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 an award from the National Endowment for the Arts
Executive Producer: Jeannelle Ramirez
Technical Producer: Lamont Jack Pearley
Texas Folklife: The Folklorist Next Door
Latest Episodes
Pitaya Harvest in the Big Bend Region of Texas: A Family Tradition
Pitaya fruit (Echinocereus stramineus), or the strawberry hedgehog cactus, is sometimes known by the general public as “dragon fruit.” The fruit grows on a plant generally referred to in Spanish as bisnaga — barrel cactus — an...
Songs That Made Texas Home for South Asians
This project documents how South Asian Texans sustain interfaith devotional music traditions through Qawwali, Bhajan, and Shabad Kirtan in Greater Houston. Using oral history interviews and field recordings, the project highlights how music fos...
Las Limpias
Las Limpias is a podcast that visits memory and traditions from South Texas. Through conversations with family and cultural practitioners, it examines the practice of limpias, spiritual cleansings rooted in Mexican American traditions, and the ...
When Story Becomes Performance: Existence is Resistance
This podcast explores folklore not as something preserved but as something lived and carried forward. Over fifteen years, I worked closely with a Holocaust survivor who escaped into the woods, joined the resistance, and rebuilt her life through...
Flor y Palma: Symbols of La Primavera in South Tejas
As Spring returns to South Texas, the winds and rains help our iconic wild flowers break through the soil. Communities are planning gatherings and activities that connect them with the world around them. In this episode, we look at ...