“What makes Texas Texas”

Every weekday at 10 a.m., listeners are invited to hear stories from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley as “Texas Standard” goes live from the KUT Public Media Studios at Moody College of Communication. Across the state, more than 30 stations broadcast the show over the airwaves throughout the day.  

“Texas Standard,” which was founded on a belief that Texas journalists are best equipped to tell their state’s stories, celebrates its 10th birthday this year.

“I think we really were doing something that no one had quite done the same way before,” Laura Rice, the managing producer and occasional host, said. “There are a ton of different things that Texans experience day in and day out that others might fly in and develop an opinion on, but that’s not quite the same as being someone who is from this community and reporting on it.”