The Alcohol Blackout

Sarah Hepola on why we need to talk about drinking when we talk about campus sexual assault.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Oct 29, 2015
Length: 34 minutes (8,600 words)

The Outcast

Greg Torti has lived the life of a convicted sex offender for nearly two decades: forced to live with his family on the outskirts of town and discriminated against while looking for jobs. Is it a life deserved? Not if you believe the real story behind Torti’s conviction.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Oct 23, 2015
Length: 31 minutes (7,917 words)

The Road to Damascus

Austin Tice heeded a calling to become a war reporter in Syria. His stories became front-page news, and then he disappeared.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Sep 17, 2015
Length: 36 minutes (9,030 words)

Amor Prohibido

Twenty years after Selena’s death, devotion to the legendary singer is as strong as ever. But who owns her legacy?

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Aug 20, 2015
Length: 36 minutes (9,000 words)

Blue Bell’s Rocky Road

After a series of recalls, the future of Texas’s favorite ice cream is in doubt.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: May 11, 2015
Length: 12 minutes (3,050 words)

Cops and Robbers

How greed transformed a sheriff’s department in South Texas, turning good cops into gamblers in the drug trade.

Author: Katy Vine
Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Apr 8, 2015
Length: 39 minutes (9,910 words)

My Brother’s Secret

“I was the only one in the family who knew his secret.” Author W.K. Stratton on his brother, Dale, who died of complications from AIDS at the age of 38.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Jan 29, 2015
Length: 19 minutes (4,893 words)

Man on Fire

The story of Reverend Charles Moore, who set himself on fire in an empty parking lot in Grand Saline, Texas to make a statement.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Nov 24, 2014
Length: 35 minutes (8,778 words)

Finding John Updike

One man’s story of years of scavenging through John Updike’s trash.

Author: Paul Moran
Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Nov 22, 2014

A Shooting on Spring Grove Avenue

A detective accuses a woman of murder; the woman says the detective is the one who should be in prison.

Source: Texas Monthly
Published: Oct 31, 2014
Length: 37 minutes (9,455 words)