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101

Who Writes The ‘Funny Little Messages’ On Signs Along Austin Roads?

102

What Happened To The Last Man On Rainey Street?

103

We’re Doing A Live Show! Last Chance To Get Tickets.

104

Who Started Austin’s 37th Street Christmas Light Tradition?

105

Who Is The One Chatty Guy Who Works At The Post Office In East Austin?

106

What’s The Best Way To Get Into The Chilly Waters Of Barton Springs?

107

How Did Lake Travis’ Sometimes Islands Get Their Name?

108

Have Ride-Hailing Services Like Uber And Lyft Reduced Drunk Driving In Austin?

109

Who Is This Texas ‘Ambassador’ Who Works At The Capitol Visitors Center?

110

Why Do Lifeguards At Austin’s City Pools Blow Their Whistles At Break Time Like That?

111

Who Is This Woman Who Helps Older Austinites Stay Socially Connected?

112

Who Cleans Up The Bat Guano Under The Congress Avenue Bridge?

113

Why Are There No Billboards On MoPac?

114

Why Does The Top Of Austin’s Tallest Building Look ‘Unfinished’?

115

Who Is That Guy With The ‘Giant Bird’ In South Austin?

116

Answering the Unanswerable With KUTX’s John Aielli — Episode 1

117

Who Is The Man In Southwest Austin Who Fostered Over 100 Babies With His Wife?

118

Why Is Austin’s ‘Official’ Pride Festival In August — And Not June, Like Most Everyone Else’s?

119

Who Is The Motorcycle Rider Who Does Wheelies Around Town In Pool Floaties?

120

Who’s That Krispy Kreme Employee Who’s So Positive All The Time?

121

What’s The Real Story Behind Dan’s Hamburgers And Fran’s Hamburgers?

122

People Keep Moving To Austin. But Where Are They Coming From?

123

How Did Texas Become The Only State With Its Own Toast?

124

How Do Musicians Make The Cut For The Austin City Limits TV Series?

125

Who Is The Crossing Guard Who Waves To Everyone Near Mendez Middle School?

126

What Ever Happened To Austin’s ‘Spamarama’?

127

So, About The Origin Of ‘The Live Music Capital Of The World’… We Were Wrong. Here’s The Real Story.

128

The Last Man On Rainey Street

129

Who Were The Streets In This North Austin Neighborhood Named After?

130

Why Is MoPac Traffic So Much Worse In The Afternoon Than In The Morning?

131

When Can You Call Yourself A Real Austinite? Y’all Had Some Ideas.

132

Who Are Those People Who Ride Horses Around Downtown Austin?

133

Why Is Austin’s Foliage So Amazing This Fall?

134

TELL US: When Can You Call Yourself A “Real” Austinite?

135

Why Are There So Few Homes With Basements Around Austin?

136

What Ever Happened To Austin’s Long-Running Aqua Fest?

137

We’re Doing A Live Show! Come Be A Part Of It!

138

How Did These Tropical Fish Wind Up Thriving In Austin’s Waller Creek? 🐠

139

Why Are You Not Allowed To Swim In Lady Bird Lake?

140

Is It Bee Cave Or Bee Caves? And Where Are The Bees? 🐝

141

What’s The History Behind That Bell Tower On Cesar Chavez?

142

What’s That Weird-Looking Tower Up On 51st Street?

143

What’s The Difference Between Ranch-To-Market And Farm-To-Market Roads?

144

What’s The Story With This Tiny Cemetery In The Highway Median?

145

What’s The Story Behind The Different Tags On Trees Around Austin?

146

Why Do So Many Self-Storage Places Keep Popping Up In Austin?

147

Can You Get A Refund If The MoPac Toll Lanes Aren’t Moving At 45 MPH?

148

Why Is The Map On The Floor Of The Austin Airport Full Of Misspellings?

149

Who’s That Distinctly Texan Voice Behind The Crosswalk Signals Around Austin?

150

Raiders of the Lost Archive: Is This Building Off Shoal Creek A Top-Secret Warehouse?

151

Is It Really Legal To Walk Down The Street With A Beer In Austin Neighborhoods?

152

Dan Is Moving To Austin. He Asked Us For Book Recommendations. You Had Plenty.

153

What Are Capitol View Corridors?

154

How Do Emergency Alert Systems Work In Austin?

155

Why Was I-35 Designed As A Double-Decker Through Central Austin?

156

Who Started Decorating The Loop 360 Christmas Trees? 🎄

157

What’s Up With The ‘Doors To Nowhere’ At Austin’s New Central Library?

158

Why Does This Big Metal Flower In Patterson Park Open And Close?

159

What’s The Deal With The Abandoned Home Depot On St. John’s?

160

Is It Legal To Post Homemade ‘No Parking’ Signs In Front Of Your House?

161

Why Aren’t West Lake Hills, Sunset Valley And Rollingwood Part Of Austin?

162

What Happened to First Street?

163

Why Are There So Many Mattress Stores In Austin? 🛏

164

Why Is Hippie Hollow Clothing-Optional?

165

What The Heck Are Those Blue Panels Along The Lamar Underpass?

166

What’s Up With Those Handmade ‘We Buy Houses’ Signs Around Austin?

167

Were There Convicts On Convict Hill?

168

The History, Mystery and Misery of MoPac

169

Why Are There So Many Crickets Around Austin This Time of Year?

170

Why Does It Take So Long to Get Anything Built in Austin?

171

🎼How Did Austin Become the ‘Live Music Capital of the World’? 🎶

172

Why Are Grocery Stores So Hot for Hatch Chile Peppers? 🌶

173

Is Austin Still Keeping It Weird?

174

What Happens To Austin’s Recycling? ♻️

175

Everything You Wanted To Know About Grackles

176

What’s the Story Behind the ‘Fair Sailing Tall Boy’ Memorial?

177

Why Aren’t Austin’s Stoplights Synchronized? Actually, They Are. 😕

178

Why Is Austin’s African-American Population Declining?