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Episode 74: Kirk Watson was the Mayor of Austin from 1997 to 2001. He went on the be State Senator and spent some time as Dean of the School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston. Now he wants his old job back.

Listen to our discussion on what he would do if he got the position again.

If you want to see it on YouTube here is the link

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Episode 73: Our interview with Joah Spearman, candidate for Austin City Council in District 9. 
This is the audio file from the live interview  and unfortunately we got a slight echo in Joah's feed. 
The Video Version can be found on our YouTube channel at . We will be video recording our interviews live from now on and placing the audio tracks here.

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Episode 72: Howie Richey and Cynthia Good gave us a joint conversation about their 4,800 mile trip to the Rainbow Gathering and the Oregon County Fair and various places going and coming back. Howie also included some interviews with interesting fair goers at the Oregon Country Fair who seem to catch the flavor of the fair...

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Episode 71: If you love camping and music festivals you'll love this interview with Howie Richey as he gathers experiences to write about his journeys to festivals all over the US. From the 50th Woodstock to the 50 Kerrville to the 50th Rainbow Gathering.
We've also posted this as a video over at YouTube the TOWER coffee hour
 https://youtu.be/bWem9Dv_4JI

# rainbowgathering, #woodstock

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Episode 70 | Ani and I had a chance to interview Zo Qadri about his run for Austin City Council District 9. He is the youngest candidate in the race and the first Muslim to ever run for City Council. We had a great talk about him and his experience that leads him to think he can do the job. 

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Episode 69: This is a quick interview with Madison Madden, Community Manager for Austin. When you look up lively and excited in the dictionary, you'll find a picture of "Mad Mad". The sound may be a little wonky as we lost one of our mics but the message is still great. To see the video of the interview follow this link.

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Episode 68: Howie and his cousin are going to drive from Austin to Steamboat Springs CO and then hike into the national forest to attend the Rainbow Gathering that has been going on since Woodstock. It is very unofficial and the Forest Service is gearing up to try and accommodate up to 10,000 people. 
Then Howie and his cousin will head on to Veneta OR to the Oregon Country Fair that has also been held for over 50 years. I've counted at least 7 stages and I expect there will be many more. 
Howie will be interviewing other people he meets at the two events and when he gets back we will be posting photos, video and audio accounts of his trip. Stay tuned. 

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Episode 67: Ty gets a chance to talk with Brian Cavenari, who represents Kokua bikes in the US and Japan. Brian lives in Hawai'i and they met in 2009 when Ty was in Oahu conducting a League Cycling Instructor seminar. 

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Episode 66: This episode is a little different because we wandered around the Frankenbike Swap Meet to talk to the people and film the offerings. If you want to see the video version of this please click HERE
We spoke with Chris Gross who was the subject of this Episode of our podcast. We also spoke with Anna Locke and Tom Arias who had come all the way from San Antonio to take part and with Robin Stallings, Executive Director of Bike Texas who was hosting the event on their new property off of Springdale Road.

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Episode 65: Ben Rowell talks with Ty about his eclectic path to a job changing communities in Northwest Arkansas and beyond. We talked about a lot of things and so I am including some links to those things.

Economic Development Study

Young Life

OZ Trail System in NW Arkansas

LaneShift, the company Ben works with, and

Trailblazers, a non profit making a difference in young people's lives.

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