The Daily Texan Audio

Run the Jewels have a new single out, Suge Knight is suing Dr. Dre over an alleged murder plot, and the Boiler Room is a new virtual reality music venue. Listen to a review of Lady Gaga's latest album, Joanne. Later in the show, a conversation on why today's rap beefs devolve into Twitter wars.

Run the Jewels have a new single out, Suge Knight is suing Dr. Dre over an alleged murder plot, and the Boiler Room is a new virtual reality music venue. Listen to a review of Lady Gaga's latest album, Joanne. Later in the show, a conversation on why today's rap beefs devolve into Twitter wars.

Brent Barbee, a UT alumnus, is on a mission to collect samples from an asteroid, UT researchers are studying how tropical fish are coping with global warming and the Austin Parks and Recreation department is revitalizing the grassy fields at Zilker Park after ACL. Later in the show, Dr. Christopher Moriates of the Dell Medical School is doing something that seems odd for a doctor — offering less to patients to make them feel better.

On this week's episode: the $720 million-dollar Austin mobility bond, local races, early voting, Jill Stein on Info Wars and "rigged" elections.

Hear a recap of Green Party candidate Jill Stein's visit to Huston-Tillotson University. And a new study by a UT professor says that harnessing the power of social media seems to be a more effective way of mobilizing voters than traditional on-the-ground methods.

The Longhorns will travel to Manhattan, Kansas to face the Kansas State Wildcats on Saturday. A much-needed victory over Iowa State last week restored some hope for Texas fans. But the Longhorns haven't won in Manhattan since 2002. Later in the show, Sydney Rubin looks ahead to the start of the women's basketball season.

Frank Ocean intentionally missed the deadline to be nominated for a Grammy, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and Drake's "One Dance" became the all-time most streamed song on Spotify. Listen to a review of The Dillinger Escape Plan's Dissociation. And later in the show, a discussion on if an artist's personal choices should influence whether or not you listen to their music.

Former Texas Senator Wendy Davis sits down to talk about Deeds Not Words, a group founded by Davis to advocate for women's equality. Davis, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 2014, also talks about the collective power of people in influencing politics and how college students can affect the upcoming election.

A roundup of the week's Science & Technology headlines. The UT microfarm hosted a workshop on vermicomposting, the department of molecular biosciences is getting a new high-resolution microscope and a nutrition student lays out the do's and don'ts of probiotics.

15 million voters were registered in Texas, the price of transcripts doubled from $10 to $20, sparking outcry and a petition and a UT golf course was put on a list of endangered lands. Hear a review of the Theatre and Dance department’s production of In the Red and Brown Water, a play by Tarell Alvin McCraney. The fifth annual HackTX competition is coming up, and 600 students tried to register in the first five minutes after the application went up.