Over the last few years, we assume you\u2019ve either heard this question or have personally asked it aloud: Why does everyone have a podcast?\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
With over 6 million audio shows on Spotify, it\u2019s easy to feel like the podcast space is oversaturated with surface-level chats and monologues from not-subject-matter experts acting like subject-matter experts. But when one expertly navigates these airwaves and takes the time to separate the wheat from the chaff, one will discover that some people are flat-out worth listening to. And Andrew Turner is one of these people.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Turner\u2019s \u201cFort Worth Roots Podcast,\u201d which delivers thoughtful interviews with local personalities \u2014 be it with artists, musicians, civic leaders, or entrepreneurs \u2014 has been around for over five years and just notched Episode No. 440. Yeah, this wasn\u2019t some flash-in-the-pan, flavor-of-the-week podcast situation; Turner\u2019s clearly in it for the long haul.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
An Army veteran and an avid listener of podcasts \u2014 \u201cI was probably eating up about 50 or 60 hours-worth of podcast content per week\u201d \u2014 Turner saw the potential to replicate and put a Fort Worth twist on shows he was regularly tuning into. Things like \u201cThe Joe Rogan Experience\u201d and \u201cWTF with Marc Maron,\u201d shows that featured laid-back conversations that led to insightful and revealing information on a wide range of topics.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw some real value in podcasting long-form,\u201d Turner says. \u201cI thought it would be very impactful. There are so many amazing people [in Fort Worth], and I just thought there was a space for it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Born and raised in Abilene, Turner joined the U.S. Army in 2005 and served two overseas combat deployments. He\u2019d end up in Fort Worth in 2010 when he was stationed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth and, like many who arrive expecting a short-term stint, he\u2019d make it his long-term home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
While the transition from Abilene to Fort Worth wouldn\u2019t exactly result in culture shock, Turner, like many of us, is technically one of those transplants who\u2019s at the heart of Fort Worth\u2019s population boom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is cool if you\u2019re born in Fort Worth and never left,\u201d Turner says. \u201cBut there\u2019s something even more special about it whenever you show up to Fort Worth and you go, \u2018Oh, this is it. This is home.\u2019\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
His genuine love for the city is undoubtedly what\u2019s at the heart of his \u201cFort Worth Roots Podcast.\u201d No matter who Turner interviews or what he promotes, there\u2019s a sense of altruism in everything the podcast does. And while this charity expands to the community at large, there is one local space where he aims to make the most difference: the local music scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, when I think about what I can affect, I\u2019m wondering if I can get more bands on stages,\u201d he says. \u201cThe music scene isn\u2019t thriving the way it used to, but there are still so many incredible, talented artists around our city. And I\u2019m going to do my part to get the city back to where it used to be \u2014 we almost became the music capital of Texas. I\u2019ll be on this mic, cheerleading as hard as I can.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
BY THE WAY…<\/p>\n
Who\u2019s been your favorite interview on \u201cFort Worth Roots\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cRather than focusing on one episode, I\u2019d say the category that\u2019s been my favorite is the work we\u2019ve done with the child advocacy groups \u2014 child placement services like Gladney Center for Adoption and excellent Tarrant County organizations that are taking care of the most important people in our community: our children. Those are my favorite because, to me, \u2018Fort Worth Roots\u2019 is meeting its max potential whenever we\u2019re part of something so big and so important.\u201d<\/p>\n FROM THE FEED<\/p>\n 1.<\/strong> Keeping Fort Worth funky.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> Interviewing Mayor Mattie Parker.<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> Outside Ridglea Theatre following Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards.<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> Our Taphouse.<\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> Turner with his wife in Terlingua.<\/p>\n 6. <\/strong>With local musician Bencjones.<\/p>\n 7.<\/strong> With District 3 City Council Member Michael Crain.<\/p>\n September 2, 2025<\/p>\n 8:45 AM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the last few years, we assume you\u2019ve either heard this question or have personally asked it aloud:…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":207308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,29751,45216,7371,36789,7372,13813,4368,358,7453,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-207307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-brian-kendall","10":"tag-entrepreneur","11":"tag-fort-worth","12":"tag-fort-worthian","13":"tag-fortworth","14":"tag-people-of-influence","15":"tag-podcast","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-top-story","18":"tag-tx","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115162397282995252","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}