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Texas Authors TV Podcast: Where Your Story Becomes Part of Texas Literary History

What is Texas Authors TV?

Texas Authors TV Podcast is the official interview show of the Texas Authors Museum & Institute of History (TAMIH). It’s a video podcast hosted by B. Alan Bourgeois that features in-depth, one-on-one conversations with Texas authors across genres—fantasy, memoir, spirituality, children’s books, nonfiction, and more. youtube.com+2youtube.com+2

Episodes are released on YouTube and shared through TAMIH’s website and social media, so each interview becomes:

  • A permanent, searchable author spotlight

  • A living piece of Texas literary history

  • A marketing asset you can use again and again

Why being on Texas Authors TV actually matters for your success

This isn’t “just another podcast guest spot.” For a Texas author, it’s leverage.

1. You step into an instant credibility boost.
Being interviewed by the Texas Authors Museum ties your work to a respected nonprofit whose mission is to champion Texas storytellers. That third-party validation is marketing gold: it tells readers, librarians, and event organizers, “This author is worth paying attention to.” 

2. You get long-tail, evergreen discovery.
Your episode doesn’t disappear after launch week. It lives on YouTube, on the TAMIH site under “Texas Authors TV,” and in social feeds where new readers can find you months or years later via search (your name, your book title, your topics). texasauthors.net+2youtube.com+2

Every time someone searches your name or book, your interview becomes one more way for them to meet you—and decide to buy.

3. You get high-quality content you can reuse everywhere.
One appearance on Texas Authors TV can be repurposed into:

  • Clips for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube Shorts

  • Embedded video on your website or Amazon Author page

  • Content for your newsletter (“Watch my interview with Texas Authors TV”)

  • Proof for speaking / event proposals (“Featured on Texas Authors TV Podcast”)

You do the interview once; you benefit from it indefinitely.

4. You reach the right audience: people who care about Texas books.
TAMIH’s ecosystem—contests, magazine, bookstore, VTAP verification, and events like Lone Star Festival—attracts exactly the people you’re trying to reach: Texas readers, librarians, booksellers, and fellow authors. texasauthors.net+1

Showing up on Texas Authors TV puts you directly in front of that ecosystem, not just a random global audience that will never find your book again.

5. You strengthen your author brand story.
The interviews go deeper than “tell us about your book.” Episodes often explore:

  • Why you wrote the book

  • The life experiences behind it

  • The themes that matter to you

  • What you want readers to walk away with from YouTube

That kind of context helps readers feel connected to you as a person, not just a product—and connection sells more books than any banner ad.

6. You plug into a bigger support structure.
Texas Authors TV is not a one-off marketing stunt. It’s one spoke in a larger wheel that includes:

  • Texas Authors Success Center (TASC) membership

  • Texas Authors Magazine

  • Contests and spotlight programs

  • Texas Bookshelf and other sales/visibility channels

That means your interview can be cross-linked, cross-promoted, and integrated into other opportunities as TAMIH continues to grow.