Nathan Cone

Director of Marketing & Digital Content

Texas Public Radio’s Director of Marketing and Digital Content has been with the organization since 1995.  Nathan began at TPR working on classical music station KPAC 88.3 FM, as host of “Tuesday Night at the Opera.”  He soon learned the ropes on KSTX 89.1 FM, and volunteered to work practically any shift that came his way, on either station. Since then he has worked in nearly every capacity on the radio before moving into Marketing and Digital Media.

A native of Spring, Texas, Nathan began his broadcasting career while studying at San Antonio’s Trinity University, where he majored in Communication, with minors in Communication Management and Art/Art History.  At Trinity University’s KRTU, he was a student manager, serving as Jazz Program Director and Operations Manager.  Nathan graduated with a B.A. in Communication from Trinity University with minors in Communication Management and Art/Art History.

Currently, Nathan enjoys studying classic and contemporary films, especially those of the late director Stanley Kubrick.  He's the curator of Texas Public Radio's popular summer film series, Cinema Tuesdays.  He’s a musical omnivore, with a house full of classical, rock, and jazz compact discs and LPs. His favorite classical composer is Beethoven. His favorite jazz performer is Miles Davis, his favorite rock band is The Beatles, and his favorite film is Singin' in the Rain, which he enjoys watching with his wife and two children.

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SXSW
12:06 pm
Wed March 17, 2010

Opera Singer Who Faced Discrimination at UT-Austin in 1957 Profiled in Documentary, "When I Rise"

In 1957, Barbara Smith Conrad was studying music at the University of Texas in Austin. She was cast as Dido in a student production of Henry Purcell’s opera "Dido and Aeneas." 

Two weeks before the curtain, Conrad learned that she would not be singing the role of Dido, because a state congressman had objected to an African-American woman being cast opposite a white leading man in a romantic role.  

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Arts & Culture
12:47 am
Fri September 18, 2009

Texas Film Brings New Perspective On Autism

Credit Zeitgeist Films

Seven-year-old Rowan Isaacson is like many kids his age.  He enjoys playing with toys, reading books, and spending time with friends and family.  But as the new documentary and book "The Horse Boy" illustrates, as little as two years ago, Rowan’s life was very different. 

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Arts & Culture
7:00 pm
Sun May 24, 2009

Girl In A Coma: San Antonio Band Hits Nationally

Credit Courtesy Photo
Phanie Diaz, Nina Diaz, and Jenn Alva.

 The first thing you notice when meeting the San Antonio trio Girl in a Coma in person is how tiny singer Nina Diaz seems. Walking down a hallway in the studios of Texas Public Radio, carrying an acoustic guitar sans case, she looks for all the world like a singer of wispy, confessional coffeehouse folk songs — a light green sweater covers the kaleidoscope of tattoos coloring both of her arms.

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Arts & Culture
12:30 pm
Fri April 17, 2009

History On Record: Athens v. Sparta

SXSW
11:18 am
Fri March 20, 2009

SXSW 2009: Looking For Pets Lost After Katrina In "Mine"

Credit Nathan Cone
Director/Producer Geralyn Pezanoski, Jesse Pullins
Texas Matters
1:10 pm
Fri July 28, 2006

Former Astros Manager Larry Dierker Shares His Dream Team Picks

TPR's Nathan Cone with former Astros manager, Larry Dierker
Arts & Culture
12:29 pm
Fri April 7, 2006

"Solamente Salma" at Blue Star

On Wednesday, April 5, a red carpet gala was held to open the "Terra Nostra: Solamente Salma" exhibit at the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center.  On hand for the festivities were artists George Yepes, Robert Rodriguez, a few celebrities... and Texas Public Radio's Nathan Cone, who had a grand plan to cover the event and get some audio for a personal project he's working on.  The exhibit is open to the public.  The Blue Star Contemporary Art Center is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon until 6 p.m.  For more information, the number is 210-227-6960.  

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Books
4:26 pm
Fri March 3, 2006

Book Review: Elia Kazan, A Biography

Credit Harper Collins

The Century's Most Polarizing Auteur

Elia Kazan, by Richard Schickel

(Harper Collins) 

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Arts & Culture
10:15 am
Fri September 9, 2005

God's Jester: "The Flowers of St. Francis" On DVD

Credit Courtesy of the Criterion Collection.
Brother Nazario Gerardi, as St. Francis.

A seemingly simple film that reveals deeper levels of profundity upon further reflection, Roberto Rossellini's "The Flowers of St. Francis" is basically a series of vignettes that takes Italian neo-realism back to the 13th century. 

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Arts & Culture
2:12 pm
Tue January 4, 2005

DVD Review: The Battle of Algiers

Credit The Criterion Collection

This year has seen some terrific releases on DVD, but none is better than the Criterion Collection's three-disc set, "The Battle of Algiers." First released in 1966, "The Battle of Algiers" was reissued in theaters across the country in 2004. It enjoyed a too-brief run in San Antonio in May 2004. The film's distributor, Rialto, told me that it didn't do too well in San Antonio so it was pulled after one week.

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