Pamela Hastings
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A Beautiful Mind
David Eagleman is an assistant professor of neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, and a recent recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship. His latest book, Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, comes out at the end of the month. Though Eagleman specializes in the fields of time perception and neuro-law, he is best known for his fiction. His 2009 collection of linked short stories, "Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives," was a best seller in the United Kingdom, where it is being turned into an opera. Camera by Brian Birzer
For the Birds
Explore nature with Victor Emanuel as he takes a tour of Hornsby Bend, his favorite birding spot in Austin.
A Conversation With Stephen Harrigan
One of Texas’s most acclaimed writers talks about his new novel, his process, and what he really thinks about e-readers.
Migas
Think you know how to cook like a Texan? Chef Lisa Wong shows us how it’s done. Camera by Brian Birzer
Chicken-fried Steak
Think you know how to cook like a Texan? Chef Grady Spears shows us how it’s done. Camera by Brian Birzer
Smoked Brisket
Think you know how to cook like a Texan? Pitmaster Aaron Franklin shows us how it’s done. Camera by Brian Birzer
On the Border
NPR correspondent John Burnett talks about the Gulf cartel and what it's like to be a journalist in Matamoros. Camera by Brian Birzer
Grilled Ribeye
Think you know how to cook like a Texan? Chef Larry McGuire, of Lamberts Downtown Barbecue, shows us how it's done. Camera by Brian Birzer
The Terquasquicentennial Issue
The Capitol of Texas, Austin
Mission Control, Houston
Dealey Plaza, Dallas
Hueco Tanks State Park
Fair Park Coliseum, Lubbock
In the Kitchen at Uchiko
Patricia Sharpe goes to the best new restaurant in the state, where chef-owner Tyson Cole shares a few tips and prepares a golden beet salad.
A Free Man
Cooking With Iliana de la Vega at El Naranjo
Shrimp Tacos
The Gospel According to Blind Willie Johnson
Watch Austin musician Steve James play the slide guitar and discuss the incomparable Blind Willie Johnson, who we think was born in Pendleton, just outside Temple.
The Manual 2.0
Watch expert Shawn Hogg teach Andrea Valdez how to ride a bull.
Anthony Graves Press Conference
October 28, 2010, in Houston at the law offices of Katherine Scardino, Graves's defense attorney.
The Manual 2.0
Watch the experts teach Andrea Valdez how to deep-fry a turkey.
Reasonable Doubt
View a short documentary on the controversial case of Anthony Graves, who has spent the past eighteen years behind bars.
The Manual 2.0
Watch the experts at Russ and Company Salon, in Austin, teach Andrea Valdez how to do big hair.
Bordertown
Watch El Pasoans talk about their city and the continuing violence along the border.
Texas Nuggets
The secret history of garage rock in the Lone Star State.
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