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A daily News podcast featuring Olivia Aldridge
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Community Impact reporter Zara Flores discusses the likelihood that Austin and San Antonio will form a metroplex in the vein of Dallas-Fort Worth. Reporter Elle Bent gives a rundown of the Hill Country wine scene and shares a toast to the podca
On this episode, Community Impact reporter Taylor Cripe brings a report on the state of small business in western Travis County. Plus, we take a trip to Southwest Austin’s Texas Honey Bee Farm. The Austin Breakdown is a production of Community
Karl Flocke, a woodland economist with the Texas A&M University Forest Service, answers questions about Cedar Fever as Central Texans feel allergy symptoms. Plus, Community Impact reporter Brooke Sjoberg discusses Round Rock's plans to add more
The first episode of the Austin Breakdown podcast in 2023 tackles strategic growth in the suburbs and how the Texas Legislature is set to address startling data on maternal mortality and morbidity. Community Impact reporters Zacharia Washington
For the final episode of 2022, Olivia sits down with Community Impact's Austin managing editor Amy Denney to discuss some of the biggest stories from the past year, from Austin's boil water notice to Round Rock's destructive tornadoes. Episode
In far east Austin, Community First! Village continues to expand the footprint of its tiny home community for people exiting chronic homelessness. This week, Olivia takes a tour of the neighborhood and talks with Alan Graham, CEO of Mobile Loav
This week's episode features a standby of the Tarrytown neighborhood, sandwich shop and deli Food! Food! Olivia chats with the eatery's owner Susan Eggert as Food! Food! approaches 30 years in business. Plus, Community Impact reporter Sumaiya M
Blue Genie Art Bazaar celebrates another holiday season & Central Texas semiconductor industry grows
Just in time for holiday shopping, the Austin Breakdown stops by Blue Genie Christmas Bazaar as it enters its 22nd year as a local holiday tradition. Later, Community Impact reporter Ben Thompson stops by to discuss Central Texas' growing profi
This special Thanksgiving week episode looks at the history of longtime Austin staple ThunderCloud Subs as the iconic local business prepares for the 32nd annual Turkey Trot. Plus, Community Impact statehouse reporter Hannah Norton highlights s
Host Olivia Aldridge brings a report from the recent annual Austin Chamber of Commerce Economic Outlook event. Plus, Community Impact reporter Taylor Cripe discusses a series of projects aimed at alleviating congestion along the Loop 360 corrid
This episode pays a visit to the new downtown Austin bar Electric Shuffle, which aims to make shuffleboard cool with the help of craft cocktails. Plus, Community Impact reporters Katy McAfee and Zara Flores stop by to discuss tension between Ha
Ahead of the 20th anniversary Austin Studio Tour that kicks off Nov. 5, Coka Treviño, the Curator and Director of Programming for event organizer Big Medium, stops by to discuss the annual event's local impact. Plus, Community Impact's statewid
This episode pays a visit to Zucchini Kill bakery, a vegan, allergen-free shop with a metal twist located on the old Spiderhouse Cafe property in Central Austin. Plus, Community Impact reporter Brooke Sjoberg discusses a recent forum for Round
On the final installment of the Austin Breakdown's "CI Conversations" series, guest host Connor McGovern chats with Scot Wilkinson, Director for Arts and Culture for the city of Round Rock. Wilkinson discusses the city's annual Chalk Walk Arts
Since 2009, Blue Starlite Urban Drive-In has brought a sense of nostalgia to Austinites looking to take in a movie—with a view of the city. This Halloween season, the drive-in theater is screening classic horror flicks alongside new spooky titl
On this installment of "CI Conversation," guest host Connor McGovern talks with Christine DeLisle, the mayor of Leander, Texas. DeLisle offers her perspective on what drew her to the suburbs in Central Texas, the fulfillment she finds in public
Host Olivia Aldridge visits the Buda farm of mushroom company Smallhold, which aims to innovate the grocery store produce aisle through fungi. Plus, Community Impact reporter Katy McAfee discusses progress in Austin's Innovation District.The A
Ahead of the Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival set for Oct. 14-16, 2022, guest host Connor McGovern sits down with Pam Owens, the president and CEO of the Dripping Springs Visitors Bureau. Owens discusses the value of the annual event and w
For three decades now, the Austin Steam Train Association has sent vintage steam and diesel trains chugging through the Hill Country on Texas' one and only nonprofit railroad. Listen to this episode to hear about the history of the local "rolli
In this special "CI Conversations" episode of the Austin Breakdown, guest host Connor McGovern sits down with Sloan Struble, who is best known as the indie pop music project Dayglow.Struble created Dayglow in 2018, just before briefly enrollin
Host Olivia Aldridge heads to Mueller Lake Park to meet up with Chelsea Phillips and Joe More, the names behind Tiny Tails to You, a mobile petting zoo for pint-size creatures. Guest stars include a hedgehog, a chinchilla, two rabbits, two chic
On the second installment of "CI Conversations," host Connor McGovern sits down with Mikaela and Jordan Burchill of the indie-Americana singer-songwriter duo Beth // James.The couple studied jazz music while enrolled at the University of North
Community Impact Austin City Hall reporter Ben Thompson returns for an update on the Austin Police Department, which recently released an "after-action" report evaluating the department's performance during the protests of May 2020. Also, digit
In the first of a series of special episodes, guest host Connor McGovern sits down with Michelle Simmons, founder and CEO of Slow North, a popular all-natural home goods store in North Austin. Simmons sheds light on her experiences as a small b
Host Olivia Aldridge stops by Kick Butt Coffee, an Airport Boulevard mainstay that shares an entrance and an owner with Master Gohring's Tai Chi and Kung-fu. Later on, Community Impact reporter Katy McAfee discusses how local restaurants are fa
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