All Episodes
Austin ISD X Podcast — 95 episodes
Budgets and Baselines (or lack thereof) - Apr 23rd & 30th AISD Board Meeting
Candidate Convos - Allison Bush - SBOE District 5
New Social Studies Frameworks - Megan Dougherty
Bloated Inefficient Inequitable Racist System - Feb 26 AISD Board Public Hearing and Voting Meeting
Candidate Convos - Abigail Gray - SBOE District 5
Candidate Convos - Stephanie Bazán - SBOE District 5
Candidate Convos - Neto Longoria - SBOE District 5
Candidate Convos - HD 49 - Kimmie Ellison
Nothing Burger Investigation, “uNiVeRsAL” Choice Sheets, New Grievance Process - February 15, 2026
Candidate Convos - Robin Lerner HD 49
You're Not From Texas...- Feb 1, 2026
1882s Are For Me, Not For Thee - Jan 15 Info Session
Candidate Convos - Montserrat Garibay HD 49
Promises Made & Promises Delayed - Dec 18 Board Voting Meeting
Piecemeal Takeover - Dec 11, 2025 Info Session
Closures Are Here - Nov. 20 Board Voting Meeting
Academic Vision & Abrupt Changes to the Closure Plan with Dr. Maxwell and Superintendent Segura
Dual Language, Choice Schools, & Gentrification
The TAP Experience
How Did We Get Here? - Oct 20, 2025
Candace & Closures- Oct 12, 2025
Parent Reaction to AISD Closure Plan - Oct 5
"don't close MY school" & 1984 - Sept 18 AISD Board Information Session
Cell Phones & Celebrities - Aug 21 Board Voting Meeting 2025
No More Feedback? - Aug 14 Board Meeting 2025
The Rubric - Consolidations & Closures Workshop - Aug 7th 2025
Closing in on a Closure Plan - AISD Consolidation Community Meetings - July 2025
What is the Academic Vision? - June 26, 2025 Voting Meeting
Drinking from a Fire Hose - June 12 Info Session
Cycles - May 22 Austin ISD Board Voting Meeting
Moving Goal Posts - May 8, 2025 Board Info Session
Ann Richards, Dobie/Lamar & the District Turn Around Plan?
Dobie Middle School Teachers
Closures are Coming - Mar 27 Austin ISD Board Voting Meeting
Candace Comes Back - Literacy & Family Engagement - AISD Board Info Session Mar 13, 2025
Noelita Lugo - From School Closures to School Board Trustee
Silos and Ripples - Austin ISD Voting Meeting - Feb 27, 2025
Budgets and Success Initiatives - AISD Info Session - 2/13/25
Education Insights: Catching Up with Candace
Election Results and the Interim Supt.
2022 Election Picks
Shadow Discipline
Bond, Austin ISD Bond
Bond 2022 Considerations
No Margin for Error
Interim Superintendent Selection (Post Mortem)
Staying the Course (The Titanic Edition)
Public Comment
BlogCast 1.9 Anxiously Waiting & Cautiously Hoping
Hot Takes & Reflections: Special Edition Martin/Mendez
BlogCast 1.8 Crisis Fatigue: An Austin ISD Reality
Hot Takes & Reflections January 23, 2022
BlogCast 1.6 Austin ISD Feeder Patterns and Enrollment Design
BlogCast1.5 Can I Really Have It All in Austin ISD?
BlogCast1.4 Austin ISD’s Proposed Schedule Change
BlogCast 1.3 AISD's Myth Busters Misses the Mark
BlogCast1.2 Middle School Musing and High School Fair Hopes
HT&R Nov 13, 2021 -Superintendent Contract Extension, Long-Range Planning Committee, Superintendent Scorecard
BlogCast 1.1 Neighborhood Schools As Safety Schools
HT&R Sept. 11 2021 - New Northeast Middle School, LBJ, the new General Counsel, and a 2022 Bond
16 - Alejandro Delgado
HT&R July 31 - Virtual Option, Mask Mandates, and More
15 - Alexandra Guilamo - Bilingual Education, Funding & Federal Policy, Parental Agency
14 - Ellison & Bavu Blakes - El’s Mirror, Lion History, Netflix or Blockbuster of Education
HT&R: Feb. 27, 2021 - HVAC at Martin, Snovid Repsonse, Departing Staff.
HT&R - Continuing Sports, Leadership & Board Reflections
13 - Paul Saldaña - Austin ISD Trustee Board Officer Elections
HT&R - Season 1 Finale
12 - Geoff Carlisle - Science & Sex Ed State Standards, Hot Take on Covid & Election Reflection
11 - Bianca San Miguel, Carlos Contreras, Leslie Hibbard, Lori Wheeler- Teacher Voice in a Pandemic
HT&R 5 - Lack of ReImagination
HT&R Candidate Convos & Election Endorsements
Candidate Conversation - At-Large Noelita Lugo
Candidate Conversation - Dist 8 - Jared Breckenridge
Candidate Conversation - Dist 2 - John Mckiernan-González
Candidate Conversation- Dist 2 - Ofelia Zapata
Candidate Conversation - At-Large - Leticia Caballero
Candidate Conversation - Dist 5 - Lynn Boswell
Candidate Conversation - Dist 5 - Piper Stege Nelson
Candidate Conversation- Dist 5 - Jennifer Littlefield
Candidate Conversation - At-Large - Mike Herschenfeld
10 James Butler - Mindfulness, "Discipline", & Anti-Racism
HT&R 4 - New Job Descriptions And School Re-Openings: Teachers' Voice & Parents' Choice.
09 Roxanne Evans - Re-De-Segregtaion - The History & Legacy of Austin ISD's Failed Integration
08 April Clark - Shiny New Buildings
HT&R 3: Learning Pods Update, New Positions & Leadership in Austin ISD, Zoom Cameras, Teacher Suspensions and Reflecting on Starting a Podcast & Patreon.
07 Mercedes Perry - Dual-Capacity Framework, Parent Choice, and a Lived Experience in Austin’s Segregated Schools
06 Diana Haggerty Stronger Together ATX
HT&R 2 - Mixed Messages and Sincere Attempts: The Anti-Blackness on Austin ISD’s Board
05 Dr. Stephanie Hawley - What Equity Is & How It’s Practiced, Tracking, and 7 Generations
HT&R 1 - Mississippi & Georgia On Our Mind, Start Dates & New Supt., and Our First Reflection.
04 Marisa Flores-Gonzalez: Learning Pods & The Community-Wide Response to Austin’s Child Care Crisis
03: Dr. Angela Ward - What are Culture & Cultural Proficiency, and the Obstacles & Opportunities the Work Presents. Standardized Testing.
02: Arati Singh - Learning Pods, School Closures, Charters, & the Supt. Search. **SPECIAL EDITION**
01: Co-Host Candace Hunter - Guidelines, Reopening, School Attendance Boundaries, An Equity Lens.