Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife

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Stories from Deep in the Heart teaches students and teachers how to document their family and community traditions.  Stories from Deep in the Heart is a project of Texas Folklife, based in Austin, TX.

For more, visit:
http://www.texasfolklife.org/storiesfromdeepintheheart.html
http://www.texasfolklife.org
https://soundcloud.com/texasfolklife 

Series

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6 Pieces

The finished radio pieces from the Texas Folklife Stories Summer Institute, a weeklong intensive audio production workshop for Austin-area students and teachers.

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9 Pieces

Community folklorists explore Texas traditions.

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3 Pieces

Students from Texas School for the Blind created podcasts about their community.

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3 Pieces

Students at the Texas School for the Blind's summer SWEAT program created podcasts where they interviewed Austin community members.

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4 Pieces

Texas Folklife presents these stories from our 2019 Summer Institute, a week-long audio documentary workshop in Austin, Texas. This year's documentaries feature stories about "women in the Austin music scene," including Connie Kirk, Tameca Jones, Andrea Cortez, and Kana Harris.


Pieces

Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
“Chalupa y Buenas” is a podcast recorded along the United States and Mexico border. We'll explore inter-generational family traditions along the R...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 12:22
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
In this episode, g'beda shares what it means to pursue their dream of playing in a mariachi band, and how they found themselves in a rich, vibrant ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 14:04
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
"El dia que se apareció el diablo" takes us back to a time when "the devil" appeared on the poor side of the tracks. The terrifying experience lead...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 12:18
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
Food is an expression of who we are. Table host and folklorist next door, Yvette Blair-Lavallais, catches up with two generations of two North Texa...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 13:08
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
African American women have created beautiful works of art with quilting. Are you holding on to a piece of family history? Laura Casmore talks to...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 10:12
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
Join Gianna Elvia Rendon as she enters the kitchens of three women in San Antonio, Texas. Each woman discusses memories of their grandparents throu...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 17:49
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
The smelly food with a loyal following. Explore the origins of sauerkraut in the Texas Hill Country, its present makers, and sauerkraut’s ability ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 19:09
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
"Ukrainian songs, whether they are sung or instrumental, tell about the history of our people and about their landscape." Dallas-based fellow Kelse...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 14:36
Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
Host mónica teresa ortiz examines the experiences and cultural shifts of communities impacted by climate and disaster in the Texas Panhandle. Lea...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 14:23
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Barbecue is one of the most well-known of Texas foodways, but everyone has their own way of making it.

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 09:55