November 22, 2011 3:10 pm by: Mike Lee

Image by Michael Lee
KUT’s O’Dark 30 puts the capper on a Thanksgiving holiday weekend with more of the very best from the world of independent radio production. Sunday on the show you can enjoy KUT’s Views and Brews: Early 70s Radio and the American Format Revolution where you’ll hear all about the James Taylor controversy, there’s also a KUT Portait of an Artist with 88-yr old pole-vaulter Adolph Hoffman and a great new comedy variety program from Portland called Live Wire. And if that’s not enough, even though it really should be, there will also be much, much more.
It’s O’Dark 30 Sunday night at midnight on KUT and/or Sunday afternoon at 4 on Digital KUT2.
Don’t head into this thing unprepared, though! Get ready for the big show with this cartoon preview:
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If you're anything like us, and we certainly are, congratulations. Also, if you're anything like us, you've got a a long road trip coming up in the next couple of days because you're driving somewhere to eat turkey with your family. Assuming that's the case, we've prepared an extra-long podcast for you today so you won't get bored and tired on your journey.
Clocking in at a whopping 92 minutes, this podcast would qualify as a feature-length film if it wasn't an audio-only podcast instead of a movie. We're happy to serve up a brand new edition of Snap Judgment for you; this is the "Spaceman" edition, which is exciting for Chief Double Secret Senior Executive Producer Mike Lee, because he loves outer space the way host Hawk Mendenhall loves ghosts, which is to say "too... » read more
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George Jenkins is their head coach.
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Growing up here, Jon’s seen a lot of changes in the city.
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Loren Berlin’s got a little thing for winged mammals.
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You say you’ve never had a nice bottle of Chateau Millway? Then you should get to know K C Dignan.
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Grackles aren’t just noisy. They’re also wily.
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Marathon runner Leslie Forbes trains with her dog Romeo.
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She loves it so much she’s writing a book about it.
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Gary Thomas went to school in Austin thirty-five years ago, and he recently moved back to town.
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Jon Pattillo’s family has been in Austin for nine generations. One of his ancestors has a dubious claim to fame.
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Also, he’s got an amusing anecdote about Willie Nelson.
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Longtime Austinite Chris Corsbie has a bathtub on his front porch.
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What one sound best represents Central Texas? For Scott Byram, it’s the sound of grackles.
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Margaraet Valenti loves barbecue.
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I mean, she really loves barbecue.
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