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The BG Podcast — 283 episodes

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BG Podcast Ep. 270: Discussing the Central Texas Alliance with A.J. Rodriguez

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BG Podcast Ep. 269: Discussing the Austin–San Antonio Megaregion with Henry Cisneros

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BG Podcast Ep. 268: Managing Growth in the City of Kyle with Mayor Travis Mitchell

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BG Podcast Ep. 267: Discussing AI Implementation at Austin Development Services Department

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BG Podcast Ep. 266: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 265: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 264: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 263: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 262: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 261: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 260: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 259: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 258: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 257: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 256: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 255: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 254: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 253: Austin Politics Weekly Recap And What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 252: Austin Politics Weekly Recap and What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 251: Austin Politics Weekly Recap and What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 250: Austin Politics Weekly Recap and What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 249: Austin Politics Weekly Recap and What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 248: Austin Politics Weekly Recap and What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 247: Austin Politics Weekly Recap and What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 246: 2024 Elections - Austin Mayoral Round Up

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BG Podcast Ep. 245: Austin Politics Weekly Recap and What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 244: Austin Politics Weekly Recap and What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 243: Recapping Austin City Manager Candidate Town Hall

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BG Podcast Ep. 242: Austin Politics Weekly Recap and What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Ep. 241: Austin Politics Weekly Recap and What's Ahead

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BG Podcast EP. 240: Austin Politics Weekly Recap and What's Ahead

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BG Podcast EP. 239: Austin Politics Weekly Recap and What's Ahead

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 2.12.2024)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 2.5.2024)

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BG Policy Watch - City of Austin Artificial Intelligence (AI) Guidelines

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 1.29.2024)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 1.22.2024)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 1.15.2024)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 1.8.2024)

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BG Podcast - The Austin City Manager Search is Officially On

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 1.1.2024)

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BG Podcast - Recapping the year in Austin policy (2023)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 12.18.23)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 12.11.23)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 12.4.23)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 11.27.23)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 11.30.23)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 11.6.23)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 10.9.23)

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BG Podcast: Discussing Austin Economic Incentives with ARMA CEO Ed Latson

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 9.25.23)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 9.18.2023)

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BG Podcast: Discussing NXP's incentive proposal before the City Austin

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BG Podcast: Launching our Economic Development Practice

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 9.11.2023)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 9.4.2023... and a bit of this week)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 8.25.2023)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (8.21.2023)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (8.14.2023)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (Week of 8.7.2023)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (7.31.2023)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (7.28.2023)

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A Discussion with Dave Porter, Williamson County Economic Development Partnership

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (7.21.2023)

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BG Podcast: City of Austin FY 23/24 Budget Talk

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (7.10.2023)

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BG Podcast Weekly Austin Politics Recap (7.3.2023)

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Discussing Equity Action's Community Investment Budget with Daniela Silva

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (6.30.2023)

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Discussing the last 6 months of Austin Politics with Jack Craver

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (6.2.2023)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (4.21.2023)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (4.14.2023)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (4.7.2023): Welcome to Q2

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Discussing the Texas CHIPS Act with Ed Latson, CEO, Austin Regional Manufacturers Association

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (3.31.2023): The Bias Towards Action Era

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BG Podcast - Significant Leadership Reorg Announced at Austin City Hall

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (3.24.2023)

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BG Podcast - A Conversation with José Roig, Interim Director, Austin's Development Services Dept.

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BG Podcast - Community: Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (3.10.2023)

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BG Podcast (Weekly Recap: 3.3.2023)

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BG Podcast - Community: E4 Youth and Code2College

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BG Weekly Recap (2.17.2023): City Manager Search Timeline

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BG Podcast: City Manager Edition Pt. 2

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (2.10.2023)

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The BG Podcast: City Manager Edition

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The BG Podcast (Weekly Recap 2.3.2023)

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BG Podcast Weekly Recap (1.27.2023)

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BG Weekly Recap (1.20.2023)

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BG Weekly Recap (1.13.2023)

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BG Weekly Recap (1.6.2023)

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Bingham Group Week in Review (12.21.2022)

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Austin City Council Runoff Analysis Part 2

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Austin City Council Runoff Analysis Part 1

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Bingham Group Week in Review (12.9.2022)

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Bingham Group Week in Review (12.5.2022) - Bonus Edition

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Bingham Group Week in Review (12.2.2022)

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Bingham Group Week in Review (11.23.2022)

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Bingham Group Week in Review (11.18.2022)

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2022 Austin Council and Bond Election Night Recap

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Discussing the CHIPS Act with Larry Smith, Chairman, Tokyo Electron US Holdings Inc.

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Market Talk - Lobbying in Philadelphia with Mustafa Rashed of Bellevue Strategies

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Discussing the Austin Monitor with CEO Joel Gross

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Discussing the CHIPS Act and Austin's Semiconductor Ecosystem with Tyson Tuttle

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Discussing water supply and conservation with Taylor O'Neil, CEO, Richard's Rainwater

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Discussing the CHIPS Act and Mexico Incentives with Sergio Chavez-Moreno

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Managing Growth in the City of Round Rock with Mayor Craig Morgan

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Discussing Austin Entrepreneurship and the Black Leaders Collective with Terry P. Mitchell

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The passage of the CHIPS and Science Act w/Ed Latson, CEO, Austin Regional Manufacturers Association

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Talking Public Relations, Career advice, and Austin with Kristin Marcum, CEO of ECPR

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Talking Austin Real Estate Development and Entrepreneurship w/Ari Rastegar

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Managing Growth in the City of Kyle - A Discussion with Council Member Dex Ellison

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Discussing the Austin Economic Development Corp. w/Anne Gatling Haynes, Chief Transactions Officer

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Managing Growth in the City of Leander with Mayor Christine DeLisle

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Discussing Austin's Diversity and Ethnic Chamber Alliance w/Tina Cannon, CEO, Austin LGBT Chamber

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A Conversation with Jason Alexander, Chief of Staff to the Austin City Manager

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Discussing the City of Austin's cryptocurrency study

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Discussing Municipal Crypto and Blockchain Policy

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2022 Public Safety Update with Selena Xie, President, Austin EMS Association

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Candidate Conversation: Susanna Ledesma-Woody (Travis County Precinct 4)

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Candidate Conversation: Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra

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Candidate Conversation: Chito Vela (Austin Council District 4)

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Redistricting, Austin's Mayoral Election, and a New Police Chief

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District Organizing with Austin Justice Coalition

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Talking Austin's FY22 Budget and Beyond

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Austin Brand Building and Entrepreneurship with Zilker Belts

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Lobbying and Entrepreneurship (From Austin to Miami)

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BG Podcast - BG Media

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A Follow Up with Nico Ramsey of Austin for All People

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Recapping Austin's May 2021 Special Election and related topics

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Discussing Austin's Prop G and more

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Q1 20201 Review: COVID-19's Impact on the Built Environment with Michael Hsu

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Q1 2021 Review with Veronica Briseño, Chief Economic Recovery Officer, City of Austin

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Q1 2021 Review: Austin Transit Partnership with Sam Sargent, Director, Program Strategy

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Q1 2021 Review: Austin's Residental Real Estate Market

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Discussing Austin's Apology for Systemic Racism with Mayor Pro-Tem Natasha Harper-Madison

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Exploring San Francisco's Tech Exodus and Where Austin Fits

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Music, Activism, and Politics with Riders Against the Storm

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2021 Sector Outlook with Ed Latson, CEO, Austin Regional Manufacturers Association

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Discussing the Black Austin Musicians' Collective with Mobley

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Austin Crisis Update with Selena Xie, President, Austin EMS Association

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Discussing Austin's Tech Community with Jason Fernandez, Managing Partner & COO, Quake Capital

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BG Podcast Episode 128 - Talking Tech Flight and Austin with Kleiner Perkins Investor Haomiao Huang

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BG Podcast Episode 127- The Anatomy of a Digital Disinformation Campaign

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BG Podcast Episode 126: Building a Texas Political Community with Pink Granite

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Episode 125: Shifting to a Strong Mayor System with Austinites for Progressive Reform

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Episode 124: Opposing Strong Mayor Reform with Austin for All People

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Episode 123: Austin Infrastructure & Public Finance w/Nicole Conley of Siebert Williams Shank

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Episode 122 - Update on The State of Georgia with Howard Franklin (also thoughts on D.C.)

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Episode 121: Talking COVID-19 Vaccination with Dr. Aliza Norwood

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Episode 120: A Discussion with Courtney Santana, Founder and CEO, Survive2Thrive Foundation

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Episode 119: A Discussion with Derrick Chubbs, President and CEO, Central Texas Food Bank

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Episode 118: 2020 Review & What's Next with George Elliman, CEO & Publisher, TRIBEZA

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Episode 117: The State of Georgia with Howard Franklin

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Episode 116: Discussing the 87th Texas Legislative Session with Lobbyist Lorena Campos

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Episode 115: 2020 Fall Closeout with Associate Intern Wendy Rodriguez

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Episode 114: Discussing Austin's Code Department with Director José Roig

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Episode 113: A Post-Election Discussion with Vanessa Fuentes, District 2 Councilwoman-Elect

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Episode 112 - Discussing Community Healthcare with Perla Cavazos, Central Health

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Episode 111: COVID-19's Impact on Austin's Tech Scene

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Episode 110: Discussing City Governments with Prof. Sherri Greenberg, LBJ School of Public Affairs

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Episode 109: Q4 2020 Update with Veronica Briseño, Chief Economic Recovery Officer, City of Austin

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Episode 108: Industry Update with Skeeter Miller, President, Greater Austin Restaurant Association

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Episode 107: Entrepreneurship and Resiliency with Musa Ato, Founder & President, League of Rebels

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Episode 106: 2020 Summer Closeout with Associate Intern Josh

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Episode 105 - Building a Communications Firm with Audrey Ponzio, CEO & Founder, APC Collective

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Episode 104: Entrepreneurship and Austin Development with Nhat Ho of Civilitude Engineers & Planners

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Episode 103: Discussing Austin’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget with Council Member Jimmy Flannigan

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Episode 102: Austin FC Updates with Club President Andy Loughnane

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Episode 101 - Criminal Justice Reform with José Garza, Democratic Nominee for Travis County DA

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Special Episode - Discussing the FY2021 City of Austin Budget Talk #2

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Special Episode - Discussing the FY2021 City of Austin Budget Talk #1

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Episode 100: Processing Austin with Virginia Cumberbatch, Co-Founder of Rosa Rebellion

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Episode 99: Impact Advocacy, Lobbying, and Movement Makers with Terri Broussard Williams

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Episode 98: Processing and the State of Black Austin Music with Jackie Venson

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Episode 97: Relief and Recovery with Veronica Briseño, Director, Austin Economic Development Dept.

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Episode 96: First Month Wrap Up with Associate Intern Josh

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Episode 95: Building a Community with Kobla Tetey, Austin Area Urban League Young Professionals

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Episode 94: A Very Special Juneteenth Episode

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Episode 93: Processing with Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, President/CEO, Huston-Tillotson University

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Episode 92 : Processing with Austin Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison

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Episode 91: Public Transit in a COVID World with Randy Clarke, president & CEO, Capital Metro

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Episode 89 - COVID-19's Impact on the Built Environment with Michael Hsu

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Episode 88: Austin Council Member Paige Ellis discusses the Healthy Streets Program

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From the Water Cooler: Lobbying in a time of COVID-19

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Episode 87: Mobility Policy in a COVID-19 World feat. Pete Gould of Catapult Policy Strategies

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SPECIAL EPISODE - ATX COVID-19-COMMUNITY UPDATES: ATX Tech Industry & COVID-19

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Episode 86: COVID19 Update with Selena Xie, President, Austin EMS Association

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SPECIAL EPISODE - ATX COVID-19-COMMUNITY UPDATES: Housing Equity

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Episode 85: School District Land Use Talk with Tanya Birks, Director of Real Estate, Austin ISD

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Episode 90 - Processing with Chas Moore, President and Founder, Austin Justice Coalition

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SPECIAL EPISODE - ATX COVID-19-COMMUNITY UPDATES: Travis County Courts

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Episode 84: Tech, Policy, and Labor with René Lara, Legislative Director, Texas AFL-CIO

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SPECIAL EPISODE - ATX COVID-19 COMMUNITY UPDATES - COVID-19 & The Class of 2020

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Episode 83: Metro Discussion with Jason Giulietti, President, Greater San Marcos Partnership

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SPECIAL EPISODE - ATX COVID-19 COMMUNITY UPDATES - Austin Independent School District

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SPECIAL EPISODE - ATX COVID-19 COMMUNITY UPDATES: Housing & Humans Rights

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SPECIAL EPISODE - ATX COVID-19 COMMUNITY UPDATES: Public Health & Safety

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Episode 82: Metro Discussion with Mayor Larry Wallace, City of Manor

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Episode 77 - A Talk with Austin Brand Entrepreneur Doug Guller

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Episode 81: Ilissa Nolan, Executive Director, Texas Hemp Coalition

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Episode 80: Discussing Austin's Omnibus SXSW/COVID-19 Resilience Plan

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Episode 79 - Texas Hemp Policy Update with Marissa Patton, Texas Farm Bureau

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Episode 78 - Bingham Group Supports the Austin Sunshine Camps

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Episode 76 - Culture Talk with Kahron Spearman, Austin Chronicle Writer and Critic

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BG Podcast Episode 75 - Austin Real Estate Talk with Development Legend Perry Lorenz

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BG Podcast Episode 73: Emily Blair, Executive Vice President, Austin Apartment Association

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Episode 72: Market Talk - Atlanta and Southeast Lobbying with Howard Franklin of Ohio River South

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Episode 71 - Carrie Simmons, Texas Lobby Group

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Episode 70 - Jim O'Brien, Host of The Lobbying Show

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Episode 69: Judge Aurora Martinez Jones, Travis County Civil Courts

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Episode 68: BG Media Group 2019 Wrap Up Feat. The BG Podcast and Kicks & Comics

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Episode 67: Exploring Public Sector A.I. with Valkyrie Intelligence

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BG Podcast Episode 66 - Generational Leadership in Austin Real Estate/Construction

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Episode 65: Commercial Real Estate Market from Banking Perspective with Allan Rayson, Regions Bank

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Episode 64: United States-Mexico policy and investment talk with Sergio Chavez, Intermestic Partners

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Episode 63: The Future of Texas Hemp Farming with Robert Head, CEO, Blue Cord Farms

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Episode 62: Cree Crawford, Founder and President, Ionization Labs

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Episode 61: CBD Market Talk with Prohibition Creamery's Laura Aidan

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BG Podcast Episode 60: Opportunity Zones with City of Austin's Christine Maguire

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Episode 74 : Austin Public-Private-Partnerships with John Rosato, Southwest Strategies Group

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Episode 59: Land Development Code Draft 1 with Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza

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Episode 58: Good Politics Liz Coufal and Nathan Ryan

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Episode 57: Micromobility Policy with the City of Austin’s Jason Redfern and Jacob Culberson

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Episode 56: Catching up with Chris Shorter, Austin Assistant City Manager

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Episode 55: Exploring Austin's Commercial Tenant Market with JLL's Bre Brown

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BG Episode 54: Austin Market Perspective with Zach Cannon, The Burt Group

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Episode 53: Budget and Policy Talk with Austin Council Member Jimmy Flannigan

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Episode 52 - The Internet of Things and Austin Tech Philanthropy with Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle

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BG Podcast Episode 51 - Austin's Land Development Code Re-Write with Team Co-Lead Annick Beaudet

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BG Podcast Episode 29: A 2019 Conversation with Austin Council Member Natasha Harper-Madison (D1)

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Episode 45: Political Talk with Houston Chronicle Metro Reporter Erica Grieder

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BG Episode 50 - Featuring New Senior Consultant Tina Bui

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Episode 49 - Downtown Talk with Kevin Burns, Founder and CEO, Urbanspace Real Estate + Interiors

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Episode 48 - Policy Update on Palm School and the Austin Convention Center

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BG Podcast Episode 47 - Bobby Jenkins, Owner and CEO, ABC Pest Control

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Episode 46: Austin FC Updates from Club President Andy Loughnane

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Episode 44: Austin 5G Update with Bob Digneo, Assistant VP, External and Regulatory Affairs at AT&T

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Episode 43: A Palm School Discussion with Bingham Group Senior Consultant Paul Saldaña

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BG Podcast Episode 42: A Startup Conversation with Easy Expunctions CEO Yousef Kassim

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BG Podcast Episode 41: Celebrating Bingham Group's Two Year Anniversary

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Episode 1: 3 Real Estate Trends to Watch in Austin

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Episode 40: Discussing Austin's Affordability Unlocked Resolution with Megan Lasch

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Episode 39: Brand Building and Entrepreneurship with Drew Hanish, Co-Founder of Pravo Construction

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Episode 38: Texas School Finance with Austin ISD CFO Nicole Conley

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Episode 37: Patrick Howard, Austin Planning Commissioner (District 1)

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Episode 3: What can Austin learn from the biggest metropolitan cities?

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Episode 2: Who are Austin's biggest up-and-comers in real estate?

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Episode 36: The Austin Strategic Mobility Plan

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Episode 35: Austin Developer Terry Mitchell, President, Momark Development LLC

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Episode 34: Dyana Limon-Mercado, Travis County Democratic Party Chairwoman

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Episode 33: Emily Chenevert, CEO at Austin Board of REALTORS®

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Episode 32: State Representative Sheryl Cole (D-Austin)

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Episode 31: TX Lege Talk with James Hines, SVP of Government Affairs, Texas Association of Business

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Episode 30: A 2019 Conversation with Austin Council Member Jimmy Flannigan (D6)

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BG Podcast Episode 28: Development Conversation with Rodney Gonzales

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BG Podcast - Episode 27: Community Conversation with Pastor Joseph C. Parker, Jr.

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BG Podcast - Episode 26: Law Enforcement Responses to Mental Health

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BG Podcast - Episode 25: APD's New Labor Agreement feat. Chas Moore, Austin Justice Coalition

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BG Podcast Episode 24: Tech Talk - 5G and the City

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BG Podcast - Episode 23: Policy Update - Austin's Chapter 380 Economic Incentive Agreements

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BG Podcast - Episode 2: The sharing economy, local control, and state preemption with Rob Henneke

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Episode 22: Talking Proposition A - The Affordable Housing Bond

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BG Podcast - Episode 21: Jerry Davis, President and CEO, Goodwill Central Texas

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BG Podcast - Episode 20: Local Control/Paid Sick with San Antonio State Rep. Diego Bernal

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BG Podcast - Episode 19: Savannah L. Barker Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator Capital Factory

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BG Podcast - Episode 18: Policy Update on Austin Scooter Share

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BG Podcast - Episode 17: Talking Dark Money with BG Advisor Andy Cates, J.D.

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BG Podcast - Ep. 16: JD Weinstein, Head of Startup Ecosystem (Austin) at Oracle

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BG Podcast Ep. 15: Patrick Howard, Executive Director and CEO, Housing Authority of Travis County

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BG Podcast - Episode 14: Smart/Shared Use Mobility Talk w/Jason JonMichael, Smart Mobility, Austin

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BG Podcast - Ep. 13: Dr. Collette Pierce Burnette, Ed.D., President/CEO, Huston-Tillotson University

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BG Podcast - Episode 12: Policy Discussion RE Austin's Chapter 380 Economic Incentive Agreements

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BG Podcast - Episode 11: Meet James Hines, SVP of Advocacy, Texas Association of Business

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BG Podcast - Episode 10: Policy Discussion Rob Henneke on Paid Sick Leave and Local Control

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BG Podcast - Episode 9: Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber CEO Luis A. Rodriguez

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BG Podcast - Episode 8: Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope

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BG Podcast - Episode 7: Pflugerville City Council Member Rudy Metayer

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BG Podcast - Episode 6: Austin 10-1 District Disparities in Campaign Contributions

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BG Podcast - Episode 5: Community Engagement in Austin with BG Advisor Kristian Caballero)

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BG Podcast - Episode 4: Policy Update - City of Austin Anti-Lobbying Ordinance

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BG Podcast - Episode 3: Chas Moore, President and Co-Founder of the Austin Justice Coalition