Texas Standard For March 11, 2019
Political lightning round: capitalist or socialist? High-profile Democrats get a grilling in an unlikely venue as the South by Southwest festival in Austin gets political. And: Democratic luminaries shone bright this weekend at what many usually think of as a music and film festival. We’ll hear who made news and what it means for the 2020 election season. Also: An infectious disease specialist says San Francisco is beating HIV, so why not Houston or other southern cities? Plus: The $7,000 film: director Robert Rodriguez gets back to his DIY roots with a scrappy new release about a budding filmmaker. All of those stories and then some today on the Texas Standard:
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