Leah Scarpelli
Leah Scarpelli joined Texas Standard in September 2015 from NPR’s Morning Edition, where she spent seven years as a producer, director and occasional reporter of music and arts pieces. As Texas Standard director, Leah is responsible for the overall practical and creative interpretation of each day’s program: choosing segue music, managing the prep of show content, and providing explicit directions for the host and technical director during the live broadcast. She graduated from Ithaca College in New York with a Bachelor of Science degree in Television and Radio. She enjoys riding her Triumph motorcycle and getting out for hikes in the Texas countryside. Her late grandfather was from Yoakum.
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The PBS show, which debuted with a performance by Willie Nelson, has become the longest-running show of its kind in television history. -
A new exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is billed as the first major presentation of O'Keeffe's photographs. -
“Reveal” looked into the health effects of natural gas wells across areas that are in close proximity to a disproportionate number of children of color. -
Ray Benson, the Grammy-winning group’s frontman, says the Lone Star State has always embraced him even though his roots are not in Texas. -
The groups, which organize on Facebook, gave neighbors a way to donate or receive what they needed to ride out the winter storm. -
In the 1980s, photojournalism student Pat Blashill captured a burgeoning punk music scene in Austin – one intentionally at odds with mainstream Texas culture. -
From Texas Standard: On September 26, in the stately Thomas Jefferson building of the Library of Congress, a Texan from Beaumont will receive one of the... -
From Texas Standard: When Willie Nelson's landmark album Phases and Stages was recorded in 1973, it was unlike anything being done in Nashville – a... -
From Texas Standard: Driving through a beautiful expanse of Texas Hill Country on a sunny Saturday afternoon, I pull off Highway 281 somewhere between... -
From Texas Standard: Austin bills itself as the “Live Music Capital” of the world. But a flood of newcomers to the city has produced some dire... -
From Texas Standard: A small school in North Texas will receive a donation of more than $3,500 for its football team. In a world of million-dollar... -
From Texas Standard: Heavy rains capped by periods of hot muggy weather, spare tires holding standing water, mosquitoes and fleas carrying dangerous...
