“Vanishing Postcards” Podcast: Soak In the Sounds Of America’s Backroads

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Vanishing Postcards is billed as a “podcast for backroad wanderers.” In the podcast’s first season, which began in April 2022 and ended in October, creator and host Evan Stern traveled the backroads of Texas, his home state. Here are some of the episode names from season one.

Postcards from Ghosts — “Weeping Women and the Ghoulish Side of Galveston”

Postcard from Houston, “Wasting Time at The West Alabama Ice House”

Postcard from The Rio Grande Valley, “Community and Conjunto”

The creator of Vanishing Postcards and its host Evan Stern is one of a proud few who can claim Austin as his legitimate hometown. Having caught the performing bug early on, he first gained attention at age 11 with a second-place finish in Austin’s famed O. Henry Pun Off, and has…