BoomATX

Join Glenn for this Texas traveling edition of BoomATX featuring PBS' The Day Tripper Chet Garner !  Check out this great backroads chat with Chet hearing how a big city lawyer from Austin came to hit the road weekly across Texas to document his travels to towns small and large showing viewers the people and places that make Texas special. After listening to this episode there is no doubt you...

On this 36th episode of BoomATX Glenn sits down with Visit Austin President & CEO Tom Noonan to discuss all things Austin Convention Center and Tourism.  From plotting his path back to Texas and moving to run Austin’s convention center business and the ever important marketing of Austin, Tom has certainly made a name for himself by growing Austin’s convention business over the last 7 years to...

On this 35th episode of BoomATX Glenn sits down with Heritage Title President and Opportunity Austin Chair Gary Farmer to discuss all things Austin.  From his path to Austin and growing one of the biggest title companies in town to what the Austin real estate market was like in his early year’s with Heritage during a real recession, Austin’s transition from a sleepy college and government town to...

On this 34th episode of BoomATX Lee and Glenn sit down with SXSW Chief Programming Office and Co-President Hugh Forrest to chat about the early days of the festival and how he became involved early on because, as he puts it, he had a computer in the late 80’s.  Great stories throughout this educational and entertaining look at the festival that helped shine an even brighter spotlight on Austin, th...

On this 32nd episode of BoomATX Glenn sits down with Damon Jones who has been working hard to Keep Austin Weird by bringing a restored 100-year-old carousel to town for both kid and adult enjoyment and having unbelievably good luck!  Cutting his teeth in the event world spearheading Alamo Draft House’s Fantastic Fest, Damon is now looking to bring a one-of-a-kind, only-in-Austin event venue, The M...