Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin talks with University of Calgary Professor Eliot Tretter about his new book, Shadows of a Sunbelt City: The Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy in Austin. Sponsored by Austin Water. Post is embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/261814869″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
Michael Kanin
Mike Kanin is the Publisher of the Austin Monitor. As such, he doesn't report on much--aside from the workings of the Monitor--any more. In his previous life as a freelance journalist, Kanin has written for the Washington City Paper, the Washington Post's Express, the Boston Herald, Boston's Weekly Dig, the Austin Chronicle, and the Texas Observer.
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TickTock: Austin City Council meeting 4.21.2016
TickTock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Austin Monitor reporter Caleb Pritchard’s Twitter feed from City Council. Click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding tweets. ITEMS 4 5 6 11 12 17 18 24 33 35 36 39 40 Tick Tock Participants: cubbie9000 181 joethepleb 3 muelleratx 3 texmexjunkie 2 slyarak 2 PAONCO […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Transportation BBB
This is the recording of our April 5 transportation discussion with State Senator Kirk Watson and Austin City Council Member Ann Kitchen. Post is embedded below. The evening was sponsored by the Downtown Austin Alliance. Austin Monitor Radio is brought to you by Austin Water. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/260635507″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Don Zimmerman
Austin City Council Member Don Zimmerman joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about abstentions, annexation, and the rest of his term-so-far. Sponsored by Austin Water. Post is embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/258030852″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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TickTock: Austin City Council meeting 4.7.2016
TickTock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from City Council. Click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding tweets. ITEMS 6 7 9 16 17 19 23 32 34 Tick Tock Participants: MKanin 219 nanieneavel 1 DanKeshet 1 Thursday, April 07, 2016 9AM Checking in from #atxcouncil. […]
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TickTock: Austin City Council Meeting 3.31.2016
TickTock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from City Council. Click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding tweets. ITEMS 4 11 13 16 19 20 29 51 55 66 67 Tick Tock Participants: MKanin 118 lubomudrov 1 cubbie9000 1 LegiSteve 1 Thursday, March 31, 2016 9AM […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Arif Panju
Sometimes-controversial Historic Landmark Commissioner Arif Panju joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about historic zoning in the City of Austin. Sponsored by Austin Water. Post is embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/256957647″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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Publisher’s Note: Whispers, more sponsorships, and Watson and Adler on transportation
A couple of small changes, more Web sponsorships, and some event announcements to get to here: First: We’re moving Whispers. Not far, just behind a new button that you’ll find on the front page of the site. We’ve struggled a bit to figure out the section’s place in our now-not-so-new home. Those who remember the […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Matt Mackowiak
Travis County GOP Vice Chair Matt Mackowiak joins Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about the organization’s controversial new chair, and the question of how it could remove him. Show is embedded below. Sponsored by Austin Water. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/255419080″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
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TickTock: Austin City Council Meeting 3.24.2016
TickTock is the sortable-by-item-number transcript of Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin’s Twitter feed from City Council. Click on the item number to scroll to the corresponding tweets. ITEMS 6 14 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 41 42 43 44 45 46 53 […]
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Kanin on Council: anti-discrimination, fair hiring ordinances passed in labor-focused meeting
The Austin Monitor‘s Michael Kanin speaks with KUT’s Jennifer Stayton about the Austin City Council’s passage of two labor-centric items – one to bolster anti-discrimination in the workplace and another that would prevent employers from asking prospective employees about their criminal background until later in the hiring process. Post is embedded below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/254987917″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” […]
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Austin Monitor Radio: Austin Resource Recovery budget concerns
Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin sits down first with Austin Resource Recovery director Bob Gedert to discuss budget concerns raised by the city’s Zero Waste Advisory Commission (ZAWC). Then Kanin sits with Zero Waste Advisory Commission (ZWAC) chair Gerry Acuna and former chair Rick Cofer to discuss those same issues. Sponsored by Austin Water. Show […]