The BG Podcast

(RUN TIME - 14:48) Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today's episode features returning guest, Austin City Council Member Jimmy Flannigan (District 6). He and A.J. discuss the member's omnibus resolution, Item 91, developed in response to the dual impact of SXSW's cancellation and COVID-19. S...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. On today’s episode Bingham Group CEO A.J. speaks with Marissa Patton, Associate Legislative Director, Texas Farm Bureau. Marissa provides an update on the state of Texas’s hemp policy following the passage of HB 1325 (Relating to the production and regulation...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. On today’s episode Bingham Group CEO A.J. speaks with Erica Blue, CEO of The Austin Sunshine Camps (ASC). Founded in 1928 by the Young Men’s Business League of Austin (YMBL), ASC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that has opened a world of possibilities to the youth...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. On today’s episode Bingham Group CEO A.J. speaks with Kahron (like the book) Spearman, a features writer and critic with The Austin Chronicle, as well as a freelance writer. In a wide ranging discussion covers impact of land development on Austin’s culture, t...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. On today’s episode Bingham Group CEO A.J. speaks with Austin development legend Perry Lorenz. Perry has been involved in some of Austin’s significant downtown condominium and mixed use projects. The discussion weaves in Perry’s path to real estate development...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. On today's episode we visit with Emily Blair, Executive Vice President, Austin Apartment Association. Most recently CEO for the Home Builders Associatio of Greater Austin, Emily assumed leadership of the Austin Apartment Association in January 2019. Emily and...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. On today's episode we visit with our Atlanta-based colleague, Howard Franklin. Howard is Managing Partner at Ohio River South, a lobbying firm operating in the Atlanta metro, the state of Georgia, and Southeastern United States. Howard and Bingham Group CEO A...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Carrie Simmons, a Lobbyist with Austin-based Texas Lobbying Group. Carrie and Bingham Group CEO A.J. discuss her path to lobbying (and advice for those interested in doing it), the realities of the profession, and what it takes to be succe...

(RUN TIME - 17:00) Welcome to The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Jim O'Brien, Host of The Lobbying Show, a podcast about the world of lobbying: how it works, who’s lobbying, and how to be effective. Each week Jim interview's government affairs professionals and lobbyists to get the...

Aurora Martinez Jones, Associate Judge at Travis County Civil Courts (RUN TIME - 29:10 ) Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Aurora Martinez Jones, Associate Judge at Travis County Civil Courts and the next Judge of the 126th District Court. Presiding over child welfare dock...

This final episode of 2019 features a cross over of BG Media Group produced shows: The BG Podcast, and Kicks and Comics. BG Podcast host A.J. (Bingham Group CEO) and the Kicks and Comics duo, the 82nd Astronaut and Marco, review their respective shows over the past year, and where they look to go from here. The group also discusses podcast development (from ideation to recording and distributing)....

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Valkyrie Intelligence scientists Meredith Butterfield, Ben Jack, and Betsy Hilliard about the current and future application of Artificial Intelligence in the public sector. About Valkyrie Intelligence Austin-based Valkyrie is the science...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Michael Linehan, Managing Partner at Land Strategies Inc. (LSI), and Preston Flynn, Vice President at Flynn Construction Inc. Bingham Group CEO A.J. Bingham, Michael and Preston discuss Michael and Preston’s paths to their family owned bus...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Allan Rayson, Central Texas Market Executive, Regions Bank, which is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, and mortgage products and services. Allan and Bingham Group CEO...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Sergio Chavez, Managing Director at Intermestic Partners, an international business and investment advisory group that invests in, develops, and manages a wide portfolio of companies to maximize impact across borders. Sergio and Bingham Gr...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Robert Head, CEO, Blue Cord Farms. He and Bingham Group CEO A.J. discuss the future of hemp farming in Texas following the passage of House Bill 1325 this past June during the 86th Texas Legislature. The bill legalized the cultivation of h...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Cree Crawford, Founder and President of Ionization Labs. He and Bingham Group CEO A.J. discuss the firm’s Cannabinoid Identification (Cann-ID), Cloud-Based, QA/QC Hemp & Marijuana potency testing solution. In June, the 86th Texas Legislatu...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Laura Aidan, founder of Prohibition Creamery. She and Bingham Group CEO A.J. discuss Laura’s experience with the CBD market when creating Afternoon Delight, CBD-infused red velvet ice cream. Laura begins BG Podcast’s mini series regarding...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Christine Maguire, Redevelopment Division Manager at City of Austin. She and Bingham Group CEO A.J. discuss opportunity zones. NOTE: Dec. 31, 2019 is the last day to invest in Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund to recognize maximum program be...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with John Rosato, principal at Southwest Strategies Group. He and Bingham Group CEO A.J. discuss John’s experiences in developing projects through Public-Private Partnerships (P3s or PPP) including Austin’s Seaholm development. Public-Private P...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza of District 2. She and Bingham Group CEO A.J. discuss Draft 1 of the Land Development Code (LDC) and the launch of Planning Our Communities (POC), a group formed to build and maintain affordable housing, fight gen...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Nathan Ryan and Liz Coufal from Good Politics. Just over a year old, Good Politics is a series of events that focus on getting good people elected by bringing good people in to the political process. Bingham Group CEO A.J. Bingham, Liz and...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Jason Redfern, Parking Enterprise Manager at City of Austin, and Jacob Culberson, Mobility Services Division Manager at City of Austin. Bingham Group CEO A.J. Bingham, Jason and Jacob discuss the processes and regulations the city is takin...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Chris Shorter, Austin Assistant City Manger. He and Bingham Group CEO A.J. discuss his past eight months on the job and the work ahead going into 2020. ABOUT CHRIS SHORTER Selected for the position in February 2019, Chris most recently ser...

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. As more businesses- big and small- move to Austin, the commercial market in Austin has been growing to meet the demand. On today's episode, we discuss the current state of Austin’s growing commercial market. Find out Bre’s projections on this market and what...