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01.24.2023
The Zilker Zephyr stopped running almost four years ago, and there’s still no miniature train in Zilker Park.
As an enticement to get tickets to our next ATXplained Live show at the Paramount Theatre on Feb. 22 — here’s a taste of our last live show from back in September 2022.
Decades ago, the public event space was full of life. Now it’s rundown, like an old relic.
Does it make any sense to live in a dark-colored house in a state like Texas? We ask experts whether these homes are less energy efficient.
Your grip on the steering wheel tightens as you squint to find the road markings and avoid smashing into another car.
The Pinnacle building in Oak Hill was intended to be an office tower, but then the economy tanked and it was sold to Austin Community College.
There’s expensive stuff, and then there are those things that just have value.
El Camino Real de los Tejas is a National Historic Trail that traces back to before the start of Texas. The 2,600 miles stretch all the way from the Texas border to Natchitoches, Louisiana. Part of the historic trail runs ...
We’re bringing our show back to the stage next month at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin. Tickets available now at austintheatre.org
Who doesn’t love a good treasure hunt? But is any of it real? KUT’s Skye Seipp tries to find the X.
We first met Yorkie Louie in 2020. Now, he’s leaving the dance floor — at least in Austin.
The bizarre tale of completely made up stories about one of Austin’s oldest trees — and an even more bizarre tale that’s completely true.
A traffic median can be anything you imagine. A field of green grass. A pedestal for a classic statue. Or a vegetable garden.
You’ll find no signs for now — but that doesn’t mean you can drive as fast as you want.
We spend a lot of time in Austin talking about how many new people move here. But most of us don’t talk much about the people who came before us — way before us. If you’ve ever taken a walk ...
No. But there is more to it than that.
Austin thinks it has great food going for it. But does it? We look into the mystery of why more restaurants don’t make this staple from scratch.
We’re back with a story about a weird sculpture near MoPac and Enfield. But there’s more to it than that.
One ATXplained listener wanted to know how women going topless at public pools came to be popular in Austin.
Remember the movie Die Hard? It’s kinda like that.
A plumber. Who sings? As part of our Hi, Who Are You? spinoff, we get introduced to Herman Bennett.
Who will remember you when you die? Family? Friends? We got a question about a cemetery in Central Austin for ATXplained. It got KUT’s Matt Largey thinking about what happens when people are forgotten.
It’s January, so that means cedar fever is at its peak. Amid a global pandemic, this is the last thing we need. But here we are. KUT’s Nadia Hamdan answers this question about the annual trial in Central Texas.
The words would appear on the bridge overnight. The artist would come and go like a ninja. But who is it? And why did they do it?
If you’ve ever been near Lamar and Oltorf, you probably saw it. But what’s the story behind the now-gone mural there?
Voting should be easy, right? Well, can it get any easier than going to your local supermarket? KUT’s Jimmy Maas has the history behind what’s become an election season tradition in Austin.
Yorkie Louie is known as the Godfather of Clubbing in Austin. But his story is more complicated than that. Someone asked about him for our ATXplained spin-off, Hi, Who Are You?.
Traffic sucks. But every so often a sign in the distance might give you a chuckle. Or a groan. So who writes those electronic road signs with (sometimes) funny rhymes?
A year ago, we answered a question from an ATXplained listener: Where did all the families that used to live on Rainey Street go? One man was still there. But now, even that has changed. Audrey McGlinchy has this follow-up.
Tickets are running out for our Jan. 23 ATXplained Live show at the Hogg Auditorium. Details and tickets here.
Austin’s 37th St. lights aren’t the only holiday light display in town, but it did draw this question about its origins.
Christine Hannon wanted to meet this postal worker who seems to know everyone who come into his East Austin post office.
There are many ways. But what’s the best way? Can medical science tell us?
They usually only appear when there’s and drought and lake levels are low. But who named them?
Uber and Lyft said their services would give other transportation options for people who’ve been drinking in Austin. So — did they?
No matter how jet-lagged, or sweaty, Austin tourists may find themselves when they reach the Texas Capitol Visitors Center, they’ll find a breath of fresh air waiting for them just inside its doors: Mary Jackson.
Madeline Fening heard the break whistle at Austin city pools and just had to know why it was so dramatic.
The aging population is growing fast in Austin. So Becky Rhodes said we should meet a couple trying to keep seniors active in the community.
Catherine Samuel was curious about where the guano goes and who cleans it up, so she asked about it for our ATXplained project.
Billboards are all over I-35 — but not MoPac and a few other freeways in Austin. Why not?
Everyone’s an architecture critic. But why does the crown on “The Independent” look the way it does?
In our latest, “Hi, Who Are You?” story, we hear the story of a man and his bird — and the family that wanted to meet them.
We get a lot of questions for ATXplained that don’t really have answers. So KUT’s Andrew Weber put some of those to longtime KUT/X host John Aielli.
For the next episode in our Hi, Who Are You? series, KUT’s Nadia Hamdan introduces us to Burrell W. Lankford.
June is when many places celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month. So why doesn’t Austin?
The second in our Hi, Who Are You? series. A low-speed chase. Revving engines. Inflatable flamingoes.
In the first episode of our spin-off series, Hi, Who Are You?, we meet Sylvester Myers. This piece was produced by KUT’s Nathan Bernier.
Their signs looked oddly similar. The names were pretty darn close, too. Is the origin of Dan’s and Fran’s an urban legend?
About 145 people moved to Austin each day last year. Where did they move from?
It started almost 80 years ago, with a restaurant and some too-thick bread.
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