Texas Folklife: The Folklorist Next Door
Folklorists explore foodways, music, ritual celebrations, and more. Several episode producers participated in Texas Folklife's Community Folklife Fellowship program where they received mentorship, training workshops, and project support.
Learn more at TexasFolklife.org
This project is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities Texas.
Executive Producer: Jeannelle Ramirez
Technical Producer: J.A. Strub
Podcasting since 2022 • 21 episodes
Texas Folklife: The Folklorist Next Door
Latest Episodes
[Special Series] Stewed and Chopped - Gulf Caught: Shrimping in the RGV
Shrimpers in Port Isabel discuss the historical and cultural influence of the shrimping industry in the Rio Grande Valley. Produced by Jeannelle Ramirez with reporting by Kevin Parme.
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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37:18
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[Special Series] Stewed and Chopped - Rooted: Food Cycles
Food scholar Erica Cavanagh discusses the importance of understanding where our food comes from. Produced by Imgard Khosravi.
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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41:57
[Special Series] Stewed and Chopped - Food on the Border
Stewed & Chopped is a limited series produced by Texas Folklife, exploring foodways in Texas. In this episode, food scholar Meredith Abarca (UTEP professor and producer of El Paso Food Voices) and taco...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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28:31
Recuérdame: Roadside Descansos in East Texas
Join Community Folklife Fellow Blanca Jenkins as she takes you on a journey from Mexico to East Texas while exploring the historic and religious background, purpose, and use of crosses as focal points for roadside memorials. Mrs. Jenkins’...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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21:26
Good Dirt: The Texas Black Farmer Oral History Project
Good Dirt is the collection of stories, histories and experiences of Black and Indigenous Farmers in Texas. We discuss the connections of community, spirituality, ancestral stewardship and foodways, in honor of the land and stories yet un...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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21:34