How do you know? Howdy and welcome to Wise About Texas, a podcast about Texas history, culture and

everything Texan. I'm Ken Wise and it's my pleasure to be your host for a

journey through Texas's rich history and unique culture. This is the

introductory episode of Wightis about Texas, so I want to tell you a little about the show and its goal.

First of all, I hope that you'll find this podcast educational and entertaining.

It's my goal to enrich your knowledge of the Texas history you know and hopefully introduce

you to a lot of Texas history you don't know. I'll also inform you and hopefully entertain

you with stories from Texas that really highlight what makes this great state so unique.

Let me tell you a little bit about me.

I was born and raised in Houston.

My love of Texas history started very early as it does for so many Texans.

I'm a fifth generation son of the Republic of Texas.

My great-great-grandfather, Dr. James Price, arrived in Galveston in 1837 from Tennessee.

He practiced medicine in Houston in Montgomery

and was a good friend and physician to Sam Houston.

Of course you can't talk about Texas without covering Sam Houston and will certainly do that during the course of this podcast.

My career has taken me into the service of Texas.

I currently serve as a justice on the 14th Court of Appeals in Houston, and prior to that I served as the judge of two different Texas District Courts.

Serving this state has taught me that Texas history is much more than just entertaining and educational, it directly affects today's Texas and our way of life.

It's a fairly young history, and much of our culture today is directly connected to the events of our past.

Not only is it critically important to understand our history,

but it's also a lot of fun.

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