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Podcast Where the River Took Us

Where the River Took Us

Texas Monthly

Society & Culture
Society & Culture
News

Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 7

Hosting podcast Spreaker
After his family’s home was swept away in the devastating Central Texas floods on July 4, 2025, Texas Monthly senior editor Aaron Parsley began the journey of putting the pieces back together. It began with a magazine feature written days after the tragedy—for which he won a Pulitzer Prize—and continues here as he hosts this podcast series, Where the River Took Us. Through intimate conversations with family members and other survivors, this podcast explores how people endure unimaginable loss and how a community tries to rebuild, grow, and adapt after a mass tragedy.

From the producers of America's Girls, The Final Flight of Captain Forrester, and The Problem With Erik, the series debuts May 26, 2026.
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Introducing "Where the River Took Us"

mercredi 6 mai 2026 • Duration 03:47

Coming May 26, 2026, Where the River Took Us explores how people endure unimaginable loss and how a community tries to rebuild, grow, and adapt after the devastating Central Texas floods on July 4, 2025. Hosted by Texas Monthly senior editor Aaron Parsley, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for his account of his family’s fight for survival during the flood.

To read Aaron Parsely’s Pulitzer Prize-winning feature, go to:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/.

Preview: The Original Article, Days After the Flood

mardi 19 mai 2026 • Duration 27:39

Before the release of the first episode on May 26, here’s the audio version of Aaron Parsley’s article from July 2025, which won him a Pulitzer Prize.

To read Aaron Parsely’s Pulitzer Prize-winning feature, go to:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/.

The Flood, Part 1

Episode 1

mardi 26 mai 2026 • Duration 34:58

Texas Monthly senior editor Aaron Parsley remembers the night before the flood and everything that led up to the moment that changed his family forever.

To read Aaron Parsely’s Pulitzer Prize-winning feature, go to:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/.

The Flood, Part 2

Episode 2

mardi 26 mai 2026 • Duration 41:27

At dawn on July 4, 2025, Texas Monthly senior editor Aaron Parsley found himself high in a hackberry tree, alone and unaware of his family’s whereabouts. This is the story of what came next.

To read Aaron Parsely’s Pulitzer Prize-winning feature, go to:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/.

One of the Hardest Things

Episode 3

mardi 2 juin 2026 • Duration 43:28

In the aftermath of the flood, loved ones and kind-hearted strangers helped my family face our new, unimaginable reality. A reunion takes place for the first time since the disaster.

To read Aaron Parsely’s Pulitzer Prize-winning feature, go to:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/.

Stuck at Camp Forever

Episode 4

mardi 9 juin 2026 • Duration 40:11

An old friend reaches out. His daughter was one of the young girls who died at Camp Mystic. We reconnected to understand each other's grief and explore how it can be channeled into action.

To read Aaron Parsely’s Pulitzer Prize-winning feature, go to:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/.

Faith After the Flood

Episode 5

mardi 16 juin 2026 • Duration 39:07

A conversation about faith with Dallas attorney R.J. Harber, who lost most of his family in the July 4 flood. We connected as survivors and during our conversation, I learned that even though we believe very different things and engage spiritually in very different ways, the result is kind of the same.

To read Aaron Parsely’s Pulitzer Prize-winning feature, go to:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-firsthand-account/.

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