Introducing Open Road, an audio adaptation of Texas Highways magazine's acclaimed essay series. Tune in for personal stories about traveling under the wide-open skies of Texas.
Writer Sam Stephenson was already living in Texas in his head before migrating from his home in coastal North Carolina. He and his family were looking for a house in College Station when their realtor told him about a place that sounded familiar: Matagorda.
“It was her family’s favorite spot on the coast. They liked it because it was isolated and remote, with basically no tourism except people there to fish or watch birds. This sounded good to me.”
Narration: Sam Stephenson
Producer: Katey Psencik
Illustration: Sam Ward
1 Aug 2025
On Little Islands | by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Writer Elizabeth Gonzalez James explores her family’s history as crypto-Jews, Catholic converts who continued to practice Jewish rituals in secret during the Inquisition.
“I felt I was closing a wound that had opened 500 years earlier, finishing a story that had remained incomplete.”
Narration: Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Producer: Katey Psencik
Illustration: Daniel Bejar
29 May 2025
Amarillo By Morning | By Emily Gogolak
Writer Emily Gogolak recounts her return to the Texas Panhandle to find and repay a stranger's kindness, revealing the deep connection she feels to the state in this personal narrative.
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.7 / 5
7 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 20 / 100
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7
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
81
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