Texas Standard for August 19, 2015
Today: Reading on screens, how digital media influences our attention span, both online and off. Also: Let’s take a trip out to West Texas, where growers at the state’s biggest winery first faced the challenge of hot, dry weather. Then: Trying to convincing folks to drop the can and pick up a bottle. Plus: What’s better for property value, living near a Whole Foods or a Trader Joe’s? Those stories and so much more in today’s Texas Standard.

Photo via Ilana Panich-Linsman/KUT
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