The Austin City Councilman

By Brad Swail

Hosted and produced by Brad Swail, The Austin City Councilman Podcast brings weekly interviews with prominent thinkers, movers, and shakers in Austin and beyond!... more

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The podcast currently has 500 episodes available.

The Austin City Councilman episodes:

June 16, 2021 June 16, 2021 - Adler Urges Feds to do Something About Guns
Adler had a zoom with some other mayors about gun violence in America

Austin FC will be a nightmare

Nearly 40% of small businesses were decimated due to lockdowns (maybe our political "leaders" need to be in prison)

No Travis County women's jail after all

and more!

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37min
June 15, 2021 June 15, 2021 - E_COT
ERCOT issues warning for Texans to conserve energy this week - Summer hasn't even really begun

Second suspect in the 6th street mass shooting arrested

GoFundMe created for victim of shooting

Upcoming interview announcements

and more!

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41min
June 14, 2021 June 14, 2021 - Taylor Blount, Witness to the 6th Street Shooting
Local journalist and bartender, Taylor Blount, was a witness to the mass shooting in Austin, TX, over the weekend. We hear his story, as well as talk about the clearing of the homeless tents around City Hall.

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34min
June 14, 2021 June 14, 2021 - 6th Street Mass Shooting
The Statesmen reveals it has a policy not to inform the public of important information

Chas Moore statement

Adler blames guns, of course, as predicted by victim's brother

and more!

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34min
June 11, 2021 June 11, 2021 - Council Earned this Vacay!
City Council is going on a 6 week vacation, ignoring the crises that they created.

Juiceland employees who tried to unionize have gotten their answer

Abbott is gonna build that wall (taking a note from Huffines playbook?)

National news, and Brad's appearance on the Todd and Don show on KLBJ!

and more!

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42min
June 10, 2021 June 10, 2021 - Why Not The Hilton Austin Airport Hotel?
Stop Candlewood proposed Austin use its own Hilton Austin Airport hotel for the homeless, instead of the Candlewood in WilCo

Ellen Troxclair, former city council woman, announced her bid to replace Dawn Buckingham as Texas State Senator

Statesmen publishes op-ed comparing Election Security bills to Jim Crow

and more!

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33min
June 09, 2021 June 9, 2021 - Urbanist Parking Utopia, and City Council Agenda
Austin FC has some parking problems already, which is the new urbanist utopia we've been promised

25 applicants for the Police Chief position

City Council has a meeting tomorrow

and more!

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38min
June 08, 2021 June 8, 2021 - What Kind of Leadership Does Austin Need?
Teddy and Brad discuss strategies for a winning mayoral candidate, and what type of person might pull that off

Are more council members coming out for a homeless funds audit?

Dell Medical school aiming for "health equity"

and more!

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36min
June 07, 2021 June 7, 2021 - Mackenzie Kelly Pushes for Homeless Audit
Councilwoman Mackenzie Kelly pushes for an external audit of funds spent on the homeless crisis

TX high school valedictorian who made speech about abortion back in the news

Doctor and professor make strong case that virus was made in a lab

and more!

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35min
June 06, 2021 June 6, 2021 - Matt Mackowiak, SAFE Austin Now!
Matt Mackowiak returns to the show to discuss Save Austin Now's new initiative, Safe Austin Now, which, if enacted, will increase the number of police officers, increase their training, make the Office of Police Oversight an elected position, and much more!

Go to saveaustinnow.com to sign the petition - they make it super easy!

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35min

FAQs about The Austin City Councilman:

How many episodes does The Austin City Councilman have?

The podcast currently has 500 episodes available.