NPR National Desk Correspondent Wade Goodwyn recently came to Boise to share with our audience what it's like to be a journalist based in Texas.
Goodwyn, an NPR reporter since 1991, has covered everything from the siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas and natural disasters, to the handling of Ebola in Dallas and the airline industry.
"When it comes to the sheer number of take-offs and landings, DFW is the third-busiest airport in the world, responsible for generating $31 billion in economic activity for North Texas every single year," Goodwyn said. "It has helped transform what was a regressive white supremacist Bible-belt culture, into a multicultural region teeming with large immigrant communities from around the world. And the strange dichotomies that have been created are wonderful to contemplate."
"You learn many things over the course of a career as a reporter for a national news organization," Goodwyn said. "One of the things you learn is that organized humans can screw things up in an astonishing variety of ways."
We recorded Goodwyn's talk on Nov. 13, 2014.
