Central Texas top stories for September 13, 2023. Ken Paxton trial continues. Austin expands parental leave for city employees. Central Health presents budget.
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June 13, 2024
When you’re in the high seas, you’re at the mercy of rogue waves. When you’re in Texas during the summertime, you’re at the mercy of heatwaves. But if you’d prefer to get thrashed around and work up a sweat without ever facing the sun or leaving port, here in Austin we’ve got Rival Waves. Starting […]
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May 10, 2024
Tobias Lund: “Let Me Know” (feat. Phono Magic)
Everyone’s got their favorite blue-eyed soul artists. And sure, it’s technically a derogatory term, but if you’re after some super blue-eyed soul…like so blue-eyed it’s Scandinavian, then look no further than Austin’s Tobias Lund. This is the third time we’ve talked up Tobias, and long story short, the keyboardist-singer’s already shown a ton of talent […]
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May 3, 2024
UT Austin says protesters carried guns and assaulted people. Prosecutors haven’t seen proof.
Despite UT Austin’s claims about weapons and assaults at the recent campus protests, Travis County Attorney Delia Garza says her office hasn’t seen a single charge. She joins KUT’s Jerry Quijano to discuss the ongoing situation.
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April 25, 2024
Nick Taylor: “Dead Land Future”
For native residents of cultural music hubs, the locale’s unique opportunities tend to be taken for granted. But for folks from comparatively podunk parts of the country, the prospect of a potentially transformative emigration is too good to pass up. Yeah, you can draw parallels to those poor Okies’ desperate westward flight from The Grapes […]
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February 25, 2024
Byron Hurt and Althier Eady, pt. 2 (Ep. 13, 2024)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with writer and filmmaker Byron Hurt and Althier Eady, granddaughter of Lee and Liza Hurt, discussing the development and production of Lee and Liza’s Family Tree, Hurt’s documentary film about the history of the Hurt family.
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February 23, 2024
Have you ever wondered about something but didn’t ask about it because you thought it was something you should already know about? You may have worried someone might think less of you for not knowing. It turns out that that happens more often than we’d like to admit mainly because of subtle judgments we may […]
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January 21, 2024
John Saunders and Irv Cross (Ep. 8, 2024)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a look back at African Americans in sports broadcasting in 1987, featuring interviews with the late John Saunders and Irv Cross, pioneers in television sports analysis at a time when African American broadcasters were rare.
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