Texas Public Radio celebrates the season with holiday programming to get you into the spirit, or simply offer a moment of reflection. Join us on KPAC 88.3 FM, KSTX 89.1 FM, and all of TPR's stations for a cornucopia of programs, including music, spoken word, and more.
This page will be updated as shows are added to the lineup.
Thanksgiving
TPR News Stations, including KSTX 89.1 FM
Turkey Confidential, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Turkey Confidential is The Splendid Table’s annual Thanksgiving show. Francis Lam takes calls and comes to the rescue of Thanksgiving cooks, kitchen helpers, and dinner guests during the biggest cooking day of the year.
This year's guests include Samin Nosrat, author of the blockbuster
Salt, Fat Acid, Heat and her latest
, Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love; Yossy Arefi, best-selling author of
Snacking Bakes; Vivian Howard, chef and host of PBS's brand-new series
Kitchen Curious, and Evan Kleiman, host of KCRW’s
Good Food and beloved voice of public radio.
Feeding the Family, 8 p.m. For many people gathering around the table this holiday season, things feel… a little different. Maybe it’s the cost of ingredients that’s on your mind. Or new SNAP paperwork requirements. Maybe you’re a farmer - struggling after the USDA cut grant and loan forgiveness programs. This holiday season,
Marketplace brings listeners a collection of stories about the economics and business of food – with a touch of history.
KPAC 88.3 FM
Every Good Thing, 1 p.m. This Thanksgiving, host Andrea Blain and classical music fans from all around the country take time to give thanks and celebrate one of life's most meaningful gifts: music. It's Every Good Thing — an hour of stories and music to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Encore from 2024
Shadowglow: Thanksgiving with the American Sound, 2 p.m. This Thanksgiving enjoy an hour of music celebrating the special radiance of autumn and the richness of the holiday—music inspired by the uncanny fire of starlight, the hopeful warmth of luminaria, the lamps of gratitude we light within ourselves, even the golden glow of beloved Thanksgiving treats fresh from the oven. Michael Torke’s Appalachian-inspired
Spoonbread is a scrumptious soundtrack for puttering in the kitchen, and Peter Boyer’s
Radiance, the incandescent “Choose Something Like a Star” from Randall Thompson’s
Frostiana, Michael Whalen’s nostalgic
Shadows of October, Kenji Bunch’s contemplative
Luminaria and Craig Hella Johnson’s affirming
The Song That I Came to Sing fill the holiday with shimmering nuances of gratitude and hope.
