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The Austin Common Radio Hour, 80 episodes.

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What's On Your Ballot? Austin City Council District 9

2

What's On Your Ballot? Austin City Council District 1

3

What's On Your Ballot? Austin City Council District 5

4

What's On Your Ballot? Austin City Council District 3

5

What's On Your Ballot? Austin City Council District 8

6

Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 2: What's On Your Ballot?

7

What's On Your Ballot? Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 4

8

Let's Talk About Prop Q

9

What's Going On With The City's Budget?

10

Your State Senator Recaps The Legislative Session

11

Should Austin Build Caps Over I-35?

12

The Past And Present Of Regulating Short-Term Rentals (Airbnbs) In Austin

13

Your Ballot, Explained: Runoff Edition

14

Deciding Austin's Climate And Energy Future

15

Austin City Council District 2: Your Ballot Explained

16

Austin City Council District 4: Your Ballot, Explained

17

Austin City Council District 6: Your Ballot, Explained

18

Austin City Council District 7: Your Ballot, Explained

19

Austin Mayor: Your Ballot, Explained

20

Austin City Council District 10: Your Ballot, Explained

21

Solving Homelessness In Austin: Rapid Rehousing

22

What The Heck Is TCAD? And Why Is It On My Ballot?

23

Nowhere To Go: Homelessness In Austin

24

Homelessness In Austin: Who Gets Access To Housing Services?

25

The HOME Initiative: What It Is & Why It Matters

26

Explaining Your Ballot: State Propositions

27

$1 Billion For State Parks? Explaining Prop 14

28

Explaining Your Ballot: Travis County Props A & B

29

The Way Austin Funds Its Parks Is About To Change

30

Light Rail In Austin: We Have A Route

31

What Is City Council Doing About Housing Affordability?

32

Talking Taxes & Schools With Rep. Talarico

33

How Many People In Austin Are Experiencing Homelessness?

34

Austin's Climate Ambassadors

35

Mental Health & Our Criminal Justice System

36

Police Contracts: Why They Matter & What's Happening In Austin

37

The Future of I-35

38

What This Legislative Session Means For Austin

39

What's Going On With Our Electricity Rates? A 2022 Recap

40

What's Going On With Zilker Park?

41

Elections 101 Runoff Edition: City Council Districts 5 & 9

42

Elections 101 Runoff Edition: Mayor + District 3

43

Elections 101: Austin City Council District 1

44

Elections 101: Austin City Council District 8

45

Elections 101: Austin City Council District 9

46

Elections 101: Who Should Be The Next Mayor Of Austin?

47

Elections 101: Austin City Council District 3

48

Elections 101: Austin City Council District 5

49

Pushing For Energy Democracy In Texas

50

Climate Equity & Food Justice

51

Getting To Zero: Climate Activists And Public Electric Utilities

52

How To Take Action On Climate... In Your City

53

Should Austin Decriminalize Marijuana? Voters Get To Decide.

54

Your Guide To The Texas Primaries: Texas Legislature Edition

55

Your Guide To The Texas Primaries: Travis County Edition

56

It's Time For Another Election! The District 4 City Council Race

57

Austin Goes To Scotland: Our Role In Global Climate Action

58

Elections 101: Your Guide To November 2021

59

A History Of Housing Discrimination In Austin

60

Why Is Housing So Expensive In Austin?

61

Meet Your City Council Member: Vanessa Fuentes

62

Meet Travis County's First Chief Public Defender

63

Solutions To Homelessness

64

Should Austin Switch To A Strong Mayor System Of Government?

65

Should Austin Implement Ranked Choice Voting?

66

Should Austin Reinstate Its Homeless Camping Ban?

67

Mental Health & Policing

68

The Texas Legislature & The Electric Grid

69

How Does Texas' Electric Grid Work?

70

Let's Look At The Numbers: Crime Data & Public Safety

71

History of Policing In Austin

72

What Does Reimagining Public Safety Really Mean?

73

How To Get Involved In Our Local Democracy

74

Your Guide To The AISD Runoff Election: Episode 7

75

Everything You Want To Know About Voting In Texas: Episode 6

76

Your Guide To The District 6 City Council Race : Episode 5

77

Your Guide To The District 10 City Council Race : Episode 4

78

Your Guide To The District 2 City Council Race: Episode 3

79

Rail For Austin? You Decide : Episode 2

80

Why Local Elections Matter: Episode 1