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A Whole Other Country

A Whole Other Country

By: Marfa Public Radio
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Summary

A Whole Other Country is a new podcast from the award-winning Marfa Public Radio Studios.

Back in the ‘90s, in an off-the-grid neighborhood in the mountains of Far West Texas, a wannabe vintner started his own Wild West nation. Reporter and host Zoe Kurland drives the long, bumpy roads of the Davis Mountains to talk to a cast of neighbors and onlookers who watched the story of the standoff unfold in real time -- the myths of the frontier crashing violently into reality.

Zoe Kurland Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Welcome to A Whole Other Country

    Welcome to A Whole Other Country
    29 Sep 2025

    A new podcast from Marfa Public Radio Studios. Coming October 8th.

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    3 min
  • A Very Long Road

    A Very Long Road
    8 Oct 2025

    Back in ‘90s, in the mountains of Far West Texas, one man started his own nation. Reporter Zoe Kurland decides to find out what happens when the myths of the frontier crash violently into reality.

    Flavors of this episode: piney woods, donkey musk, frozen mice, alarm clocks, Prius engine covers.

    A Whole Other Country is produced and reported by Zoe Kurland and edited by Liza Yeager.

    Donate to Marfa Public Radio at https://www.marfapublicradio.org/
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    24 min
  • Gentle and Sweet

    Gentle and Sweet
    8 Oct 2025

    How did Rick McLaren, an enthusiastic magazine reader from Ohio, become the leader of a secessionist nation in Texas? Zoe dives into the archives to find out.

    Flavors of this episode: tennis balls, Chenin Blanc, dusty records, hot dogs, microfilm, courthouse carpet, iPads.

    A Whole Other Country is produced and reported by Zoe Kurland and edited by Liza Yeager.

    Donate to Marfa Public Radio at https://www.marfapublicradio.org/
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    29 min
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