James Nortey, attorney and 2016 Candidate for the TravCo Commissioners Court Pct. 1 seat, joins Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about his campaign, issues facing Travis County, and more.

This is the complete audio of our October 6 Beers, Brains, and Betterment discussion about the state of music in Austin, Texas. Present for the discussion were Austin Music People's Jennifer Houlihan, artist, promoter, and generally-involved performer Tee-Double, Austin City Council Member Greg Casar, SXSW brand development honcho and former CoA Music Commission Chair Brad Spies, and Transmission Events General Manager Bobby Garza. The discussion was moderated by Monitor publisher Mike Kanin.

The Sierra Club's Cyrus Reed and City of Austin Electric Utility Commission chair (and former AE employee) Michael Osborne join Monitor Publisher Mike Kanin to talk about the potential of as much as 600mw in additional solar power contracts for Austin Energy.

AMP's Jennifer Houlihan and Assistant Travis County Attorney Tom Nuckols join Monitor publisher Mike Kanin and reporter Caleb Pritchard to talk about the county's new mass gathering permit regs.

Austin Mayor Steve Adler joins Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about the City of Austin's fiscal year 2015-16 budget.

Austin/Travis County EMS Chief of Staff Jasper Brown and EMS Employees Association head Anthony Marquardt join Monitor reporter Tyler Whitson to discuss staffing issues faced by the agency.

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.

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.

This is the complete audio from the Monitor's July 27, 2015 BBB, a discussion about ImagineAustin, CodeNEXT, and the economic implications of it all. Panelists are Steven Yarak, Jeff Jack, Jim Robertson, and Jim Duncan.

John Armbrust and Emily Morrison join Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about their Austin Achieve charter school and charter education in general.