Texas Standard For April 24, 2018
Flattery will get you how far, exactly? How the French president is trying to cultivate a special relationship with the U.S. President, and what it really means. And: After the Cold War, what happened to all those nuclear-tipped missiles? A lot of them wound up in Amarillo, and now, the stockpiles are adding up to a potential crisis. Rick Perry’s plutonium problem. Also: In the U.S., the word socialist used to be a political slur. But now, it’s becoming a campaign platform, even in traditionally conservative states, including you know where. Plus: A New York Times reporter tells us about the Tea Party movement of the left, and its rise in Texas. Those stories and so much more today on the Texas Standard:

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