Uncategorized

Uncategorized > All Episodes

May 7, 2015

The Ticket: Hillary Clinton Officially Joins the 2016 Race; Ep. 3

By: Ben Philpott

This week on The Ticket: We’ll break down the presidential announcement video from Hillary Clinton and interview Garry Mauro, a 4-term Texas Land Commissioner, state campaign director for multiple presidential candidates, and unofficial (for now) worker on the Clinton 2016 campaign.

The Ticket, a weekly presidential podcast from KUT News and the Texas Tribune hosted by KUT’s Ben Philpott and the Tribune’s Jay Root, breaks down the week’s campaign action and brings you interviews with people who make a living working on, covering or commenting on the political campaigns.


Episodes

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 […]

Listen

May 9, 2025

KUT Afternoon Newscast for May 9, 2025 

Central Texas top stories for May 9, 2025. Lawyers say Austin woman whose U.S. citizen were deported with her have the right to return. Temporary fix for Travis County 4H program after Americorps cuts. Hays County Jail now has publicly accessible Narcan vending machine. Rain brings drought relief to some areas easy and northeast of […]

Listen

March 23, 2025

Mike Jackson, pt. 2 (Ep. 17, 2025)

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Mike Jackson, Emmy and Tony Award-winning film, theater and television producer, host of the new podcast Why Not Me? and co-founder and managing partner with John Legend of Get Lifted Film Co., developing projects for major networks including […]

Listen

March 14, 2025

Maxwell Knowles: “Monsters”

If coffee house ambiance had the same moderately caffeinated energy their beverages do, that would illustrate the energy of Austin alt-pop artist Maxwell Knowles. The bouncing basslines, playful piano melodies, and his suave, baritone voice create a sound that’s interesting and comforting at the same time. Even with a song called “Monsters.” Knowles releases “Monsters” […]

Listen

March 9, 2025

Michelle Adams, pt. 2 (Ep. 15, 2025)

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Michelle Adams, Professor of Law at The University of Michigan Law School, and author of Containment: Detroit, The Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North, discussing the epic social and legal struggle to integrate […]

Listen

February 11, 2022

Trailer: The Austin Transportation Podcast

The Austin Transportation Podcast examines the issues around mobility in the ATX with a focus on how people’s everyday lives are shaped by the decisions of government. Whether you’re sitting on I-35 or MOPAC every day, using alternatives like Capital Metro and scooters, or plodding along a trail, we look at the challenges of getting […]

Listen

June 12, 2018

I Rise (Ep. 11)

Happy Pride! This week we speak to African-American Transgender author Toni Newman, Executive Director of St. James Infirmary, about being a proud, Black Southern transgender woman. Self-Taught local illustrator and comic artist Ethan Parker talks about his work rooted at the social causes at the intersections of black womanhood in the queer and trans communities. […]

Listen

May 22, 2018

Conversations with Momma San (Ep. 10)

DaLyah talks sex, black, Southern identity, life advice for those 20-somethings and how to not get fired from Burger King with her own mom in this short bonus episode.

Listen