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Tuesday Podcast 4/9/13

April 9, 2013 9:22 am by: Mike Lee

If I know the O'Dark audience, and I think I do, you're all staring at the computer screen and wondering if anyone on the O'Dark team has a sister with a birthday today. Yes, as a matter of fact! Thanks for asking. And happy birthday, Melinda! We've got a nice little 'cast for you today, full of homegrown talent. We'll kick it off with installment numero dos of Delta State, the new Spike Gillespie commentary series. What's Spike commenting upon today? Tune in and find out! Then it's the latest edition of Rabbi Neil Blumofe's Liner Notes. Neil knows more about jazz than any other rabbi we're personally acquainted with, and today he'll be telling you about Thelonious Monk, who's a better jazz musician than any other monk we're personally acquainted with. And then we'll wrap things up with Fresh Talk, from independent producer Cathy Byrd. Cathy's been helping out with the KUT news department lately, so she's become an unofficial (by which we mean...
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O’Dark 30 Full Episode #175

It's been hours since the latest episode of O'Dark 30 aired, so we know you're probably aching to hear it again. We're here to help, as always, so we're giving you a chance to listen to the big big show once again (or twice or even thrice if you really want to). We'll bring you new installments of O'Dark standards 99% Invisible, How Sound, Liner Notes, and Bonjour Chanson, plus some great stuff from Ireland's RTE Radio One and WHRV in Norfolk, Virginia. And we'll throw in a few other surprises as well, 'cause hey, why not? Fair warning, though, if you're playing this show to get a three-hour break from the KUT/KUTX membership drive. You're gonna hear a bit of pitching during this show, too. It's not too much, and we try to keep it low key, but...
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Tuesday Podcast 6/5/12

We've been big supporters of The Intergalactic Nemesis for years around here, and this week, since we're looking forward to Friday's premiere of The Intergalactic Nemesis Book Two: Robot Planet Rising at the Long Center, we're in full-on Nemesis mode. If you haven't yet...
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Friday Podcast 6/1/12

It's the first podcast of June! It's getting to be the time of year in Austin when it's just too hot to be in the out of doors, so feel free to listen to this 'cast in the comfort of your air conditioned home or apartment. Or, if you live in a cooler climate, pop on your headphones while lounging...
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In Black America

In Black America Podcast: Financial Em...

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Dennis Kimbro, nationally acclaimed author, professor at Clark Atlanta University School of Business Administration, and head of CAU’s CEO Academy. Few...
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Tuesday Podcast 5/22/12

A happy May Tuesday to you all! It's starting to feel like summer up in here, what with the hot weather and the blockbuster movies coming out. But why spend all that money going to the movies when you can listen to this podcast for free? Sure, it's nothing like a movie, but it'll eat up some time...
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Friday Podcast 5/18/12

Hello good people and welcome to the Friday podcast. We've got two little slices of radio pie for you today, both from a recent episode of the big big show. We'll kick things off with an episode of Saltcast, the show that later became HowSound. Both incarnations of this show...
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In Black America

In Black America Podcast: IAAF Hall of...

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympic champion and philanthropist. Having been dubbed ‘The Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century’ by » read more

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Friday Podcast 5/11/12

We're podcasting live from the KUT Capital Campaign Command Center, which is the name I just came up with for the room where all the volunteers sit and answer phones during our current drive. We're in the last day of our special five-day Capital Campaign drive, raising the last bit of money we need...
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In Black America

In Black America Podcast: The Singer A...

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Doug Carter, author of The Black Elvis: Jackie Wilson. They called him “Mr. Excitement,” and indeed Jackie Wilson was a gifted singer of considerable range and an athletic showman who commanded a stage like few...
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Tuesday Podcast 5/29/12

We're quite pleased to be be bringing you the first installment of Storytime at the Cactus on today's podcast. This is a cool new show produced by KUT's own Angela Maldonaldo, who brought together a few of her favorite folks to tell stories at the Cactus Café recently. This first edition...
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Friday Podcast 5/25/12

There's some dispute in the geek world over the true date of Star Wars Day. Some contend that it's May 4 (you know, "May the fourth be with you") and some swear by May 25, which is the day that the original Star Wars debuted in 1977. Me, I'm happy to celebrate my love of Star Wars any day...
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In Black America

In Black America Podcast: Dare To Take...

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents his second, and final, discussion with the Honorable Glenda A. Hatchett, author of Dare To Take Charge: How To Live Life on Purpose. Hatchett has seen more...
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Tuesday Podcast 5/15/12

Hey, you know what our host Hawk Mendenhall really likes? Riding bikes. You know what else he likes? His friends (he seems indifferent at best toward his co-workers, though). That's why he recently devoted an entire O'Dark episode to talking about how much he loves riding bikes with his little...
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Episode 127

Just when you thought O'Dark couldn't get any more self-indulgent, we go and put together a show like episode 127. This one's all about things with two wheels, with a few episodes of Two Wheels to Nowhere, Too Curvy with Not Enough Shoulder, How to Fix a Flat Bicycle...
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In Black America

In Black America Podcast: The Humility...

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Yiesha Beamon, founder of The Humility Project. The project started as a simple thought some years ago after Beamon was looking through a box full of memories...
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