The Dallas Morning News Audio Reports

Last month, sports reporter Michael Gehlken turned over a fascinating story about the way the Dallas Cowboys engaged two professors at the University of North Texas to help the team improve its virtual meetings. Paul and I thought the story was incredibly interesting and sat down with Drs. Adam Fein and Rudi Thompson to talk about what they taught the Cowboys, and how what they taught could make o...

In this special episode of The Deep of Dallas , The Dallas Morning New 's Rudy Bush and the UNT System's Paul Corliss host a reporter's roundtable, with News political writer Gromer Jeffers Jr. and columnist Sharon Grigsby on the year in Dallas. The group breaks down everything from the legislative session to Mayor Eric Johnson’s new approach at City Hall.

DART’s expansion from a limited bus service to a light rail and bus system hasn’t been without its flaws. The system has struggled to adapt to a region built for the car. But the investment North Texas cities have made in DART has been crucial for people who cannot afford cars. And it’s also laid the framework for what a future Dallas looks like. Nadine Lee, a California engineer who became DART C...

Downtown Dallas was a grayscape of skyscrapers and parking lots for generations. Robert Decherd, chairman of Parks for Downtown Dallas and CEO of DallasNews Corp., has for years led an effort to change that. Downtown today is home to significant neighborhood parks, from Civic Garden to Pacific Plaza. And there is more to come. How did the city, in less than a generation, change the face of its dow...

As the pandemic continues, KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document how North Texas’ arts and culture scene is working to adapt. KERA’s Jerome Weeks reports on how a Facebook group launched as a pandemic diversion has become a much-needed source of creativity and community.  

Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk among other works, talks about storytelling, the role Dallas plays in his writing and his sense of this city as an essence of America. Find more ‘Dallas Morning News’ audio and a special membership offer for listeners at dallasnews.com/listen .

From the time of its settlement after the Civil War, Deep Ellum has been a place of commerce and art, rich with the history of Black Dallas and the Texas blues. It was a place where lines of segregation were blurred and where immigrants, often Jewish people from Eastern Europe, set up stores and other businesses. With a night life came violence. Deep Ellum today is changing, largely because it is...

Decades after Candy Montgomery was acquitted in North Texas for killing her lover’s wife with an ax, stars like Elizabeth Olsen and Jessica Biel are lining up for two new Hollywood series on the case. The Dallas Morning News ’ Dan Singer examines why we can’t move on from this story. Find more audio from The Dallas Morning News and a special membership offer for listeners at dallasnews.com/listen...

From its earliest moments, an investigation by The Dallas Morning News has found, the examination into Christopher Allen Whiteley’s death near Lipan, Texas, on Dec. 3 was riddled with false assumptions and errors that forensics and wildlife experts say left too many unanswered questions. Staff writer Charlie Scudder and audience journalist Narda Pérez discuss the case in this special audio report....

On The Deep Side of Dallas, hosted by deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the University of North Texas System’s Paul Corliss,  Dallas is not a city with a reputation for embracing its natural self.  But the city is actually becoming a national leader in building trails.  The completion of its   Loop trail in 2024 will give Dallas 50 connected miles of trails around the city, with spokes stretc...

The State Fair of Texas is great fun, from corny dogs to the Midway, and Dallas has been proud to be its home since the 19th century. But the fair also has a rough history with South Dallas and other surrounding neighborhoods. That includes segregation and the city’s decision to condemn whole streets to make way for parking. The fair is also the reason Dallas has Fair Park, and the future of the f...

As the pandemic continues, KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document its impact on North Texas’ arts and culture scene. The News ’ Julianna Morano talks to three Dallas artists about how their work has evolved since COVID-19 hit. This is the third and final story in the series.

As the pandemic continues, KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document its impact on North Texas’ arts and culture scene. The News ’ Julianna Morano talks to three Dallas artists about how their work has evolved since COVID-19 hit. This is the second in the series. 

As the pandemic continues, KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document its impact on North Texas’ arts and culture scene. The News ’ Julianna Morano talks to three Dallas artists about how their work has evolved since COVID hit. This is the first in the series.

Rogers Healy, founder and CEO of Rogers Healy and Associates Real Estate, came to the Deep Side to talk about the cost of Dallas real estate and the factors that are driving prices north and whether they will stay there. Find more 'Dallas Morning News’ audio and a special membership offer for listeners at dallasnews.com/listen . 

In a special collaboration between The Dallas Morning News ’ border-Mexico correspondent, Alfredo Corchado, and news director Angela Kocherga of KTEP public radio in El Paso, border residents reflect on the changes that enhanced security and changed daily life in the 20 years since 9/11.

In this special collaboration, Dallas Morning News border-Mexico correspondent Alfredo Corchado and news director Angela Kocherga of KTEP public radio in El Paso share their memories of covering 9/11 and discuss how the U.S.-Mexico border has seen a massive security buildup since 2001.

Special contributor Lisa Salinas talks with Katey Outka, senior producer at The Drag, the University of Texas’ audio production house, and Robert Quigley, journalism professor and founder of The Drag, about embarking on a years-long journey to unpack the life of Lady Bird Johnson — with the help of UT students. Find more audio from The Dallas Morning News and a special membership offer for listene...

Mandy Chapman Semple has been working to fight homelessness in Houston and Dallas, and her results in Houston have made that city a national leader in reducing its homeless population. But in Dallas, where the homeless population is growing and tent cities are ever more common, where do we begin to fix it?

The Dallas Morning News is sharing this special report produced by Kaiser Health News (KHN) and the radio program Science Friday. In this audio interview, KHN national correspondent Aneri Pattani and Science Friday’s director of news and radio projects, John Dankosky, discuss Pattani’s reporting, which included interviews with a dozen suicide researchers, data collected from states across the coun...

Deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the UNT System’s Paul Corliss talk with Michael Hinojosa, who is in his second tour of duty as the superintendent of one of Texas’ largest school districts. When Gov. Greg Abbott prohibited any mask mandates in school, Hinojosa thought nothing of it. Then the Delta variant struck, and the possibility of a failed school year loomed.  Find more ‘Dallas Morning...

Dallas Morning News science reporter Anna Kuchment speaks with two experts to get the latest information on the COVID-19 pandemic in North Texas. Here are some of the key points from her talk with Dr. Trish Perl-DeLisle, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and Erin Carlson, an associate clinical professor at UT-Arlington’s College of Nursing and Health I...

Red Bird Mall is the only enclosed shopping center in southern Dallas. From its opening in 1975 through the mid-90s, the mall was a central gathering place for people living south of Interstate-30. Then it faded. Our hosts, deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the UNT System’s Paul Corliss, talk with developers Peter Brodsky and Terrence Maiden about bringing the mall back to life as a health an...

As the pandemic continues, KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document how North Texas’ arts and culture scene is working to adapt. KERA’s Jerome Weeks traveled to Massachusetts, where Dallas Black Dance Theatre was opening its new season. 

Reconnecting after a traumatic year of separation and loss is a work in progress. The Dallas Morning News and KERA are collaborating to document how North Texas’ arts and culture scene is emerging from the pandemic. KERA’s Miguel Perez and The News ’ Juan Figueroa report on how the pandemic has affected local gay and lesbian bars, and what shifting cultural norms mean for their future.