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Talmage Boston interviews Doug Bradburn, the director of George Washington's Mount Vernon, about America's first president and the beginnings of the country. Bradburn is an award-winning author and scholar of early American history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dallas has a new restaurant worth talking about — and we're talking about it. This week we dig into the highly anticipated opening of Oloyo, plus a visit to Alma Cafe. Then things get a little chaotic in the best way: food writer Sarah Blaskovich breaks down her deep dive into just how many chain restaurants call D-FW home. Spoiler: it's a lot. We also heard from you — the chains you wish would fi...

The guys sit down with former Rangers president and managing partner Tom Schieffer for a special visit about turning the franchise legitimate with the building of The Ballpark in Arlington, the challenges he faced in the role and his vision for how sports ownership should operate. And besides, who needs another week of recapping mostly rancid offensive performances. Learn more about your ad choice...

Officials said at least three people died and several were injured after an explosion caused a colossal fire at an apartment building in north Oak Cliff Thursday. In other news, the death of 48-year old Homer Joel Cortez Jr. earlier this year in Irving police custody has been ruled a homicide; Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly said that over the eight months of filming 'Dutton Ranch' in and around the...

A former Dallas Housing Authority supervisor was sentenced to two years in prison for embezzling nearly $500,000 in public funds. In other news, Texas voters didn’t just settle a bruising Senate runoff Tuesday. Confrontational politics wins. Trump’s sway on the Texas GOP remains powerful. The MAGA movement is strong in Texas among others; a massive swath of land historically used for sheep and cat...

Elaine Agather is the Dallas region chairman and global vice chair for JPMorgan Chase. On this week's episode of Intersections, she reflects on her decades-long career at Chase, lessons from working with Jamie Dimon and her rodeo appearances in Ft. Worth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas Republicans on Tuesday chose Attorney General Ken Paxton's hard-charging MAGA style over Sen. John Cornyn’s seasoned establishment conservatism after one of the state's most bruising races in years. Former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred beat incumbent U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson in Tuesday’s runoff for a newly drawn North Texas district in a race that turned the onetime Democratic allies against each ot...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington and Evan Grant discuss the Astros' combined no-hitter of the Rangers, the low point of another low season, at least offensively, for the locals. Do they blow it up? Not with the Rangers only a couple of games out of first place in the West. But Evan tells us they need to at least come up with a plan for what the future could look like. Do fans really understand...

Voters will settle a marquee U.S. Senate runoff and a slate of other statewide office nominations that could reshape power inside America’s biggest red state and elevate the next generation of Texas political leaders. In other news, a new course offered by UNT seeks to demystify the job market. Leaders say that the goal is to arm students with the skills, experience and network to land a strong fi...

Hundreds of participants gathered Sunday at Reverchon Park for Carry The Load’s annual Dallas Memorial March, walking past rows of flags and story boards bearing the names and faces of fallen service members, veterans and first responders. In other news, President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Ken Paxton scrambled the final days of Texas’ Republican Senate runoff; you still have time to save a lit...

How much is too much to spend on a night out? We tackle that question — then swing to the other end of the spectrum with Blake's Snow Shack, the beloved Sanger institution celebrating 10 years. Plus: the Taco Cone, the Pickle Smoothie, and a conversation with a local caterer about healthier spins on the foods we can't quit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What to make of the Rangers' 3-3 start to a road trip against the three worst teams in baseball? Is there anything more that Skip Schumaker can do to the lineup? And is Hot Jake Burger back? Also, where did Evan run into John Elway? Then former Rangers manager Jerry Narron joins the show to discuss the rise of the 1996 team and what he saw in Michael Young as the Rangers manager that made him figh...

The NASCAR community was stunned Thursday with the news of driver Kyle Busch's death at 41 years old. He won 20 races at Texas Motor Speedway.  In other news, nearly 14,000 Dallas County households don’t have air-conditioning;  it’s official, you can now fly American Airlines from DFW International Airport to Athens, Greece; and researchers at the American Museum of Natural History, the Perot Muse...

Seeking the endorsement of a former rival in a fierce congressional race, U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson accused fellow Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey in a recorded conversation of “not doing a damn thing” with his safe seat. In other news, Fifth Third Bank is moving its Texas regional headquarters to a new development in Preston Center and will vacate its current home in Dallas' third-tallest skyscraper wi...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington and Evan Grant discuss the sorry state of the Rangers' offense, now three years running. Evan says it's not something Chris Young will overreact to, nor should he. Kevin, who notes they're still in the thick of the playoff chase with numbers down around baseball, wonders if MLB will do something eventually to help offense like it did in the late '60s. The guys...

President Donald Trump’s endorsement Tuesday of Attorney General Ken Paxton boosted a combative ally in Texas’ Senate runoff while raising Republican fears that Paxton could put a once-safe seat at risk in November. In other news, a driver was arrested Monday after police said he intentionally drove a Tesla Cybertruck into Grapevine Lake; Southwest Airlines banned humanoid robots; Kansas City Chie...

Dale Petroskey, president and CEO of the Dallas Regional Chamber and former assistant press secretary to Ronald Reagan, joins Intersections podcast to discuss his background in journalism, working for the president and serving as the face of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas’ top three Republican leaders are lining up behind Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright, giving the incumbent a major boost in an increasingly combative runoff for the agency that regulates the state’s oil and gas industry. In other news, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines, both based in D-FW, each raised their bag fees by $10 last month; and Dallas' new 20-course tasting menu restaurant,...

Any gains North Texans receive from protesting their property taxes may be lost to growing home insurance costs that are stretching homeowners’ budgets and blunting the region’s affordability edge. In other news, police have arrested three suspects after a string of vehicle thefts, gun thefts and 12 shootings throughout Austin on Saturday and Sunday; after Highland Park left DART, there are riders...

Dallas taco shop Tacos Juancho just got the Bon Appétit bump — and the hosts have thoughts. This week also brings the Stoneleigh renovation, the soft margarita moment that's quietly taken over D-FW drink menus, and a look ahead at Expo Tequila y Mezcal. Plenty to eat, drink and debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Guess what? More talk about the offense! Never can get enough. But John and Evan break it down and Evan rolls out a really interesting stat about the mystery of the disappearing homer at Globe Life Field. Then Evan sits down with Rangers third baseman Josh Jung to discuss his changes at the plate, his change in philosophy and the impact of bonding with Brandon Nimmo. Then Josh castigates himself f...

In a milestone case for Texas, Edward Busby was executed Thursday evening for the 2004 abduction and murder of a 77-year-old woman in Fort Worth. In other news, human remains were found at a residence on Wisteria Drive in Everman during the investigation into the disappearance and presumed death of 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez; Dallas’ public call for ideas on the future of City Hall produced...

SportsDay Insiders Kevin Sherrington and Evan Grant discuss [5:45] the Mavs' new hierarchy of Masai Ujiri and Mike Schmitz and what it means to have so many experienced people making decisions. They'll have their work cut out for them in this draft. [16:20] Evan tells us what's gone right for not only Zeke Duran but Josh Jung, too. Kevin says it's important for them to stay hot until Corey Seager...

Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said Wednesday the department supports Gov. Greg Abbott’s move this week to send a state police “repeat offender” task force into the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In other news, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused a North Texas company of opening phony childcare centers to obtain fraudulent H-1B visas for foreign nationals; a 52-year-old construction worker died...

Red Oak council members voted 4-1 for rezoning nearly 830 acres from an agricultural district to planned development for a “high tech industrial park,” which city officials said would be “conducive to data center uses.” In other news, Brad Heppner, the founder of Beneficient, a Dallas-based financial services company, was convicted by a jury late last week on numerous fraud charges related to a mu...