Around The Station

Two new shows, NPR’s “Code Switch” and “Life Kit,” are joining KUT's Saturday lineup to replace “Ask Me Another,” which ended production last month.

"Texas Standard" and KUT producers Laura Rice, Jill Ament and Rebecca McInroy are moderating author panels at the Texas Book Festival. And don't miss Joy Diaz in conversation with "Latino USA's" Maria Hinojosa. We hope you'll join us.

Aspiring journalists and podcasters from across Texas participated in the Texas Newsroom edition of NPR’s Next Generation Radio project in September. The weeklong training is a digital-first intensive with a focus on audio, narrative audio storytelling, podcasting, and written and visual journalism.

“Texas Standard’s” story about the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act won a Barbara Jordan Media Award last month. The story “Full Participation: 30 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act,” reported by Shelly Brisbin, won in the radio category on June 11.

A Martínez, co-host of “Take Two” at KPCC in Los Angeles, joins NPR’s “Morning Edition” as its first Latino host. He joins Rachel Martin, Noel King and Steve Inskeep in the hosting lineup, and will be based with the NPR West team in Culver City, Calif.

On May 3, 1971, KUT was among the first stations in the country to broadcast “All Things Considered,” a fledgling radio news program from an emergent journalism outfit called NPR. At its launch, the program was carried by about 88 member stations and heard by fewer than 2 million listeners nationwide.

During February's Texas Freeze, KUT reporters filed stories from their homes – often without power, while caring for family members and battling broken pipes and freezing temperatures – to deliver clear, accurate information to Central Texans.

We ask Teresa Frontado three questions: What are you listening to these days? Read anything interesting lately? And what are you loving about the ATX lately?

The 2020 Texas Book Festival is hosting its 25th anniversary online, now through Nov. 15, and, as media sponsors, KUT and “Texas Standard” are proud to…

Listen Friday, Oct. 30, for a Texas Ofrende from "Texas Standard"The COVID-19 pandemic has brought death and sorrow to every Texas community. But the…