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Central Texas Leadership Series
Occasional Series Friday 11:30am, Sunday 3pm

Leaders are all around us, at all times and in every area of our lives. They motivate, they risk the first step. But what motivates a leader? In our Central Texas Leadership Series, KWBU invites local leaders to talk with people they know who guide and inspire -- to find out what makes them tick. 

Latest Episodes
  • In this edition of KWBU's Central Texas Leadership Series, KWBU President Joe Riley leads a conversation with Meg Wallace, organizer of Mobilize Waco.
  • Robert Darden, Professor of Journalism, Public Relations and New Media at Baylor University is the founder of the Black Gospel Music Preservation Program which spurred off the SHOUT! Black Gospel Moments radio segment. He has authored many books including co-authoring Mad Man in Waco. KWBU Station Manger Brodie Bashaw talked with Darden about his years at Baylor, what's next as his retirement approaches and take a look back 30 years to the siege at the Branch Davidian compound outside of Waco.
  • On the March edition of Central Texas Leadership Series, Waco Public Radio President and CEO Joe Riley is on the other side of the interview table. He shares the spring KWBU State of the Station update with Andrea Kosar, President and CEO of CenTex Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.This conversation was recorded March 7, 2023 in the KWBU Studio.
  • On this edition of KWBU’s Central Texas Leadership Series t, Rachel Pate of the Cen-Tex African American Chamber of Commerce leads a conversation with Travis Gibson, long-time Bellmead City Councilman, now serving as Mayor of Bellmead.
  • The 2023 season of the Central Texas Leadership Series begins with a look at how Waco Family Medicine is making healthcare affordable for Central Texans, bringing high-quality healthcare to all. Jim Haller leads the conversation with Dr. Jackson Griggs, CEO of Waco Family Medicine.
  • On October 25 & 26, 2022 NPR's Korva Coleman came to Waco for several KWBU station events. She also took time to sit down in studio for a conversation with Dr. Mia Moody Ramirez, KWBU board member and Chair of the Baylor University Department of Journalism, Public Relations and New Media.
  • In this Veteran's Day episode, KWBU President Joe Riley has a conversation with Melinda Bonds, Assistant Director of Behavioral Healthy Services at the Veteran's One Stop.
  • For KWBU’s Central Texas Leadership Series this month, KWBU’s Joe Riley has a conversation with Andrea Kosar, President and CEO of the CenTex Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; and Alfred Solano, formerly of the Hispanic Chamber, now Vice President of the Waco Family Medicine Foundation.
  • You may have seen or heard about "The Praying Man" or "The Man on the Bridge". Virgil Bell came to the KWBU studio and shared some of his story with Joe Riley.
  • For KWBU's Central Texas Leadership Series this month, station president Joe Riley talks with Larry Holze, who retired last year after more than 22 years as Communications Director for the City of Waco.