March 8, 2013 6:00 am by: Mike Lee
Today on the big 'cast, we're bringing you something from clear on the other side of the cube farm that is the first floor of the KUT Public Media Studios. Texas Music Matters' French Connection had to make the perilous journey from David Brown's cube, which is the sourthernmost work station in the building, all the way over to my cube, which is the northernmost. I can only imagine what an exciting adventure that must have been for this young bit of radio....
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Thanks for stopping by to pick up today's podcast. We hope you find it fresh and tasty and cooked to your liking.
What's on the menu today, you ask? First off, it's a show that's new to us (and therefore, we assume, new to you). It's a cool little thing called The SoCal Byte, which Hawk was excited to find since he's from Southern California himself. This episode is called "A Duck's Worth of Existential Dread," and it's pretty fun.
Then we'll check in with our buddy Rob Rosenthal and his show How Sound. This is the show where Rob takes a behind-the-scenes look at the world of public radio production, and it's usually pretty compelling stuff. On this edition, "The Tale of Lot 180," Rob admits that the piece he's discussing "threw [him] for a loop." From a guy who's... » read more
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Mable John. One of the true living legends in R&B music today, singer, songwriter, producer, actress, and author Mable John was the first female artist signed to Barry Gordy’s Tamla label, which soon changed its...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Randall Kennedy, author of The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency. While many hoped Barack Obama's presidency would usher in a post-racial period in America, Harvard professor of...
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It’s the Friday podcast, featuring all your favorites, I assume. Look, honestly, I don’t know what your favorite stuff is. And I’m really in no position to guess. So let’s just both go ahead and make like the stuff on this podcast is your favorite, okay? We’ll both be happier for it,...
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KUT's
O’Dark 30 is sprinting toward Halloween (we love Halloween) and ready to bring you the very best from the world of independent radio production this week. Every Sunday at midnight on Austin's KUT 90.5 and also at 4pm on digital KUT2 we present 3 hours of a little bit of everything...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Michelle Alexander, author of
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. She...
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On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Sheila Raye Charles. Charles has created her own distinct sound while delivering her intensely inspiring message of hope and love. As a talented singer/songwriter, she has found her voice in acoustic jazz and R & B...
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KUT's
O’Dark 30 is fresh off the Membership Drive and ready to bring you the very best from the world of independent radio production this weekend. Sunday on the show a look at brewing beer at home, KUT's
Portrait of an Artist with Graham Wilkinson, a look inside Chez Panisse...
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If you're a dedicated listener of O'Dark 30, you certainly know by now that Halloween is the unofficial holiday of the big big show. And if you're not a dedicated listener of O'Dark 30, you must be as confused as we are by why you're even reading this post. With that sorted out, let's get on with...
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KUT’s O’Dark 30 is gearing up for its favorite holiday with some of the very best from the world of independent radio production this weekend. Sunday on the show, we’…...
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Here's a little something to put on your ipod: a brand new podcast from your pals at O'Dark. We've got three pieces for you today, including something new from the fine folks at Clever Apes. This edition of the show is called
Toolmakers, and if you don't learn a little something from it,...
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What's all this??!! A podcast on a Thursday? Black magic, I say!
Actually, there's nothing too strange or sinister going on here. We've just decided to give you the Friday podcast a day early, because we are kind and benevolent sorts who love you unconditionally. Also, the only guy who knows how...
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We're really happy that the upstanding citizens over at Chicago's
Clever Apes have finally agreed to let us use their show in our podcasts. And you should be as well, 'cause it's a cool show and it's all about science and stuff, so it's educational too!
That's as good a reason as any to...
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Hey, what's this? A podcast? Fantastic! Let's take a look inside, shall we?
Looks like we've got four delightful pieces of radio for you and your ears today, starting off with
Snowbird Etiquette, a look at the many retirees who travel south every winter to avoid those frigid northern...
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We've got a humdinger of a podcast for all you fine folks today. We'll kick things off with a new edition of our increasingly ubiquitous though still officially semi-regular series,
Portrait of an Artist. This time out, we're featuring choreographer and dancer Allison Orr, whose
Trash...
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