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Preservation Austin has been our city’s leading nonprofit voice for historic preservation since 1953. We promote a culture where our historic landmarks, neighborhoods, and iconic venues and businesses are valued and protected. These places shape Austin’s unique character, making it unlike anywhere else in Texas or beyond. They inform our identity, defining our sense of place and civic pride. By ce...

"Higher Ed" took the show on the road earlier this year and taped a few podcast episodes in front of an audience at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. In this episode of the KUT podcast "Higher Ed," Southwestern University President Dr. Ed Burger and KUT's Jennifer Stayton discuss the journey to discovering one's true calling or "vocation." That word is often used to denote a job or pro...

A psychological study with null results is less likely to be published than one with surprising results, so it's no wonder researchers tailor and conduct experiments with a preferred outcome in mind. So why is it so difficult to replicate a popular study around the time of its initial publication? In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke discuss the replication cr...

As a descendant of the legendary songstress and actress Lena Horne, and the niece of the great singer/songwriter Cleveland Horne of the “Fantastic Four.” Horne has the perfect pedigree – and has left her mark around the world. But her singing talent is only the tip of the iceberg. Horne is a representative for a beer company, luxury furriers, and celebrity spokesperson and model for a major auto m...

The musical "Catch Me If You Can" is currently onstage at Georgetown Palace Theater. Like the 2002 movie, it’s inspired by the life of Frank Abagnale, Jr., who, starting at age 16, passed himself off as a doctor, a lawyer, and a pilot. Rachel Britain is the marketing director for the theater and Hal Roberts stars as Frank.

As tax day nears, it's not a bad idea to look at our spending habits. Typically when we experience a windfall, we tend to spend more. When we come up short, we spend less. So although objectively we should maintain an average amount of spending, our financial habits continue to be influenced by how much we have at the moment. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Du...

Anyone who knows Brooks – knows she is a passionate person. She’s passionate about minority and women’s issues and small businesses, the national association of Black Journalists, and SRB Communications.

Salvage Vanguard Theater is currently presenting "Antigonick," poet Anne Carson's modern translation of "Antigone ". Actors Paige Tautz and Jay Byrd and director Diana Small talk about the production.

Dating back to when we were kids, two weeks into the future seems a lot longer than two weeks in the past. Even as adults we know two weeks is the same length regardless of when it takes place and yet we still experience this asymmetrical mindset. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke discuss asymmetry between the past and future.

The panels, parties and pop-up events that have flooded Austin during South by Southwest 2019 continue for a few more days. Just as that ends, Spring Break begins. Time, money and ease of access are some of the factors that govern whether we participate in any of that. And if we don’t, we can fall prey to “fear of missing out” or “fomo" - that fear that other people are involved in something so mu...

A recent study conducted by Brooms concludes that Black male initiative programs enhance Black male students’ sense of belonging and success in college. Brooms studied Black male students from three different educational institutions and found that their out-of-class involvement in BMI programs strengthened their sense of community. According to the study – African American male students are often...

Kim Tran and Linzy Beltran are the two members of the sketch comedy troupe Glam Fam, and they’re currently presenting their show "Feeling Myself" at Coldtowne Theater.

"Higher Ed" recently took the show on the road and taped a few podcast episodes in front of an audience at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. In this episode of the KUT podcast "Higher Ed," Southwestern University President Dr. Ed Burger and KUT's Jennifer Stayton discuss the topic of "helicopter" parents with an audience of - yes - parents and students. Ed and Jennifer took questions a...

We've covered what signal detection theory is, so how does it come up when we assign labels to behaviors that could be considered "micro aggressions"? Are there significant benefits to these labels? In the second episode of this two-part conversation, Dr. Bob Duke and Dr. Art Markman continue their discussion on signal detection.

For our Monday, March 11, 2019 meeting the KUT Book Club will be discussing Eddie Wilson and Jesse Sublett's book "Armadillo World Headquarters: A Memoir." Wilson and Sublett will join the discussion as we dive into the colorful history of the Armadillo and Austin's evolution as the "Live Music Capital of the World." The KUT Book Club meets on the third floor of BookPeople at 603 N. Lamar in Austi...

Nathan Araya has been dubbed the “voice for the Diaspora generation.." He is dedicated to improving lives around the world through inspiring and compelling stories of life and culture. Born and raised in Garland, TX, Araya has a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing.

Join guest host KUT’s Ben Philpott along with political analyst Matthew Dowd, Texas Tribune Editor-in-Chief Emily Ramshaw Hartstein, and KUT’s Sr. Reporter Audrey McGlinchy to talk border wall, public school funding, affordable housing, and more.

Join KUT’s Rebecca McInroy along with KUT’s senior producer Michael Lee, Composer Sam Lipman, and sound designer Carolina Perez, to talk about editing sound for picture or podcast, the ethics of production, and how to build on powerful stories using sound.

[Recorded on Election Night of the 2018 midterms] KUT's Rebecca McInroy joins playwright Kirk Lynn and Poet Roger Reeves, to talk about the subversive histories ghosts allow us to remember and how they do so much more than give us a scare.

Saxophonist Stan Getz and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie are both legends in their own right, but what connects the two may be deeper than you think. In this edition of Views & Brews, KUT's Rebecca McInroy joins Rabbi and jazz historian Neil Blumofe for a conversation on Diz & Getz, and a live jazz quintet performs select tunes.

Through his innovative post-bop, fusion and soul jazz, guitarist Pat Martino overcame a memory crisis and focused on the present to rediscover his technique. In this edition of Liner Notes, jazz historian and Rabbi Neil Blumofe recollects Pat Martino, his struggle with amnesia, and how he re-learned his iconic technique.

A practitioner of Texas tenor saxophone style, David "Fathead" Newman's big, soulful, bluesy performances have the ability to tap into our primordial self and sense of feeling alive. On this week's Liner Notes, jazz historian and Rabbi Neil Blumofe guides us through the career of saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman.

Rhythm and blue architect and Birdland opening night band member Oran Thaddeus "Hot Lips" Page was never well known, but undeniably an influential journeyman. On the most recent edition of KUTX's Liner Notes, Rabbi and jazz historian Neil Blumofe guides us through the career of trumpeter and vocalist "Hot Lips" Page.

The Secret Ingredient is "Prison Labor on Farms." You might not expect where prison-produced food may show up! Listen back as agriculture farmer and former inmate Jahi Ellis guides the conversation on food production in prison along with Raj Patel, Tom Philpott and Rebecca McInroy.

A "Higher Ed" podcast listener wrote in with a question about, as he asked, "the proliferation of so-called 'trigger warnings,' safe spaces, and demonstrations that aim to force administrators to cancel an invitation to a speaker because their ideas are controversial." In this episode of the KUT podcast "Higher Ed," Southwestern University President Dr. Ed Burger and KUT's Jennifer Stayton discuss...