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November 19, 2024

Introducing: 24 Hours in Austin

By: Elizabeth McQueen

The Tacos of Texas team wants to share a new podcast with you! 24 Hours in Austin tries to answer the question: What does a day in the life of Austin, Texas sound like?

A team of audio producers from KUT spent the last several months documenting a handful of days in the life of Austin. They spent 24 hours straight in one location, talking to anyone who’d talk to them. They found that as big as Austin has gotten, standing still, it gets a little smaller.

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The first episode is 24 hours on 6th Street during SXSW: Part 1. Sixth Street in downtown Austin is wild enough on a regular night. But for two weeks every March, it gets even crazier when South by Southwest brings thousands of people to town. We spent 24 hours straight on 6th Street, between Congress and I-35 on March 14-15, 2024. Hear the first half of the day in this episode.


Episodes

October 27, 2026

Austin Taco History: Tacos, Tejanos, and the Fight against Gentrification

Recorded live at Tamale House East, we hear from Mexican and Tejano families that built Austin’s food scene.

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October 20, 2026

Conflict Foods: How food and a detention center affect a small town in Texas   

This episode is about conflict foods and what happens when the stress of having children and families detained in a detention center and the role food plays for these families.

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October 13, 2026

Baja Style Tacos, in Texas?

Cristina Everett joins us from Ensenada ATX, the Baja-style food truck her family built on East 12th Street.

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October 6, 2026

Did Taco Bell steal the Taco?

“Yo Quiero Taco Bell”? We explore the roots of a beloved fast food chain that many have come to know and love.

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September 29, 2026

Taco Cousins: Empanadas, Pupusas y más!

From empanadas to pupusas and beyond! We explore the various cultural interpretations on handheld, masa-filled magic.

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September 22, 2026

San Antonio’s Fajita Lounge Showdown

Come with us to San Antonio for the annual Fajita Lounge Showdown, folk! Hear from competitors and Aaron Peña, the mastermind behind the competition.

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September 15, 2026

Black & Indigenous Mexicans: A coming together on food, untold history and rich identities at the Texas Table

Explore how Black, Indigenous, and Mexican histories connect through identity, food, migration in this live-taped episode.

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September 8, 2026

Halal Tacos: A Mexican, a Muslim and a Rancher walk into a taqueria

In today’s episode of Tacos of Texas, we’re talking halal tacos. Yeah, you heard that right. We sit down with chef Jon Escamilla of Vecinos Tacos, the East Austin truck that went full halal and one of his most loyal regulars, Imad Ahmed, the customer who walked up one day and asked the question that […]

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