Archives for November 2015

Jazz and the Art of Psychoanalysis (11.8.15)

In this edition of Liner Notes Rabbi and jazz historian Neil Blumofe talks about the relationship between jazz and psychoanalysis.

These early 20th century emerging ways of life have had a profound effect on our individual spiritual development as well as our identity as a larger civilization, as we consider our dreams, desires, loves, and fears. How do these two disciplines inform each other? How do those who have been outcast or in exile within society find a home in these inventive arts? What happens when Freud and Coltrane meet?

What does it mean to listen and what does it mean to reveal? How can disclosing our vulnerabilities make us more resilient? How can making peace with our past establish a more secure present and future? Where is music in all of this? We will listen to standards within the jazz canon, as we reflect upon the open and concealed ways that our spirit and mind conjoins.

KUT Weekend – November 6, 2015

Fun Fun Fun Fest has a “sober tent”….court case tests the limits of homeschooling….how Texas high school students are learning about growing vineyards….and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!

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Daylight Saving Time

Sunday we gained an hour of sleep. With the time change also came some cooler Texas weather. David Fruchter says he used that as inspiration for this week’s poem.

Texas Standard: November 6, 2015

An investigation of more than 16 million traffic citations reveal something very fishy going on with Texas Department of Public Safety stops. Hispanic people being labeled as White? Are Texas Troopers ‘playing games’ with racial profiling data, or is it a computer glitch? And, the FBI’s wants to help teachers identify American students vulnerable to extremism. Also on today’s show – the father of Texas landscapes brings us Bluebonnets, in November. And the University of Texas system taking over 300 acres in Houston. All coming up in today’s Texas Standard:

Framing Effects

In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about the why how we say something is as important, if not more important than, what we say.

The Ticket: Christie, Cruz, and Full Contact Campaigning

Texas Standard: November 5, 2015

Is Dallas a sanctuary city? Governor Abbott is threatening to withhold funding from local law enforcement unless they cooperate with the feds. A Texas company that designs caskets has a patent for a unique creation, we’ll explore. We’re also talking high tech cardboard goggles for virtual reality – seriously. And, burrito lovers might want to tune in, E. Coli is on the agenda. Those stories and much more on todays Texas Standard:

6 Reasons Texas Is Better Than Alaska

There’s a popular bumper sticker up there in Alaska that says, “Making Texans Mad Since 1959.” That’s loosely translated — otherwise I couldn’t say it on the radio

The allusion is, of course, to the fact that when Alaska became a state, Texas immediately got demoted to second biggest state.

No doubt Alaska is geographically more than twice the size of Texas, but we still own the bragging rights on many fronts.

Texans are still fond of pointing out that if we melted all the ice and snow up there Texas would still be bigger.

Texas reigned as the biggest state in the the union for 104 years. Alaska has a long way to go to take the title from us, about 50 years yet.

We are certainly bigger in population, forty times bigger.

You know that famous pipeline they have up there? Guess who built it? Texans did. And Okies, too. There are no exact figures but we have proof in Alaskan folklore. An Alaskan saying back when the pipeline was being built, was this: “Happiness is 10,000 Okies pickin’ up a Texan under each arm and headin’ South.” Don’t know why they would have that attitude, we were just making them rich.

Alaska is a big oil producer, sure. But Texas is still a much larger producer of oil and gas and has far greater reserves: three times as much oil as Alaska and ten times as much natural gas. Texas remains number one in oil in the U.S. and would be the sixth largest oil country in the world if she were on her own. They don’t call us Saudi Texas for nothing.

Final thing, and I think of this as a kind of slam dunk fact. Alaska would not be a state if Texas had not made it one. It’s true. Alaska’s bid for statehood had languished for years, back in the forties and fifties. And was going nowhere until Senator Lyndon Johnson and Speaker Sam Rayburn threw their weight behind Alaska’s statehood ambitions. That was the tipping point. Once those two got behind it, Alaska was fast-tracked to statehood. You might say Texas was big enough to let them be bigger.

Given all that we have done for Alaska, I think they could use a bumper sticker I’ve designed. It looks like a Texas flag and says: ” Thanks Y’all.”

Texas Standard: November 4, 2015

HERO gets beaten at the ballot box–Houston residents reject a proposed equal rights ordinance. Voters statewide approve billions more for transportation…yet a key lawmaker says it won’t be enough. And the voice of big oil in Texas says more regulation please? Also Alaska, ticking off Texans since 1959…or so goes the bumper sticker. Our commentator says not so fast and he’s just getting started. All those stories and more on todays Texas Standard time:

The Path of Spencer Haywood (Ep. 47, 2015)

ABA and NBA legend Spencer Haywood talks about his successes and struggles in sports and courts, and his journey to reach the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Lou Donaldson (11.01.15)

In this edition of Liner Notes Rabbi and jazz historian Neil Blumofe talk about the life and work of American jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson.

Milk: Alissa Hamilton (Ep.5)

In this edition of The Secret Ingredient, Rebecca McInroy, Raj Patel and Tom Philpott talk with Dr. Alissa Hamilton about her book, “Got Milked? The Great Dairy Deception and Why You’ll Thrive Without Milk.”

Hamilton’s critical take on the dairy industry and its pervasive marketing campaigns chronicle a history of public policy messages that have skewed our perspective on a healthy relationship to milk. We talk about why milk has its own food group, how important it is to get our calcium from a wide variety of foods, and how to demystify the messages we receive everyday about dairy.

About The Hosts:

Raj Patel is an award winning food writer, activist and academic. He’s the author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, and his latest book, The Value of Nothing, is a New York Times best-seller.

Tom Philpott is an award-winning food writer for Mother Jones, whose ground-breaking work on almonds exposed myriad environmental and ethical issues around almond production in California.

Rebecca McInroy is an executive producer and host for KUT Radio in Austin, Texas. She is the co-creator, producer and host of various podcasts and shows, including Views and Brews, Two Guys on Your Head, Liner Notes, The Write Up, and The Secret Ingredient.

Texas Standard: November 3, 2015

A relative handful of Texans will have the chance to amend the constitution today. 7 reasons you may want to be among them. And health care and the disappearing option: why are some cancer patients getting hit especially hard? Also- a supreme court test for parental rights. Must Texas homeschoolers have to teach to a certain state approved standard? And a court challenge of another sort, as a second WNBA team lands in Texas, promising more than the usual Lone Star swagger…All of those stories and many more on todays Texas Standard:

Texas Standard: November 2, 2015

The real Red River Rivalry? A 90 thousand acre dispute between Texas farmers and the federal government. Also- You’ve heard of Fort Knox…could Fort Shiner be next? Texas pans for plans to repatriate what could be a up to billion in bullion. Plus- competition along the border as the numbers of Cubans rival Central Americans trying to cross into Texas. Also, life sentences in the most horrific child sex ring in Texas history…that never was. A bizarre case of Texas justice coming to the big screen…those stories and much more today on the Texas Standard:

Higher Ed: Instinct vs. Intellect

There are times when we feel like we just “know” something. We can’t necessarily explain why, but we just have a “gut” feeling about it. When is it useful to go with that gut feeling, and when should we slow down and think things through? In this episode of KUT’s podcast Higher Ed, KUT’s Jennifer Stayton and Southwestern University President Dr. Ed Burger talk about using our instincts and using our intellect. Do you go with your gut when trying to solve the puzzlers, or do you reason them through? Either way, listen on to find out the solution to a puzzler involving money and math.