Daybreak is on the road! This morning we’re broadcasting from Irving, Texas, near Dallas, and turning the whole show over to the Lone Star State.
We travel from the Alamo to Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston, ride along with Tales of the Texas Rangers, hear a little Texas music, and even encounter Jack Benny dreaming about a racehorse named Texas Sandman. Along the way, we bring the story into present-day Dallas and ask a rather irresistible question: What would G. K. Chesterton make of Texas?
Its enormous scale, fierce local pride, larger-than-life legends, love of independence and deep attachment to place seem made for a Chestertonian conversation about history, home, loyalty—and the stories people tell about themselves.
Pull up a chair. The Little Station on Commercial Street has gone to Texas, and the road broadcast continues tomorrow.
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📻 Frontier Fighters – The Fall of the Alamo (1935)
Remember the Alamo - The Lone Ranger
Remember the Alamo - Historical Radio Drama - Scoop
The Alamo - Time Travel History Podcast - You Are There
🔹 Heroes of Texas – Stephen F. Austin and the Birth of a Republic
Out on the Texas Plains - Hollywood Barn Dance
Drive In - Tales of the Texas Rangers
The Story of Sam Houston - The Raven Wins Texas - Walter Huston - Cavalcade of America
Breakdown - Tales of the Texas Rangers - Joel MacRae
Tales of the Texas Rangers - Joel McRea - First to Advance - Last to Retreat
Just A Number - Audition Show - 4/12/1950
The White Elephant - 7/15/1950
Apache Peak - 8/22/1950
Jack Dreams of Racehorse Texas Sandman - Jack Benny Show
