100 episodes
The Austin City Councilman Brad Swail
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4.4 • 45 Ratings
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Hosted and produced by Brad Swail, The Austin City Councilman Podcast brings weekly interviews with prominent thinkers, movers, and shakers in Austin and beyond!
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Sept. 24, 2023 - Judge Glock, Fixing Affordability: Density and Sprawl
(You can watch this conversation on Vimeo or Twitter!)
Judge Glock is the director of research and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, as well as the author of Dead Pledge: The Origins of the Mortgage Market and Federal Bailouts, 1913-1939.
Manhattan Institute
Judge's Twitter
Judge's Book
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Sept. 8, 2023 - Nick Kantor, De'Ondre White: Guilty
(You can watch this conversation on Vimeo or Twitter!)
Nick Kantor is the brother of Doug Kantor, the man murdered by De'Ondre White in the 6th street mass shooting of June, 2021. This was recorded shortly before the sentencing part of the trial, and the morning after the guilty verdict.
https://twitter.com/kantor_nick3221
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Sept. 7, 2023 - Mackenzie Kelly, Homeless Audit
(You can watch this conversation on Vimeo or Twitter!)
Mackenzie Kelly is the councilwoman representing district 6 here in Austin. We discuss the allegations and controversy surrounding the Northbridge Shelter, Homeless Strategy Officer Diana Grey's resignation, auditing the homeless spending, the budget, and more!
https://twitter.com/mkelly007
https://twitter.com/MK6ATX
https://www.austintexas.gov/email/district6
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austincitycouncilman.com
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Sept. 1, 2023 - Michele Steeb, Why The Homeless Crisis Gets Worse
(You can watch this converation on Vimeo and Twitter!)
Michele Steeb is the author of “Answers Behind The RED DOOR: Battling the Homeless Epidemic," a story of her 13 years of experience of serving homeless women and children who actively addressed the root causes of their homelessness.
She is a former Vice President of the California Chamber of Commerce, a former board member of the California Prison Industry Authority (appointed by Governor Brown), a former Senior Fellow of the Texas Public Policy Foundation and is a Visiting Fellow of the Independent Women's Forum.
She has received numerous awards and honors for her work in helping the homeless realize their full potential. Her written work has been published in the Washington Post, USA Today, Newsweek, New York Post, Fox News and other notable publications.
https://twitter.com/SteebMichele
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austincitycouncilman.com
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Aug. 25, 2023 - Nicole Nosek, Texans for Reasonable Solutions
You can watch this conversation on Vimeo or on Twitter!
Nicole Nosek is the chair for Texans for Reasonable Solutions. We discuss their efforts to push for housing reform across Texas.
https://www.texansforreasonablesolutions.org/ https://twitter.com/TXReasSolutions https://www.facebook.com/TexansforReasonableSolutions
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Aug. 16, 2023 - Randy Denzer, Austin Fire Risk Level: Extreme
You can watch this conversation on Vimeo and Twitter!
Randy Denzer of the Austin Firefighters Association discusses Austin's extreme wildfire risk
https://www.austintexas.gov/department/wildfire
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austincitycouncilman.com
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Customer Reviews
Outstanding
Brad does a magnificent job tracking down Austin’s leaders and discussing critical local issues. He covers topics and talks to people the Austin American Statesman and local newscasts don’t. Well done Brad.
Eh
Swail usually comes off like a “get off my lawn” crotchety old man. Even on issues that seem inane he gets worked up, starts cursing, etc. Also I hate to say it because it’s the backbone of the show but I (and probably others) don’t have any desire to listen to HOUR PLUS long interviews with local leaders we’ve never heard of on issues that are difficult to grasp. These should be 25 minutes tops for ease of understanding.
3 stars because I appreciate that someone is tackling local issues.
Common sense
Good to know there are normal people in Austin who wants to live a safe and secure life