David Brown
Host & Managing Editor, Texas StandardDavid entered radio journalism thanks to a love of storytelling, an obsession with news, and a desire to keep his hair long and play in rock bands. An inveterate political junkie with a passion for pop culture and the romance of radio, David has reported from bases in Washington, London, Los Angeles, and Boston for Monitor Radio and for NPR, and has anchored in-depth public radio documentaries from India, Brazil, and points across the United States and Europe. He is, perhaps, known most widely for his work as host of public radio's Marketplace. Fulfilling a lifelong dream of moving to Texas full-time in 2005, Brown joined the staff of KUT, launching the award-winning cultural journalism unit "Texas Music Matters."
A graduate of Washington and Lee University School of Law, David is currently completing his PhD in journalism at the University of Texas, and helping to launch, as host and managing editor, an innovative news program about which he is genuinely proud and thrilled to be a part of: The Texas Standard.
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Roky Erickson, who died in 2019, would have celebrated his 75th birthday Friday. Bill Bentley, a veteran music producer, says his brush with the fellow Texan’s music altered the trajectory of his life. -
“She wasn't second fiddle to anyone,” says a longtime friend of the pianist and vocalist who performed with her brother for decades.
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“We don't just give up on areas that we know and love, but some places will certainly be sacrificed to the ocean over time.”
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The Department of Justice is investigating accusations of widespread abuse from staff at the state's youth lockups.
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"Governments are allowed to decide that having a particular slice of the population vaccinated is worth the incursion on individual rights."
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While there are more than 900 active COVID-19 cases among Texas nursing home residents, the severity of the disease and outbreaks are much less since most residents are vaccinated.
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“There’s something that we really believe in about music’s ability to communicate and translate certain feelings, thoughts or ideas that you can’t really put into words.”
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ABC News' Matthew Dowd says shifts are happening here, too, but will take longer because of Texas' long history of being a deep red state.
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From Texas Standard:In January 2019, EEP, an eclectic shoegaze band, formed in El Paso, Texas. Less than two years later, they're receiving international…
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From Texas Standard:In the 1980s, photojournalism student Pat Blashill captured a burgeoning punk music scene in Austin – one intentionally at odds with…
