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The Texas Standard Interview

April 2, 2015

TS_brand_2xPrior to this week’s trip to Austin to speak at the University of Texas, I had the opportunity to do an interview for the Texas Standard program produced by Austin’s NPR station, KUT. For the entire length of the interview, I wondered why host David Brown’s voice sounded so familiar; wasn’t until afterward that I put two and two together: he’s the former host of NPR’s Marketplace show. One of the best voices on radio! Here’s the clip.

  • “In a magnificently reported, nuanced
    but raw account of basketball and racism in the South during the 1960s, Andrew Maraniss tells the story of Perry Wallace’s struggle, loneliness, perseverance and eventual self-realization. A rare story about physical and intellectual courage that is both shocking and triumphant. ”

    Bob Woodward, Washington Post associate editor and author

Watch Andrew Maraniss talk about his inspiration to write Strong Inside, featuring archival footage of Perry Wallace in action.
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