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Texas Standard: December 20, 2021
Since 2010, more than 380 workers have died in the U.S. due to conditions at work. Deaths which experts say were preventable. The problem of heat-related deaths in the workplace is likely to intensify with climate change and workers of color are disproportionately affected. And what’s being done to curb these deaths? We’ll have the findings of a year long investigation by NPR, The Texas and California Newsrooms, Columbia Journalism Investigations and Public Health Watch, on a special edition of the Texas Standard:
Texas Standard: November 24, 2021
Since 2010, more than 380 workers have died in the U.S. due to conditions at work. Deaths which experts say were preventable. The problem of heat-related deaths in the workplace is likely to intensify with climate change and workers of color are disproportionately affected. And what’s being done to curb these deaths? We’ll have the findings of a year long investigation by NPR, The Texas and California Newsrooms, Columbia Journalism Investigations and Public Health Watch:
Texas Standard: September 10, 2020
The politics of policing part two: the mayor of Austin pushes back against the governor’s call to take a pledge not to defund police. Coming up our conversation with Austin mayor Steve Adler who says characterizations of major cutbacks in the Texas capital city’s police funding amount to GOP politics as usual. We’ll hear more Also, changes to the sex ed curriculum in Texas, LGBTQ students say proposals are woefully inadequate as social conservatives push an abstinence only message. And the threat to a burgeoning industry, Texas wineries teaming up. Those stories and more today on the Texas Standard:
Texas Standard: September 9, 2020
As many Texans struggle to make ends meet in a pandemic, politicians debate what sort of relief to offer. We’ll talk with Senator John Cornyn. Also, among the biggest cities in the US, residents of Houston appear to be facing the toughest challenges when it comes to personal finance and health. We’ll have details from a new survey by NPR and Harvard. Plus the politics of medicine amid a pandemic, how college campuses are trying to curb the spread amid rising COVID-19 numbers, the Fed changes its position on curbing inflation, what that might mean from most everyday folks and more today on the Texas Standard:
Who Did You Call? – Husky Loops
Episode 4 features the London-based, Italian born alt-rockers Husky Loops and the world premiere of their brand new song “Who Did You Call?”. You’ll hear the confession-a tale of friendship, mental illness, and violence-and how lead singer Danio Forni believes Europeans would respond if in a a similar situation. Lastly, Zac and Walker explain how they became friends with a sex worker in Wichita …
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KUT Weekend – November 29, 2019
A last-minute loophole could undermine a Texas law against surprise medical bills. Plus, Hill Country landowners say the energy company Kinder Morgan is lowballing them on land for a natural gas pipeline. And some Texas farmers going all in on hemp. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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KUT Weekend – October 25, 2019
Nobody seems to support Austin’s Proposition A, but we still have to vote on it. Plus, Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen resigns after a secretly made audio recording becomes public. And Austin’s music history is being preserved at a local museum that is opening in a new space this weekend. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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KUT Weekend – November 24, 2017
A new effort in Austin ISD to push for more equal outcomes among black, white and Hispanic kids. Plus, what the Thanksgiving weekend is like for southeast Texans still recovering from Hurricane Harvey. And why the Trump administration is considering a Texas professor to help lead the Census Bureau. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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KUT Weekend – August 18, 2017
The city of Austin has been collecting taxes from unlicensed short-term rentals. Plus, efforts to remove a plaque at the Texas Capitol commemorating the Confederacy. And invasive zebra mussels spread to Lake Austin. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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KUT Weekend – February 10, 2017
Reports of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducting “targeted” raids in Central Texas. A bill that could criminalize sheriffs who don’t cooperate with immigration authorities passes the Texas Senate. How young black men are mentoring students at Kealing Middle School. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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KUT Weekend – November 11, 2016
A round up of local election results. An Austin city council member participates in protests against Donald Trump. Looking deeper at a boom in suburban housing construction. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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This Song: Bob Boilen // Mobley
Bob Boilen, host of NPR’s All Songs Considered wrote a new book called “Your Song Changed My Life,” where he interviewed people about songs that changed their lives. What can we say? Great minds think alike!
Listen as he talks about his own life-changing song — the Beatles “A Day in the Life,” which totally opened his mind up to the expansive capabilities of music and art and informed the kind of musician he would become.
Then Austin artist Mobley explores how Kanye West’s “808’s and Heartbreak” showed him how important emotion and vulnerability in music could be and informed the material for his new EP “Some Other Country” which explores his experience of being a black man in America through songs that sound, at first listen, like songs about someone in a bad relationship.
Check out Bob Boilen’s “Your Song Changed My Life”
Check out Bob Boilen’s website where all his music lives
Watch the only existing video of 80’s era Tiny Desk Unit
Watch Mobley’s video for “Solo”
Watch Mobley’s video for “Swoon”
Check out Mobley’s new EP “Some Other Country”
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KUT Weekend – March 25, 2016
What power do East Austin neighbors have to halt changes brought by development? A mild winter brings Bluebonnets a bit earlier than usual. How one group of cowboys is disrupting the business of rodeo. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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KUT Weekend – February 5, 2016
Four arguments that sum up Austin’s debate over Uber and Lyft. In Austin’s Mueller development, a possible school raises a lot of questions. The candidates vying to replace Central Austin’s Democratic State Rep. Elliot Naishtat agree on many issues. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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Michel Martin Tells Us More (Ep. 49, 2015)
Michel Martin, host of NPR’s weekend edition of “All Things Considered,” discusses the Black Lives Matter movement, her personal and family history, plus what’s next for her.
KUT Weekend – October 23, 2015
Austin’s population growth and housing boom show no signs of slowing….after-school meals at Austin schools….the Delorean’s ties to Texas….a dining guide to Austin and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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KUT Weekend – October 9, 2015
The gender gap at ACL…new smog rules explained….and the history of Jews in Texas! Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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KUT Weekend – September 11, 2015
Low income Austin high school grads struggle to make it to college….feds could withhold funding from cities that “criminalize” homelessness….and what this year’s grape harvest means for Texas wines. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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KUT Weekend – July 10, 2015
Austin’s sidewalk problem and how to fix it….businesses catering to people waiting five hours in line at Franklin BBQ….and why the Austin Music Hall will not be missed by everyone. Those stories and more in this edition of KUT Weekend!
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