Season 1

Texas A&M Educates a New Kind of Doctor and an Autonomous Car Delivers Medicine

Texas A&M Educates a New Kind of Doctor and an Autonomous Car Delivers Medicine

This episode highlights one of Texas A&M’s most interesting programs.


Dr. Roderic Pettigrew talks with Chancellor John Sharp about the Texas A&M Engineering Medicine – EnMed program. EnMed students earn medical degrees and masters’ degrees in engineering from Texas A&M. Graduates will invent new and ultramodern medical devices.


Also in the episode, a small community uses autonomous vehicles to get medications to people who have trouble getting around.

A&M student built COVID barriers for kids & Corps of Cadets reimagined their campus experience

A&M student built COVID barriers for kids & Corps of Cadets reimagined their campus experience

Members of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets worried they might face a year without any Corps activities. Cadets talk about their careful planning, discipline and the challenges they faced to maintain a great experience.


Later in the segment, Chancellor John Sharp sits down with General Ramirez to discuss the special group of leaders in the Corp today. Multiple groups rallied with the Corps to help provide a version of Corps life that continued to deliver normalcy and tradition to the Texas A&M community.


Alex Richter knew he could take on the challenge of helping students return to school safely while keeping expenses low. How? — By using what he’s learned in the fabrication lab at the RELLIS Campus.

Alex Richter, a construction science major at Texas A&M, built a machine to fabricate COVID barriers designed to help students take classes in person.

Transportation and Workforce Transformation at the RELLIS Campus

Transportation and Workforce Transformation at the RELLIS Campus

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute
You will hear about how The Texas A&M Transportation Institute – the premiere transportation research center in the country – is making our roadways safer … and crash-testing a few cars along the way too.


Agriculture and Workforce Education Center
You also will visit the new Agriculture and Workforce Education Center, or AWEC, where students get trained in high-demand – and high-paying – fields, like welding, plumbing or pipefitting.

Texas A&M University Legacies

Texas A&M University Legacies

In this episode of ‘Around Texas with Chancellor John Sharp,’ we tell the stories of two men who left lasting marks at Texas A&M University.


Dr. Al Wagner

Retired professor, Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Food technologist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

Director, Food, Technology and Processing Laboratory


Dr. Wagner’s career as a food technology specialist included contributions to NASA’s Spacelab. But as he looks back on his career, the work he is most proud of is the time he spent as the volunteer-coach for the Texas A&M Rodeo Team.



Dr. Donny Hamilton

Professor, Department of Anthropology

Director, Conservation Research Laboratory

Director, Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation


From restoring cannons from the Alamo to exploring sunken cities, Dr. Donny Hamilton has done it all. Dr. Hamilton recently retired as the director of the Conservation Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University. He leaves an impressive legacy in the field as his students are represented in practically every marine archeology lab in the world.

Esports at A&M-San Antonio and Texas A&M’s Yell Leader Recording Artist

Esports at A&M-San Antonio and Texas A&M’s Yell Leader Recording Artist

Esports has a heavy presence at Texas A&M University-San Antonio.
On the next episode of ‘Around Texas with Chancellor John Sharp,’ get a look at the fast-growing world of Esports with the A&M-San Antonio Jaguars, A&M System’s first varsity-level Esports team.


Darnell Smith, the athletic director at A&M-San Antonio, joins Chancellor Sharp in-studio to talk about the e-sports craze and where it’s going.

Former CIA agent Shares Declassified Stories and Discusses Counterintelligence

Former CIA agent Shares Declassified Stories and Discusses Counterintelligence

Texas A&M University – and the Bush School of Government and Public Service, in particular – has been a favorite place of the CIA to recruit agents and analysts.


Professor Jim Olson is a big reason for that. Jim is a professor at the Bush School, where he teaches courses on intelligence and counterintelligence. He also is a former spy.


Chancellor Sharp sat down with Jim at the Bush School. They touched on a lot of topics such as catching spies, Olson’s book: To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence, and China’s efforts to steal our intellectual property and how it threatens our national security.


In the episode, you will hear some incredible stories about now-declassified CIA cases. Also, former presidential advisor and cabinet member Andy Card discusses Jim’s legacy and the importance of the Bush School.

Texas A&M Supports Growing Wine & Whiskey Businesses

Texas A&M Supports Growing Wine & Whiskey Businesses

When we think about Texans’ favorite adult beverages, images of Lone Star or Shiner might come to mind. But we also have a thriving wine industry in Texas — and a growing liquor-making scene too.


In episode 3 of Around Texas with Chancellor Sharp, we’ll meet some interesting Texas winemakers and a Texas A&M doctoral student who is working to create a pure Texas whiskey.

The wine and spirits industries are thriving in Texas these days, and with the help from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Texans are producing some excellent wines and whiskeys.

Rodeo Team Spirit in Canyon and Stephenville, TX

Rodeo Team Spirit in Canyon and Stephenville, TX

Up-and-coming rodeo stars from across the country come to Tarleton State University for a chance to compete on the top college rodeo team in the nation. In this episode of Around Texas with Chancellor John Sharp, we meet a few of these young competitors and find out what makes them tick.

Also, Chancellor Sharp sits in-studio with West Texas A&M assistant rodeo team coach Jordan Fabrizio to talk about how a community-based foundation in Canyon called the Three Star Memorial helps keep their team in the saddle.