Talk At Ten

Talk At Ten is your weekday interview program on Marfa Public Radio, usually live at 10 AM and repeated at 6:30 PM.

Talk at Ten features interviews with community members discussing issues that affect our region, along with upcoming local programs and events. You’ll also hear from local and visiting, artists, musicians, authors, scientists, and other interesting personalities. The program made its debut when the station launched, and, as a result, it’s a repository of hundreds of local profiles. The series Executive Producer is Tom Michael, but the program is hosted by a revolving and growing list of community members. The theme music for Talk At Ten was composed by Andy Stack.

Have an idea for a Talk at Ten topic or guest suggestion? Email us at news(at) marfapublicradio(dot) org. Below is a list of current interviews, see previous interviews here.

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Fred Granado (D) and Jeannette Duer (R), the candidates for Jeff Davis County Judge, outside the county courthouse in Fort Davis. (Ryan Kailath)

Thursday Interview:
Candidates for Jeff Davis County Judge

This morning we speak with the two candidates for Jeff Davis County Judge – Democrat Fred Granado and Republican Jeannette Duer.

Granado is a lifelong Fort Davis resident and current countywide Justice of the Peace. Duer is a longtime lawyer from Odessa who lives in Fort Davis and periodically teaches at schools in the region.

They joined us on the lawn of the Jeff Davis County Courthouse to talk about a variety of local issues, ranging from the ongoing budget struggles at Fort Davis ISD, to law enforcement and the oil and gas industry booming just to the north in Reeves County and the rest of the Permian Basin.

This Week on Talk At Ten:

Monday, Oct 27, 2014: KRTS Astronomy Series: Matthew Shetrone

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On the last Monday of each month, KRTS’s Talk at Ten features a conversation with an astronomer from The McDonald Observatory. For this episode, host K. Yoland and reporter Ian Lewis spoke with Dr. Matthew Shetrone at the Otto Struve telescope at the McDonald Observatory.

Shetrone is a research scientist and the resident astronomer for the Hobby Eberly Telescope, and is also heavily involved in the APO Galactic Evolution Experiment, or APOGEE, which seeks to study the evolution of our Milky Way galaxy by observing hundreds of thousands of stars in the galaxy.

We asked him about this ambitious project and to explain how this survey of thousands of stars can tell us more about the history of the Milky Way and its future.

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2014: David Greene Discusses “Midnight in Siberia”

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NPR’s Morning Edition host David Greene joins us on the phone to discuss the release of his book, Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia.

The discussion is a deeper look at his journey from Moscow to Vladivostok via the Trans-Siberian Railway – the journey that inspired Greene’s Russia by Rail series during his time as NPR’s political correspondent in Moscow.

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2014: Author Joe Holley Discusses His Latest Book

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On this episode of Talk at Ten, we speak with author and Texas native Joe Holley about his new book, The Purse Bearer: A Novel of Love, Lust and Texas Politics – a book about “the almost always politically incorrect world of 1980s campaigning in Texas.”

Holley is currently the politics editor and “Native Texan” columnist for the Houston Chronicle and author of two other books, My Mother’s Keeper and Slingin’ Sam: The Life and Times of the Greatest Quarterback Ever to Play the Game.

Thursday, Oct 30, 2014: Candidates for Jeff Davis County Judge

This morning we speak with the two candidates for Jeff Davis County Judge – Democrat Fred Granado and Republican Jeannette Duer.

Granado is a lifelong Fort Davis resident and current countywide Justice of the Peace. Duer is a longtime lawyer from Odessa who lives in Fort Davis and periodically teaches at schools in the region.

Thursday, Oct 30, 2014: J. Wagner Talks Music

Musician J. Wagner talks to KRTS about his 2014 album The Runaway Kid. Wagner was born and raised in Albuquerque, NM and fills his songs with tales and themes from the southwest region.

Friday, Oct 31, 2014: Lannan Poet-in-Residence Jillian Weise

Jillian Weise, a current Lannan poet-in-residence, was born in Houston, Texas. She is the author of The Amputee’s Guide to Sex (2007), The Colony (2010), and The Book of Goodbyes (2013), which won the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets and the Isabella Gardner Award from BOA Editions. Weise has also contributed to The Atlantic, The New York Times, Tin House, and Verse Daily. She teaches creative writing at Clemson University in South Carolina.

Weise traveled to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina on a Fulbright Fellowship, and spent two years as a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.

On Saturday, November 1st at 6 PM, Weise will read at the Crowley Theater.