What do you know about Marfa, Texas? Whether it’s Vogue magazine, The Simpsons, or I Love Dick, there’s a certain narrative about Marfa: the romantic art town in the middle of nowhere. But there’s more to Marfa than that. Marfa for Beginners is the audio guide to the Marfa you may not know: Virgin of Guadalupe sightings and limited Tinder options. A place where you can feel like a stranger in your own hometown while also feeling like there are zero degrees of separation between you and…anyone else. Marfa For Beginners is an expansion of the narrative, a trip down a different road, a tourism podcast for locals– to find out what that means, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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What do you know about Marfa, Texas? Whether it’s Vogue magazine, The Simpsons, or I Love Dick, there’s a certain narrative about Marfa: the romantic art town in the middle of nowhere. But there’s more to Marfa than that. Marfa for Beginners is the audio guide to the Marfa you may not know: Virgin of Guadalupe sightings and limited Tinder options. A place where you can feel like a stranger in your own hometown while also feeling like there are zero degrees of separation between you and…anyone else. Marfa For Beginners is an expansion of the narrative, a trip down a different road, a tourism podcast for locals– to find out what that means, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
As a visitor to Marfa, your days might fly by, but when you live here, time passes differently.
Marfa is in the middle of the desert. If you stand anywhere and just look out, the land and enormous sky stretch out in every direction as far as the eye can see. The remoteness of it all can make time feel like it’s not passing here. It’s a palpable feeling that’s also so abstract, it's indescribable – like there must be some German word for it.
Producer Zoe Kurland had an existential crisis because of this phenomenon. You know how when you think about breathing, it gets harder to breathe? For her, it was like that, but with time.
In this episode, Zoe brings you inside the longest shortest West Texas day.
This episode was produced by Zoe Kurland, Sally Beauvais, and Elise Pepple.
Music from W. Creeves and The Internet Archive.
Marfa for Beginners
What do you know about Marfa, Texas? Whether it’s Vogue magazine, The Simpsons, or I Love Dick, there’s a certain narrative about Marfa: the romantic art town in the middle of nowhere. But there’s more to Marfa than that. Marfa for Beginners is the audio guide to the Marfa you may not know: Virgin of Guadalupe sightings and limited Tinder options. A place where you can feel like a stranger in your own hometown while also feeling like there are zero degrees of separation between you and…anyone else. Marfa For Beginners is an expansion of the narrative, a trip down a different road, a tourism podcast for locals– to find out what that means, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
