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Deep in the Heart of Texas (2008) BBC Radio (MP3 192kbps) dearleuk

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Deep in the Heart of Texas

Texas - home of rednecks, oil barons and George Bush. So how come its capital city is liberal, progressive and bohemian? Peter Curran investigates Austin's history and the struggle to keep it out of the hands of the conservatives and developers.

Producer Alison Vernon-Smith


From The Radio Times

"Keep Austin Weird" is the unofficial motto of the liberal bohemian city at the centre of right-wing Republican Texas. Every town has its couple of eccentrics who wander around shouting, but Austin, the state capital, genuinely appears to have its own club. As presenter Peter Curran walks the streets and meets some of its inhabitants, we learn of a man who bounces along with giant springs on his shoes and bunny ears on his head, the city's annual Festival of Spam in which processed meat is eaten from the stomach of a mannequin, and of the homeless crossdresser who regularly runs for mayor. It's about as one-off as a documentary can get and, until something out-weirds it, the most perfectly peculiar programme of the year.

Jane Anderson

Type : mpeg 1 layer III
Bitrate : 192
Mode : stereo
Frequency : 48000 Hz
Length : 00:27:34
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Source : Freeview

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