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Explore black women’s role and portrayal in horror films and literature with University of Texas at San Antonio race, gender and horror scholar Kinitra Brooks. Special guest host La’Kayla Williams also performs DaLyah’s tarot card reading on this hair-raising episode.
October 13, 2025
Judy Blank: “Toy Heart” [Backstage at ACL Fest]
Growing up in the Netherlands, Judy Blank fostered an early love for classic American cinema. She’s married that love with her stamp of DIY-indie eclecticism, sometimes leaning more Americana (something she honed during her brief time as a Nashvillian) and sometimes dreamy indie-pop, but always poetic, seemingly effortless, and marked with that signature Dutch wit […]
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September 27, 2025
Carl Stuart answers caller and texter questions on inheriting real estate and its tax liability, the pros and cons of using a fee-only financial advisor, managing investments –and risk tolerance – on your own, plus Roth IRA rollovers and a whole lot more.
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September 19, 2025
The City of Austin is standing its ground after the Department of Justice says it’s launched an investigation into the city’s hiring practices. The City of Austin is proposing to revamp Sixth Street from I-35 to Brazos. Hays County approved a new budget and tax rate.
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July 29, 2025
Somebody Someone: “The Light” [PREMIERE]
Beautiful melody and raw emotion blend seamlessly into the music of Austin’s Somebody Someone. The alt-indie singer-songwriter doesn’t create high-energy bangers so much as groovy moments, but standstill music all the same. On the new single “The Light,” written at a writer’s retreat out at the pastoral Sonic Ranch out in Tornillo, Texas, their lofty, […]
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July 22, 2025
Acapulco Lips: “Slowly Disappearing”
Seattle psych-surf trio Acapulco Lips have been hypnotizing the Pacific Northwest with their novel blend of surf-rock sounds mixed with old-school girl group bubblegum dazzle all smudged with psych and garage rock fuzz. Their new album Now stays true to the trio’s sound, but moves a full step forward, using thick wool instead of string […]
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July 9, 2025
The husband-and-wife duo Goldpine have been on quite a streak. The Nashvillians have made a name for themselves with accolades and opportunities that include winning the 2022 Rocky Mountain Songwriter contest, several invitations to perform at the Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion, performing the national anthem at a Kansas City Chiefs game, and that’s before […]
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June 27, 2025
“Why?” Life’s biggest question and, really, its most primal. It’s human nature in a word. Canadian, LA-based producer Mocky (credits include Feist and Moses Sumney, and sampled by GZA and Kanye), who has always been dedicated to curiosity and musical evolution, uses this question as the thesis for his new album Music Will Explain (Choir […]
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May 29, 2025
Dom Francis: “Leave Your Shoes At the Door”
A long journey led Dom Francis to Austin. Originally from the northeast, Francis went through a nomadic phase taking up temporary residence in Missouri, Pennsylvania, El Paso, and now Austin. Francis’s stories and experiences in those places, and the places themselves, have all found a place in Francis’s folk-rock-fueled songs. His previous EPs have led […]
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