Can the Dallas Cowboys’ online learning plan help kids in COVID?
Last month, sports reporter Michael Gehlken (https://www.dallasnews.com/author/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 t...
43m Jan 13, 2022
43m
Sharon Grigsby, Gromer Jeffers Jr. discuss a year like no other in Dallas
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.
45m Dec 29, 2021
45m
What is DART’s future?
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 DAR...
42m Dec 16, 2021
42m
How downtown Dallas finally got great parks
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 ...
47m Dec 02, 2021
47m
Special report: Here’s why 45,000 people are fans of North Texas’ Quarantined Cabaret
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.  
4m Nov 12, 2021
4m
Ben Fountain on why Dallas is the most American city
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.
40m Nov 11, 2021
40m
Is Deep Ellum Dallas’ most important neighborhood?
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 ...
32m Oct 28, 2021
32m
Special report: Hollywood plans to tell North Texas ax-killer’s story. 41 years later, why we can’t let it go.
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.
15m Oct 27, 2021
15m
Special report: Authorities say a Hood County man was killed by a cougar. Texas wildlife experts say it’s impossible.
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 rep...
19m Oct 21, 2021
19m
Exploring the Dallas Trail System
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...
41m Oct 14, 2021
41m
From segregation to condemnation: the State Fair’s history with Fair Park and South Dallas
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 th...
44m Sep 30, 2021
44m
Special report: For Dallas photographer Nitashia Johnson, celebrating Black communities is an act of love
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.
4m Sep 23, 2021
4m
Special report: How Gabby Elvessie became Dallas’ ‘poetry mom’
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. 
4m Sep 23, 2021
4m
Special report: Pandemic portrait - Dallas comedian on reclaiming her joy
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.
4m Sep 16, 2021
4m
Soaring Dallas home prices - bubble or real?
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 http://dallasnews.com/listen. 
28m Sep 16, 2021
28m
Special report: How the 9/11 attacks led to unprecedented border security buildup, changes in daily life
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.
4m Sep 14, 2021
4m
Special report: A conversation about 9/11 and the border
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.
30m Sep 13, 2021
30m
Special report: A new podcast about Lady Bird Johnson is in the works — from her own alma mater
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 list...
10m Sep 12, 2021
10m
Is homelessness as bad as it’s ever been in Dallas?
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?
44m Sep 02, 2021
44m
Special report: Pandemic unveils growing suicide crisis for communities of color
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 c...
17m Aug 31, 2021
17m
Defying Greg Abbott. How DISD’s Michael Hinojosa decided to lead Texas’ school mask movement
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 Morn...
36m Aug 26, 2021
36m
Special report: COVID-19 in Dallas: What you need to know right now
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 Healt...
59m Aug 19, 2021
59m
Saving Red Bird Mall shouldn’t have to save southern Dallas too
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...
44m Aug 19, 2021
44m
Special report: Dallas Black Dance’s debut at Massachusetts festival called ‘spectacular’
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. 
5m Aug 19, 2021
5m
Special report: How North Texas gay and lesbian bars are evolving to meet the moment
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.
5m Aug 12, 2021
5m
What’s in a name? Cedric Ceballos and Stephen Howard on how college sports may never be the same.
For decades, the NCAA did not allow its student athletes to earn money, despite the millions of dollars it rakes in annually. That’s all changing following a ruling by the U.S Supreme Court in June that opened the door for student athletes to earn money on their name, image and likeness (NIL). Locally, the verdict is even impacting high school athletics, as Southlake Carroll quarterback Quinn E...
37m Aug 05, 2021
37m
Special report: North Texas arts groups face new pandemic challenges
Reconnecting after a traumatic year of separation and loss is a work-in-progress. KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document how North Texas’ arts and culture scene is emerging from the pandemic. The News’ Tim Diovanni and KERA’s Jerome Weeks report on how performing arts groups and museums are grappling with state laws, CDC guidelines and a rise in coronavirus cases.
2m Aug 02, 2021
2m
Special report: ‘It’s been tough’: Dallas actors with triplets on COVID, lack of work and the future
Reconnecting after a traumatic year of separation and loss is a work-in-progress. KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document how North Texas’ arts and culture scene is emerging from the pandemic. The News’ Michael Granberry reports on how two actors turned to new careers after theaters shut down.
5m Jul 28, 2021
5m
Live music all but died during the pandemic, retreating to social media or small gatherings
Dallas music promoter and Banjos to Beats co-founder Josh Smith joins the Deep Side to talk about bringing music back.  And Smith tells us about his pandemic side project — a 27,000 member Facebook group, D-FW Corona Connection, aimed at bringing real information about the virus and real debate about the response to the area. Find more ‘Dallas Morning News’ audio and a special membership offer ...
29m Jul 22, 2021
29m
Special report: The state of gay and lesbian bars in North Texas
Reconnecting after a year of separation and loss is a work-in-progress. KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document how the pandemic has changed the arts and culture scene in North Texas. Miguel Perez of KERA hears from three people in the LGBTQ community about what local gay bars have meant to them. Read the story, take a reader survey and see related photographs from The Ne...
5m Jul 14, 2021
5m
Special report: How the Coppell Arts Center was pushed by COVID to improvise, even improve
Reconnecting after a year of separation and loss is a work in progress. KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document how the pandemic has changed the arts and culture scene in North Texas. KERA’s Jerome Weeks reports from Coppell on how COVID delayed — but also helped — a new arts center there.
5m Jul 09, 2021
5m
Is DISD what's holding Dallas back?
Deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the UNT System’s Paul Corliss discuss how a decade of reform has changed Dallas schools. Former board president Miguel Solis and current trustee Dustin Marshall talk about the political battles to reform DISD and how it has made a difference for all of Dallas. Find more ‘Dallas Morning News’ audio and a special membership offer for listeners at dallasnews....
36m Jul 08, 2021
36m
The Deep Side of Dallas: A Texas man’s fight for marriage equality
Mark Phariss and his husband Vic Holmes signed on in 2013 as the lead plaintiffs in the fight to legalize same sex marriage in Texas. In this episode, Phariss speaks about his journey from a child who wished he would die in his sleep, to his life as a closeted gay man, to his decision to become a face in the fight for marriage equality. Find more ‘Dallas Morning News’ audio and a special member...
39m Jun 24, 2021
39m
Special report: North Texas arts groups and audiences find joy, anxiety with return of live shows
Reconnecting after a year of separation and loss is a work-in-progress. KERA and The Dallas Morning News are collaborating to document how the pandemic has changed the arts and culture scene in North Texas. KERA's Jerome Weeks and The News' Tim Diovanni report on how theaters and music companies are trying to safely attract wider audiences, while wooing back those who remain wary.
5m Jun 11, 2021
5m
The Deep Side of Dallas: Dale Hansen on his least and most favorite Dallas sports figures
Deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the UNT System’s Paul Corliss talk with sportscasting legend Dale Hansen, who has spent nearly four decades in the business — and most of it in Dallas. He’s retiring Sept. 2 and sat down to tell the stories of his amazing career, including the Dallas sports figure he least liked and the one he became almost too close to. That, and Hansen recounts breaking ...
41m Jun 10, 2021
41m
The Deep Side of Dallas: Jennifer Staubach Gates on growing up with #12 and getting into the scrap of Dallas politics
Deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the UNT System’s Paul Corliss talk with Jennifer Staubach Gates, who spent eight years representing neighborhoods across northern Dallas. Her time in the fray of local politics gave her insights into the city where she grew up as the child of one of our greatest legends, the Dallas Cowboys’ Roger Staubach. Find more ‘Dallas Morning News’ audio and a specia...
38m May 27, 2021
38m
The Deep Side of Dallas: Why the AT&T Byron Nelson failed in Southern Dallas and the PGA of America’s move to Frisco
Deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the UNT System’s Paul Corliss discuss how Dallas had great hope that bringing the AT&T Byron Nelson to a city-owned course in southern Dallas would be a spark to draw new development to an underserved area. Was it doomed from the start or did poor strategy and execution hurt the plan? Also, the PGA of America’s Dawes Marlett talks about what’s coming for F...
40m May 13, 2021
40m
The Deep Side of Dallas: The history of lynching in Dallas and how it shaped the city
Deputy editorials editor Rudy Bush and the UNT System’s Paul Corliss are joined by historian George Keaton to dig into the terrible history of lynching in Dallas, Derek Chauvin’s killing of George Floyd and the fear so many Black Americans suffered with for generations. Many in Dallas have no idea that the Ku Klux Klan once ruled local government and that Black residents were killed by mob viol...
28m Apr 29, 2021
28m
Special report: ‘Reckoning with Joppa’ with critic Mark Lamster and photographer Lynda M. González
For more than a year, Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster has been reporting a story about the historic freedman’s town of Joppa. For generations, Dallas has neglected this community built by emancipated slaves, and now it is facing thoroughly modern challenges. Joppa’s story is the history of race in Dallas — and America. Lamster’s partner in the project was News visual journ...
24m Sep 24, 2020
24m
Dallas Morning News live — Behind the Story: Guardians
Listen to this special audio report from our live conversation series, “Behind the Story.” The event was held Jan. 21, 2020 in our downtown auditorium. The audio has been edited for length and clarity. The discussion focuses on The News’ true-crime series, “Guardians,” about an alleged serial killer accused of smothering more than a dozen women — and the families whose lives were forever change...
20m Jan 25, 2020
20m
Non-emergency phone call to police that lead to the shooting of Atatiana Jefferson.
On Saturday, October 12 at 2:23 a.m. Mr. James Smith called the police non-emergency number to report activity at a neighbor’s house which he believed was “not normal.” 34-year-old Aaron Dean, who had been on the force since April 2018, resigned after shooting Atatiana Jefferson at her home.
2m Oct 14, 2019
2m
Audio: Disciplinary hearing for Dallas officers involved in Tony Timpa's death
Two of the officers involved in the 2016 death of Tony Timpa told Dallas Police Department leaders that they mocked the handcuffed 32-year-old while he was pinned to the ground as part of a strategy to prompt a response from him.
8m Aug 02, 2019
8m
Investigator interviews city employee Anna Gonzalez
In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindse...
6m Apr 10, 2019
6m
Scott Griggs apology
In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindse...
4m Apr 02, 2019
4m
Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite interviews Warren Ernst, part 3
In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindse...
3m Apr 02, 2019
3m
Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite interviews Warren Ernst, part 2
In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindse...
1m Apr 02, 2019
1m
Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite interviews Warren Ernst, part 1
In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindse...
16m Apr 02, 2019
16m
Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite interviews Warren Ernst, part 1
In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindse...
16m Apr 02, 2019
16m
Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite interviews Bilierae Johnson on May 6, 2015
In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindse...
31m Apr 02, 2019
31m
Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite interviews Lindsey Kramer via phone
In April and May 2015, Dallas Police Lt. Eno Fite led an investigation into a claim that council member Scott Griggs had threatened to break the fingers of assistant city attorney Bilierae Johnson. During the course of that investigation, Fite recorded interviews with Johnson about the incident, as well as with City Attorney Warren Ernst, City Secretary Rosa Rios, Assistant City Attorney Lindse...
8m Apr 02, 2019
8m