage proposal related to rainfall. Gretchen Coles of Marfa wonders what route Old Ft. Davis Road followed from Marfa to Fort Davis when it was built -- according to her plat map, it included the street she lives on. Phoenix Navidson of Marfa is curious about why there are so many old gas stations in town.
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December 28, 2018 An Astrobleme, And Hotel History With The Rambling Boy
Listeners Linda Beranek, Guadalupe Espinoza, and Josh Knight are among many Marfa Public Radio listeners who have submitted questions about esoteric local history to West Texas Wonders.
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December 27, 2018 How Accurate Is The Saying, "For Every Bar In Odessa There's A Church In Midland?"
Today we’re diving into a question from our West Texas Wonders series and this one is taking us to the Permian Basin. Sarah Ross Kelliher, a librarian at the Midland Centennial Library, asked us to get to the bottom of the saying, “For every bar in Odessa there’s a church in Midland.”
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6min
December 27, 2018 Faulting and Fracking: Exploring the History of Earthquakes in West Texas
Listener Ken Richards has always noticed the unique fragments and features of the Big Bend. "I assume some of that, a lot of that, moved around by earthquake,” says Richards. “But I'm wondering if it's seismically active now.”
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December 27, 2018 How Accurate Is The Saying, “For Every Bar In Odessa There’s A Church In Midland?”
By Mitch Borden Today we’re diving into a question from our West Texas Wonders series and this one is taking us to the Permian Basin. Sarah Ross Kelliher, a librarian at the Midland Centennial Library, asked us to get to … Continue reading → Hosted by for KRTS
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FAQs about West Texas Wonders:

How many episodes does West Texas Wonders have?

The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.