About the Author
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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Austin Monitor Radio: Travis County mass-gathering permits
Austin Music People Executive Director Jennifer Houlihan and Assistant Travis County Attorney Tom Nuckols join Austin Monitor Publisher Mike Kanin and reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk about the county’s new mass-gathering permit regs. Show is embedded below:
Local Government • By Michael Kanin • Sep 28, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: Austin Mayor Steve Adler
Austin Mayor Steve Adler joins Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about the city of Austin’s fiscal year 2015-16 budget. The show is embedded below:
Austin • By Michael Kanin • Sep 21, 2015
Video: Kanin budget wrap, or the taco index, 9.11 (KXAN)
Monitor Publisher Mike Kanin heads to KXAN for his weekly Council wrap. This week: The budget. Clip is embedded below.
Videos • By Michael Kanin • Sep 11, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: EMS staffing
Austin/Travis County EMS Chief of Staff Jasper Brown and EMS Employees Association head Anthony Marquardt join Austin Monitor reporter Tyler Whitson to discuss staffing issues faced by the agency. Program is embedded below.
Radio • By Michael Kanin • Aug 31, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: The Huffington Post's Jason Cherkis
Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin sits with the Huffington Post’s Jason Cherkis to talk about Cherkis’ work, and the state of media in general. Show is embedded below.
Monitor News & Media • By Michael Kanin • Aug 24, 2015
Video: Council rundown, 8.21 (KXAN)
Monitor Publisher Mike Kanin heads to KXAN for his weekly Council wrap. This week: Short Term Rentals.
Monitor News & Media • By Michael Kanin • Aug 21, 2015
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Video: City Hall public information requests rely on the honor system
Monitor publisher Mike Kanin talks with KXAN’s Sally Hernandez about Sunny Sone’s coverage of how the City of Austin Processes public information requests.
Monitor News & Media • By Michael Kanin • Aug 18, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: Council Member Sheri Gallo
Austin City Council Member Sheri Gallo joins Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about her first months in office, the Bull Creek tract, Austin Oaks PUD, and much more. Show is embedded below.
Austin • By Michael Kanin • Aug 10, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: Imagine Austin BBB
This is the complete audio from the Monitor’s July 27, 2015 BBB, a discussion about Imagine Austin, CodeNEXT, and the economic implications of it all. Panelists are Steven Yarak, Jeff Jack, Jim Robertson, and Jim Duncan. The audio is embedded…
Radio • By Michael Kanin • Aug 3, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: Austin Achieve and charter education
John Armbrust and Emily Morrison join Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about their Austin Achieve charter school and charter education in general. Show is embedded below:
AISD • By Michael Kanin • Jul 27, 2015
Austin Monitor Radio: Planning Commissioners look ahead
City of Austin Planing Commissioners Stephen Oliver and Jean Stevens join Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about the future of the commission. Show is embedded below.
Development • By Michael Kanin • Jul 20, 2015
Audio: Whitson talks bike theft on KUT
KUT’s Nathan Bernier interviews the Austin Monitor’s Tyler Whitson about his bike theft story. Audio is embedded below:
