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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.


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September 30, 2024

Remembering songwriter, actor and outlaw legend Kris Kristofferson

Though it’s not clear how many Texans don’t yet know who they’ll vote for, there are plenty of questions about who will get to vote at all. A closer look at challenges to voting rolls across Texas.New lawsuits suggest the 2021 winter blackouts may have had a man-made cause: market manipulation.Fort Martin Scott, a 19th […]

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September 13, 2024

KUT Afternoon Newscast for September 13, 2024

Central Texas top stories for September 13, 2024. Elon Musk reported to be behind effort to oust Travis DA in 2024 primary. Hays Co charges three 6th graders for threatening online posts. Samsung gives $200,000 to ACC for semiconductor program. Big expansion for Austin community getting people out of homelessness. Busy weekend of events around Downtown […]

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August 23, 2024

KUT Afternoon Newscast for August 23, 2024

Central Texas top stories for August 23, 2024. Hottest week of the year easing up. Another heat-driven power outage in Austin. Over irrigation causes water shortage. Restraining order in Austin Charter amendments suit. Austin ISD closer to settlement in special ed suit. Leander ISD to teach kids to be sports officials. Austin FC on the […]

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August 8, 2024

Caleb De Casper: “Sik Culture” (prod. Ribongia)

Austin Pride 2024 is tomorrow! As much as we appreciate living in a city progressive enough to even host such a thing, we’re doubly thankful for the cavalcade of LGBTQ+ creators representing Queer culture throughout our city limits. In that vein, we gotta give another shout out to our June 2022 Artist of the Month […]

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August 7, 2024

Elegant Tiger: “Venus Nights”

Lions. Leopards. Lynx. Our ancestors rightfully had a lot to fear from those primitive predators, and as such us humans have adopted the notion that all big cats are ferocious felines. But in an era where these beautiful species are more endangered than danger, we’ve got to appreciate the intrinsic elegance of what are ostensibly […]

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July 16, 2024

This Is My Thing: Sword Fighting!

On this episode of ‘This Is My Thing,’ we’ll talk with Anna Beard about her love of swords and sword fighting.

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July 1, 2024

Jenny Parrott: “When I’m In Need of a Loving God”

Omnichord milestones seem to come once every couple decades. Just look at the space between Eurythmics’ “Love Is a Stranger”, Gorillaz’ “Clint Eastwood”, and Meshell Ndegeocello’s Grammy-winning The Omnichord Real Book from last year. From those big three alone, we think it’s fair to say this kooky little electronic contraption’s not just a novelty. Instead […]

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June 28, 2024

Ray Prim: “The Joker”

You can be a valedictorian classically trained vocalist. You can work with the best producers. You can run circles around your songwriting contemporaries. But one thing you can’t fake, no matter how much work you put into it, is a natural sense of soul. That’s why Ray Prim is such an Austin treasure. Heck, he […]

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