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Below are archived interviews Center for Big Bend Studies staff have given on various topics covering many aspects of archaeology. Click the audio play link to listen to the recording. A transcript is available for some of the interviews.

Texas Standard: Activists hope repatriation of Indigenous remains in Big Bend region is just the beginning

Sam Karas (reporter for Big Bend Sentinel) interviewed November 10, 2025 for Texas Standard: The National Daily News Show of Texas

The interview lasts 5 minutes and 26 seconds.

Over a hundred people gathered around a burial site in Presidio on the first of this […]

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MPR Nature Notes: In the Prehistoric Story of Corn, Big Bend’s Indigenous People Played a Role

 Bryon Schroder interviewed July 31, 2025 for Marfa Public Radio: Nature Notes

The interview lasts 4 minutes and 00 seconds.

It’s one of the most widely produced crops on Earth – a staple in diets worldwide, a primary feed for livestock, and a component in […]

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MPR Nature Notes: Mammoth Find: A Tusk Discovery Points to Big Bend’s Rich Ice Age Past

 Bryon Schroder interviewed May 8, 2025 for Marfa Public Radio: Nature Notes

The interview lasts 4 minutes and 00 seconds.

It was an exciting discovery. In March, a hunter on the O2 Ranch south of Alpine found what appeared to be an ivory tusk in […]

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Texas Standard: Hunter discovers rare mammoth tusk on West Texas ranch

 Bryon Schroder interviewed March 17, 2025 for Texas Standard: The National Daily News Show of Texas

The interview lasts 6 minutes and 01 seconds.

The terrain of Texas never ceases to reveal hidden treasures of the past. In fact, just this last December, a West […]

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NATURE NOTES: Archeologists unearth unexpected wonders in a cave near Marfa

 Bryon Schroder interviewed July 25, 2024 for Nature Notes: Marfa Public Radio

The interview lasts 3 minutes and 59 seconds.

Transcript

By Andrew Stuart

“The journey is the goal.” It may be a cliché, but it rings true in many human endeavors, including science. Researchers […]

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NATURE NOTES: Below the Chinati Mountains, “Boulder Glyphs” Evoke a History of Violence and Conflict in the Big Bend

 Erika Blecha interviewed September 26, 2019 for Nature Notes: Marfa Public Radio

The interview lasts 5 minutes and 0 seconds and is a 4.64 MB download.

Transcript

By Andrew Stuart

Rock art is a powerful expression of the Native American past here. From Palo […]

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NATURE NOTES: Science and Serendipity Fuel the Hunt for the Big Bend’s Earliest People

Bryon Schroeder and Erika Blecha interviewed June 15, 2022 for Nature Notes: Marfa Public Radio

The interview lasts 5 minutes and 30 seconds and is a 5.09 MB download.

Transcript

By Andrew Stuart

“The past,” it’s famously been said, “is a foreign country.” […]

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NATURE NOTES: Data Dump: West Texas Sloth Dung Find Brings the Ice Age to Life

Bryon Schroeder is mentioned in interview on Spirit Eye Cave collaboration February, 3 2022 for Nature Notes: Marfa Public Radio

The interview lasts 5 minutes and 29 seconds is a 5.01 MB download.

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By Andrew Stuart

West Texas has a rich history in […]

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