A look at “gay reparative therapy” endorsed by the Texas Republican Party….Mayor Leffingwell makes his case for spending millions on urban rail….and Austin’s code compliance officers cracking down. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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KUT Weekend – June 13, 2014
Governor Perry criticized for comparing gays to alcoholics….Dove Springs residents tell us how to help their neighborhood….and the Texas craft beer industry marks its 20th anniversary. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend.
KUT Weekend – May 30, 2014
What happens when Austin runs out of water….middle school principal tries to turn school around….and what to new Texas drinks to try this summer. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
KUT Weekend – May 23, 2014
Major demographic shifts make Austin a fastest growing city but the percentage of African Americans in the city is declining….why are foster kids being fed psychotropic drugs….and paying for a $1.4 billion urban rail system. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
KUT Weekend – May 16, 2014
Gentrification in one of Austin’s poorest neighborhoods….Republicans go negative in Railroad Commissioner race….unlikely Austin friends who met because of desegregation. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
KUT Weekend – May 9, 2014
Austin middle school defies teen pregnancy trends….Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate differ sharply….and cooking food in the Hill Country. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
KUT Weekend – April 25, 2014
Overhauling the agency overseeing water supplies in Texas…..Governor Perry’s presidential campaign could hit major hurdle….Dallas chef Tim Love on Texas dining trends. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
KUT Weekend – April 11, 2014
How oil cleanup can harm ecosystems….historical architects look to preserve rapidly changing Austin….and a look back at Jim Crow-era Texas. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
KUT Weekend – April 4, 2014
Shooting at Fort Hood….Republican women defend their party….helping kids deal with food allergies at school. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
V&B: Primate Social Behavior
Views and Brews joined Hot Science-Cool Talks for this special edition on primate social behavior. Listen back to Doctors Anthony DiFiore and Rebecca Lewis, both biological anthropologists at the University of Texas at Austin who study several species of primates and primate social behavior, as they talk with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy about the what we have in common with monkeys and apes, how they got into the field, and what to look out for in the years to ahead.
KUT Weekend – March 21, 2014
Why Texas farmers are planting more and more cotton. How much does citizen input REALLY matter for city projects? And three grisly murders at Lake Waco 30 years ago continue to raise questions. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend.
KUT Weekend – March 14, 2014
Man plows into crowded street at SXSW….what happens when businesses ignore SXSW…and a fungus that may save us all. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
KUT Weekend – March 7, 2014
Business Republicans delivered a blow in Texas primaries….labor law and the army of South by Southwest volunteers….and Austin’s Mondo gallery hopes to make a big splash during SXSW. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
V&B: Cowboy Poetry Set to Music
Graphic designer DJ Stout and Austin-based composer and pianist Graham Reynolds talk about their collaboration that illustrates the power of regionalism and the beauty of home on a global stage. Stout of Pentagram, the world’s largest independent design consultancy, will discuss his latest publication featuring cowboy poets from West Texas, as Reynolds performs a live score along with the presentation. This will be a version of the performance they gave at the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town in February 2014.
Along with their presentation they’ll talk about what it means to bring your home and your place into your work, however international it may be. Why is it important to “go back to your roots”? What is the role of home and history is 21st Century graphic design? What was the reception in Cape Town to this Texas project?
KUT Weekend – February 28, 2014
Texas gay marriage ban ruled unconstitutional….Greg Abbott brushes off Ted Nugent backlash….and sound engineers try to bend the laws of physics. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
V&B: The Great War and Its Legacy, 100 Years Later
In partnership with the Harry Ransom Center, Views and Brews discussed the recent exhibition “The World at War, 1914–1918.” The exhibit marks the centenary of the start of World War I, and seeks to recover the deeply personal experience of the war.
Listen back as Rabbi Neil Blumofe and Ransom Center curators Elizabeth Garver and Jean Cannon join KUT’s Rebecca McInroy to explore the layered causes, complicated effects and penetrating propaganda of a war that forever changed our relationship to grief, industry, faith and one another.
KUT Weekend – February 21, 2014
Fracking and earthquakes, and the politics behind them…..inside the world of political opposition research….and five new places to eat in Round Rock. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
KUT Weekend – February 14, 2014
Stealth dorms, the rising cost of Texas barbeque, and what does an Attorney General do? Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend. Subscribe at https://weekend.kut.org
V&B: Steven Weinberg – A Life in Science
Steven Weinberg is Nobel laureate in Physics and theoretical physicist who is an outspoken thinker on topics ranging from nuclear weapons to atheism. Join KUT’s Rebecca McInroy as she sits down with Weinberg to talk about the extraordinary life and career of one of the greatest minds of the 20th century.
KUT Weekend – February 7, 2014
Wendy Davis supports open-carry….why so many people on parole end up in Dove Springs….and a local restaurant critical pans a downtown cantina. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!