When I think about all The Drag has accomplished this year, I feel overwhelmed with pride. We released five podcasts: Devilish Deeds, Crooked Power, Planet Texas, the Hi, How Are You Podcast, and of course, season three of Darkness. Each podcast we create takes more than a year of work. They usually start with ideas scribbled across yellow legal pads…
Read MoreOn Nov. 17, 1934, Lady Bird Taylor got ready for her wedding in a hotel room in San Antonio, Texas. “I was getting dressed and talking a mile a minute, still uncertain whether it would be wisest to jump out the window or go on and get married,” Lady Bird Johnson said in her LBJ…
Read MoreWhen Heidi Schmalbach was first introduced to Planet Texas 2050, she didn’t know what to expect. The project launched just a few years prior as one of three “grand challenges” undertaken by the University of Texas to solve pressing world problems in new and innovative ways. Planet Texas is an eight-year research project to find…
Read MoreIn the midst of one of the biggest music festivals in the country, two UT students spent all of ACL Fest in the sweltering heat to interview rappers, country stars, indie darlings and other musicians to discuss mental health. The Drag partnered with the Hi How Are You Project, an organization dedicated to removing the…
Read MoreBeyond hiring student workers and teaching classes in audio journalism, The Drag is doing its part to make sure all Moody students are able to learn how to write for audio. Seasoned audio journalists from The Drag will be volunteering their time at the Moody College Writing Support Program to help students practice audio journalistic…
Read MoreMy name is Jackie Ibarra and I’m the host of season 3 of Darkness. It’s a true crime podcast about the life and death of Mark Kilroy, a University of Texas pre-med student with a bright future. In 1989, Mark took a trip down to South Padre Island to celebrate the end of midterms and Spring…
Read MoreThe Ogallala Aquifer is the biggest aquifer in North America, and it accounts for more than 30 percent of all agriculture in the United States. And … it’s running out of water. Climate change is making the naturally hot and dry climate of the Texas Panhandle even worse. Farmers are working desperately to keep their…
Read MoreEverything’s bigger in Texas…including the natural disasters. Texans face fires, floods, hurricanes, droughts, freezes, tornadoes and more – and the thing making these big Texas disasters even bigger? Climate change. In partnership with Planet Texas 2050, this new podcast from The Drag tells stories of how major disasters affect all of us … but also…
Read MoreLady Bird Johnson could never remember the date of her first date with the future president of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson. She guessed it was sometime at the very end of August or beginning September. So right around now would be the 88th anniversary of that first date. Last Sunday, I visited The…
Read MoreWritten by Sarah Brager My name is Sarah, and I just finished my summer internship at The Drag. As I’m getting ready to start my sophomore year in the School of Journalism and Media, I feel so grateful to have had the opportunity to work alongside such an amazing team of students and faculty and…
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