Melvin E. Edwards is a writer and podcaster from Texas. He and Pat Kahnke plan to co-host some podcast episodes in the near future, so this episode is a great introduction to Mel. His podcast is called Stories from Real Life, and here's a link to an episode from this past summer when he interviewed Pat: https://youtu.be/N8InUVLwDdQ?si=2_Xa0hPOGpRmL4tI Links to his books: The Eyes of Texans: From Slavery to the Texas Capitol: Personal Stories from Six Generations of One Family: https://a.co/d/2uVtT0X The Strength of a Thousand Sons: More Stories from My Texas Family https://a.co/d/0aqSfB5