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Austin Monitor Radio: District 1 candidate Lewis Conway Jr.
This week, District 1 City Council candidate Lewis Conway Jr. sits down with Austin Monitor editor Elizabeth Pagano and freelancer Caleb Pritchard for a conversation about why he’s running for office, why there is some question about whether he can serve…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Feb 5, 2018
Austin Monitor Radio: Mayoral candidate Laura Morrison
This week, former City Council member and current mayoral candidate Laura Morrison joins Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard and editor Elizabeth Pagano to explain why she is running for office, and how she differs from current Mayor Steve Adler. Get…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Jan 22, 2018
Austin Monitor Radio: Getting multimodal with ATD
In this week’s edition of the Austin Monitor‘s radio show, Austin Transportation Department Active Transportation Program Manager Laura Dierenfield and Nathan Wilkes, street designer and network planner, sit down with Caleb Pritchard to talk about the city’s multimodal plans for the…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Jan 15, 2018
Austin Monitor Radio: APD contracts, the union
This week, Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday joins Austin Monitor freelancer Jack Craver for a discussion about City Council’s recent vote against a new Austin Police Department contract, where things stand now and next steps now that negotiations have…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Jan 8, 2018
Austin Monitor Radio: APD contracts, the critics
In this edition of Austin Monitor Radio, editor Elizabeth Pagano sits down with Chas Moore of the Austin Justice Coalition and Kathy Mitchell from the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition to talk about City Council’s unanimous rejection of the Austin Police…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Jan 8, 2018
Austin Monitor Radio: Sounds of the city
This week, we try something a little different. Kicking off the Thanksgiving holiday, Austin Monitor editor Elizabeth Pagano struggled to find music that tackles Austin’s issues and songs that celebrate City Hall. Did she succeed? Tune in to the fairly…
Radio • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 27, 2017
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Austin Monitor Radio: Looking for the next city manager with Elizabeth Findell
This week, Austin American-Statesman reporter Elizabeth Findell sits down with Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard and editor Elizabeth Pagano to talk about the (sometimes very exciting) search for Austin’s next city manager. Though City Council voted to release the names…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Nov 13, 2017
Austin Monitor Radio: The trouble with bonds
This week, Roger Falk from the Travis County Taxpayers Union and bond critic John Goldstone join Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard and editor Liz Pagano to talk about their problems with (and praise for!) the upcoming bond election. To hear…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Oct 23, 2017
Austin Monitor Radio: Travis County bond election
This week, Mike Clark-Madison and John Langmore join Austin Monitor freelance reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk about the county’s upcoming bond election. The show is embedded below, and more information about the election is available on the county’s website or…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Oct 16, 2017
Austin Monitor Radio: MoPac!
This week, Austin Monitor freelance reporter Caleb Pritchard sits down with Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority Director of Community Relations Steve Pustelnyk to talk about all things MoPac: milestones, delays, tolls and all the details you’ve been dying to know…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Oct 9, 2017
Austin Monitor Radio: Bonds with AISD
This week, Kevin Schwartz, who is Austin Independent School District’s technology officer for learning and systems, sits down with Austin Monitor freelancer Joseph Caterine to talk about the upcoming bond election. To hear all about why there is a bond…
Radio • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 2, 2017
Austin Monitor Radio: CodeNEXT with Community Not Commodity
This week, Community Not Commodity’s Michael Wong and Barbara McArthur join Austin Monitor editor Liz Pagano to talk CodeNEXT. The discussion, which tackles the second draft of the code, how the rewrite could negatively impact neighborhoods and why the group…