O Dark 30

Tuesday Podcast 1/10/12

January 10, 2012 10:03 am by: Mike Lee

Photo by Michael Lee.

Is it Tuesday already? Seems like only yesterday it was just Monday. Oh well. Life moves on, and so does the O'Dark podcast. We've got a big steaming pile of radio for your ears today, so listen up, buttercup! We'll kick things off with the New Year's Eve edition of Portland's "Live Wire! Radio." As you'll hear Hawk mention in the 'cast, we were only eight days late airing this episode, which means we're now ten days late podcasting it. Sorry about that. But really, is it ever to late to listen to the New Year's Eve edition of anything? Legally, no. We checked. "Live Wire!" makes up the entree in tonight's radio feast, and for dessert we'll bring you a little something from everyone's favorite Seattle-based independent radio producer, Jake Warga. Jake took an all-American roadtrip along Route 66, and this piece chronicles his adventures in New Mexico. Enjoy!...
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In Black America

In Black America Podcast: Before Brown: Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall and the Long Road to Justice with Gary M. Lavergne – Part II

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents his second, and final, discussion with Gary M. Lavergne, author of Before Brown: Heman Marion Sewatt, Thurgood Mrashall and the Long Road to Justice. It is generally known that Sweatt was a mail carrier from Houston who applied for admission to UT Law School in February 1946 and that UT President Theophilus S. Painter followed Texas’ constitution, statutes, and an attorney general’s opinion and rejected Sweatt’s application on account of his race. What some may not know is that Sweatt was integral to an NAACP master plan aimed at breaking down racial segregation in education. Or that UT was selected as the target school in part because students at the time overwhelmingly favored integration. Or that if...
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Sonic ID

Soundscape: Austin Aircoolers

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Joyce Snodgrass is one of the many aircooled vehicle enthusiasts who gather monthy on South Congress Avenue. ...
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Soundscape: Chickens at Boggy Creek Fa...

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Marc Airhart visits Boggy Creek Farm for the produce and the chickens. ...
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Soundscape: Gong

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Rich Goldstein (aka Raghurai) of Yoga Yoga loves the sound of the gong. ...
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Soundscape: The Seas rehearse

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Austin band The Seas rehearses in an Eastside storage unit on a typical Wednesday night. ...
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Soundscape: Animatronic LBJ

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum features, among other things, a life-size, talking, animatronic replica of the late president. ...
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Soundscape: ROT Rally Weekend

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Tom from Murphy, Texas was recently in town for the annual ROT Rally. ...
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Soundscape: Barton Creek

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Native Austinite Betsy Pilkington retired (from KUT!) two years ago, and now she has time to rediscover Barton Creek. ...
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Soundscape: Barton Springs

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Colin Clark presents the sounds of Barton Springs. ...
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Soundscape: Doorbell

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Talbot’s house doesn’t have a typical, boring doorbell. It’s a little something extra. ...
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Soundscape: Reel mower

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Mark Wells uses an old-fashioned, human-powered reel mower to cut his grass. ...
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Soundscape: Fiddle practice

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Gail Woods hears her son Clif practicing Irish fiddle most days. ...
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Soundscape: Blanco Bowling Club

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Arlen Dowty, manager of the Blanco Bowling Club, presents the sound of the lanes. ...
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Soundscape: Santa Rita No. 1

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Buzz Buck shares the sound of the constant tape loop that tells the story of the Santa Rita Number One. ...
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