Denise Rogers: Crappy legislation and ways to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ community.

05/21/21 • 29 min

Our conversation this week is with Denise Rogers, a Central Texas LGBTQ+ activist, about the horrible legislation working through the Texas Legislature. We also discussed what you can do to support this community — even if all you know is that you dislike the way the way some people are treated — and the importance of representation in popular culture.

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Eric Berger: Going to the moon is hard

For anyone who knows me, it’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of science fiction ... as such, I listened to Gemini mission broadcasts on my transistor radio and glued to my television when Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon. Our family toured the Johnson Space Center in Houston whenever we got the chance. We held an early morning watch party for the first space shuttle launch — and watched as many other launches as I could.
It seems that, over the last year or so, the tempo of our activities in low earth orbit, the talk about another mission to the moon — like in the next four years — and eventually to Mars, has rekindled my interest. Man, it’s the stuff of science fiction!
So, I invited Eric Berger onto the show to talk about it. Eric is the senior space editor at Ars Technica, covering everything from astronomy to private space ventures, to wonky NASA policy, and is the author of the book Liftoff, about the rise of SpaceX, Elon Musk’s effort to send humans to Mars. Eric was at the Houston Chronicle for 17 years, where the paper was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2009 for his coverage of Hurricane Ike.

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An interview remnant with Jon Stone

A few weeks ago, I had my cousin on the show to talk about Oran Roberts, the most important Texas you never heard of. As is often the case, especially where conversations with Jon are concerned, we talked about a lot of stuff that didn’t make it into the interview. Well, I saved that part of the interview for a special edition I’m calling “Remnants.” We talked about the civil war, politics today and ... well, little known facts about the Louisiana Purchase.
Also, Program Notes:
Live event 7 p.m. June 10 at @texasbeerco with @jamestalarico
Later in June, Jason Stanford sits in to talk about his new book,
Forget the Alamo.