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Welcome to this weeks edition of Likely Stories, my name is Malcolm Foster, operations assistant at KWBU. The book I want to discuss today is a brutal, yet occasionally beautiful example of how some things, for better and worse, even in the most drastic of scenarios, never change.

“Mr. Texas,” by Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright, is a novel about the making of a Texas state legislator.

In today’s episode of David and Art, revisiting the Paris art show that defined an era—and left its mark on everything from jewelry to architecture. Here’s your host, David Smith.

This weekend, Ross remembers Mexia’s Sunday School teaching songwriter Cindy Walker. She wrote songs that became hits and standards for singers from Bing Crosby to John Legend.

The Famous Blue Jay Singers novelty release “Clanka Lanka” celebrates one of the most famous phrases in gospel quartet singing history.

This week on Friday Forum, JB Smith and Molly-Jo Tilton dive into the news of the week.

This month, Living It features Jefferson Gunn — a retired educator, dedicated transit activist, and now a board member with the new local chapter of the National Foundation of the Blind. He stopped by the KWBU studio with his guide dog, Sparky. Jefferson's conversation with Meg digs into the topic of inclusion, independence, and the work still ahead in making our community more accessible for all.

Hello, I'm Rebecca Flavin, a faculty member at Baylor University. My sister in law, who is a rocket scientist. Yes. I'm serious. Gave me Kate Zernike’s most recent book, ‘The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT and the fight for Women in Science’. She knows I'm a fan of biographies and stories about brilliant, inspiring women, and this book checks both of those boxes.

Sometimes an artist you love drifts from your mind. Then something happens to remind you. In today’s David and Art, host David Smith revisits a French painter who isn’t a household name but probably should be.

Sister Jessie Mae Renfro excelled at the kind of slow, bluesy gospel surge song, like this one – “He’s So Wonderful.”