Stories from Texas
W.F. Strong
February 18, 2026
‘He didn’t take on an iconic role, he made the role iconic’: W.F. Strong on Robert Duvall
Texas Standard’s commentator remembers the Academy Award-winning actor who was not born a Texan, but played a heck of one on TV and film.
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February 4, 2026
Sandra Cisneros, a Texas literary rock star
Texas Standard commentator W.F. Strong examines how one of the state’s most celebrated writers found a home in San Antonio.
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January 22, 2026
LBJ’s presidency was marked by turbulent change. And while the longtime Texas-born politician is often remembered for his role in the war and in civil rights, few remember what Commentator WF Strong calls LBJ’s ‘ secret weapon’ — his sense of humor.
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January 7, 2026
Traces of Texas – A priceless gift for all Texans
W.F. Strong offers up a story of thanks for Traces of Texas.
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December 17, 2025
How Three Gifts To UT Gave All Texans A Fourth: The Gift Of The Stars (re-run)
WF Strong talks about how the McDonald Observatory came to be.
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December 3, 2025
Mix up your holiday entertainment with a history of Texas’ lawless influence on Old West
WF Strong tells us that the author has a new book he’d recommend for those who might need an antidote for Hallmark holiday movies.
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November 19, 2025
George Foreman’s resilience: A two-time rags-to-riches story
Boxer, preacher, and grill super salesman George Foreman died in his longtime hometown of Houston in March. Texas Standard commentator W.F. Strong has been thinking about Foreman’s life and how he literally fought his way from rags to riches more than once.
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October 22, 2025
The two men who rescued Shiner Beer
In 1909, in the little town of Shiner, a group of German and Czech farmers decided they missed the beer of the old country. They pooled their money, built a ramshackle brewery, and called it the Shiner Brewing Association. But they weren’t brewers. They were farmers. The beer was, well, bad. Locals apparently joked it […]
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“Stories from Texas” are written and recorded by W.F. Strong for the Texas Standard radio program. They are edited for broadcast by Texas Standard producers.
W.F. Strong
W.F. Strong is a professor of culture and communication at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is a Fulbright scholar and author of the book “Stories From Texas: Some Of Them Are True.”
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