search

    
        Filter by podcast
            
                
                
            
        
        
        
                        ATXplained
                        Austin Music Minute
                        Back Home to the Armadillo
                        Black Austin Matters
                        Held Back
                        Higher Ed
                        In Black America
                        In Perspective
                        KUT Weekend
                        Liner Notes
                        On My Block ATX
                        Pause/Play
                        Song Confessional
                        Song of the Day
                        Stories from Texas
                        Stuart Hall
                        Tacos of Texas
                        Texas Music Matters
                        Texas Standard
                        The Big Flip
                        The Breaks
                        The Disconnect: Power, Politics and the Texas Blackout
                        The Provability Gap
                        The Secret Ingredient
                        The Write Up
                        This is Just to Say
                        This Song
                        Two Guys on Your Head
                        Typewriter Rodeo
                        Uncategorized
                        Views and Brews

October 25, 2021

Tacos aren’t just delicious — they’re also big bucks! In this episode, we break down the numbers behind America’s favorite food. We’ll crunch the numbers to answer such burning questions as how much money does your average Texan spend on Tacos per year? How much does it cost to run a taco truck? And exactly how much of the state’s economy relies on Mexican food? Guests include the owner of Dallas-based Trompo! Taqueria owner Luis Olvera, Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) Vice President Kelsey Erickson Streufert, and Director of Hispanic Research at the Pew Research Center Mark Hugo Lopez.

October 11, 2021

Taco Misinformation

Tacos of Texas

By: Mando Rayo

Since the turn of the century, the taco has become a staple of American cuisine, one on par with sushi and pizza. And yet misinformation about the dish (and Mexican food in general) still runs rampant in the United States. For example, did you know that the misconception that taco trucks are somehow dirtier or less sanitary than other operations can be traced back to bigotry against the first Latina entrepreneurs who sold street food in San Antonio in the 1800s? In this episode, we take a deep dive into the long and messy history of Mexican Food misinformation and how that misinformation continues still today. Guests include Dr. Mary Beltrán, of the University of Texas at Austin and Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark of, the University of Texas at San Antonio.

September 27, 2021

Chicanos & Chingonas on The Rise

Tacos of Texas

By: Mando Rayo

2020 is the taco’s time to shine — and it’s the Chicanos, Latinx, Chingonas behind it all. In this episode, we’ll check in with the entrepreneurs who are behind some of Texas’s hottest food trends. We’ll also examine the ways in which these taqueros are working together to keep traditions alive and the culture as strong as ever. Guests include Emiliano Marentes – Elemi (El Paso), Edgar Rico, Nixta Taqueria (Austin) and Victoria Elizondo, Cochinita & Co (Houston).