Black Austin Matters
Dr. Richard J. Reddick and Dr. Lisa B. Thompson
May 3, 2023
In a conversation with Patricia Bedford, a native of Austin, she shares her amazing journey from being an engineer to becoming a successful business owner and master baker. She also talks about how she keeps her grandmothers’ legacy alive through her work and passion.
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March 1, 2023
In the first episode of season two, Rich and Lisa talk with social wellness entrepreneur Shauntavia Ward.
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December 7, 2022
Lisa B. Thompson and Richard J. Reddick (Part 2)
We hear the second part of Lisa and Rich interviewing each other about their experiences.
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November 2, 2022
Lisa B. Thompson and Richard J. Reddick
In this episode of Black Austin Matters, Lisa and Rich interview…themselves.
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October 5, 2022
In this episode, Rich and Lisa talk with LBJ High School football coach Jahmal Fenner.
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September 7, 2022
Rich and Lisa talk with seventh-generation East Austin native and community activist Priscilla Hale.
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About
BAM
Dr. Richard J. Reddick
Richard J. Reddick (Rich) moved to southeast Austin at age 14 and has been fascinated by issues of race, class, and education in his adopted city ever since. A professor of educational leadership and policy, Rich’s academic work focuses on mentoring relationships, the experiences of Black faculty in higher education, and the uncompensated labor performed by BIPOC people in university settings. Rich is a dad to two kids, a husband, son, and a brother in a family that has called Austin home spanning five decades. When not podcasting, Rich is following Texas Longhorn sports, playing bass guitar, or playing trivia – or caught in Austin traffic!
Dr. Lisa B. Thompson
Lisa B. Thompson is co-host and co-producer of KUT’s Black Austin Matters podcast. The award-winning playwright and University of Texas professor is the author of Beyond the Black Lady: Sexuality and the New African American Middle Class, Single Black Female, and Underground, Monroe, and The Mamalogues: Three Plays. When she’s not writing, teaching, or working out, the San Francisco native loves watching old movies while devouring all the homemade cookies she supposedly baked for her teenage son.
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