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The Animal Kingdom – that category of living things of which we count ourselves members – is staggeringly diverse, and it's a diversity we've only begun…

Big Bend residents who've taken visitors to the Rio Grande have heard some version of the wisecrack: “What's so 'grand' about this river?” You explain…

The Caló expression 'le canta' is this episode’s feature. It comes from the Spanish verb cantar, to sing. In Caló it means to speak strongly or with great intention about something. When somebody la canta to somebody else, it’s usually to mark a boundary or give a warning, as in to say, “pay attention to what I’m saying because what comes next is action.”

“You just can't live in Texas,” as Waylon Jennings sang, “unless you gotta lotta soul,” and West Texans might reasonably think it applies to them more…

Today’s word is chavalo. The closest thing in modern Spanish is chavar, to be pesky or bothersome. A chavo in the Caribbean, where Spanish first arrived…

Órale, today’s Caló word is jura, police. It comes from the Spanish word juramento, pledge or promise. Individuals sworn to uphold the law are jurados…

Today's word of the day is Apañar. It comes from the old Castilian, meaning to cover or hold in your hand. It was brought to the borderlands by Spanish…

Adam Lashinsky is a San Francisco-based editor-at-large for FORTUNE, covering Wall Street and Silicon Valley He recently released the book "Inside Apple:…

Emily Bovino of Field Work Marfa hosts an hour of programming on KRTS Marfa. Emily Verla Bovino is a resident of the Fieldwork: Marfa initiative, an…

Amy Ellis, the founder of the local Brewster County FreeCycle group joins us to celebrate the list serve's 7th anniversary. Amy will be sharing stories…