Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce
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Welcome to the Austin Business News Podcast, a spirited weekly dive into the intersection of Austin‑area business, public policy, and LGBTQ+ culture, all served up with a hearty helping of humor.Hosted by Chamber President & CEO Tina Cannon, alongside marketing whiz Colton Ashabranner, membership maestro Amy Clunie, and the ever‑charming Fiona Dawson, this show blends sharp analysis with lighthearted banter. Each episode kicks off with local business headlines, from small business cash‑flow issues to Austin’s ever‑evolving transit landscape .Then comes “Fun Queer Facts with Fiona,” where Fiona delights listeners with quirky tidbits!The team tackles topics that ma...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Austin's budgets, development, employers, and cultural economy become practical business news through informed conversation and quick-witted group chemistry.
Austin Business News Podcast turns local headlines into a lively conversation about who pays, who benefits, and what changes next. Tina Cannon, Colton Ashabranner, Amy Clunie, and Fiona Dawson move from Austin's budget pressures and downtown office vacancies to layoffs,…
Tina Cannon takes you from empty downtown desks to Pride socks without asking you to change tabs.
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Austin business news with tea jokes, Tesla talk, and an easy roundtable rhythm.
The episode blends Austin business news with public policy and easy banter, moving from tea jokes and a teapot-versus-kettle detour to local headlines about a Japanese deli on Congress Avenue, Tesla and Samsung, and the new Texas gold rush.
Austin's tax and transit fight gets tied to the workers and roads that keep the city moving.
Austin's budget fight comes through as a practical systems problem rather than a ritual debate. Tina Cannon and the panel connect the tax-rate standoff, CapMetro's funding squeeze, housing, and workforce pressure to a simple question: how a fast-growing city stays workable.
Austin business headlines with local color, chip talk, and public-policy banter.
The episode keeps its focus on Austin first, with the Japanese deli on Congress Avenue giving the city a very local hook before the talk widens to chips, Tesla, Samsung, and the larger Austin economy.
Austin business headlines get a loose, local airing with policy talk and city texture.
This Austin business podcast keeps its feet in local ground, moving from a Japanese deli trying to revive Congress Avenue to Tesla, Samsung, and Texas gold-rush chatter.
Austin business news with a local frame and enough banter to keep it loose.
This Austin business news episode stays grounded in the city: growth plans, the air traffic controller shortage, and small business data give it a clear local shape.
Pride chatter, labor uncertainty, and Texas policy with a clear local bottom line.
Austin's local business-news hour opens with Pride chatter and a quick catch-up before moving into labor-market uncertainty and a brisk Texas Legislature recap.
Austin's budget math, Waymo data, and fee hikes, with just enough chamber banter to keep it moving.
An episode that turns a messy week of Austin business news into a practical test of who pays when costs climb: Waymo user data, a possible city tax increase, and the SBA's planned fee hikes all land on operators, customers, and residents.
Austin business headlines folded into civic talk and local policy chatter.
Austin business news comes off as a civic table conversation, with the old Statesman property, the new convention center, and HEB robots sitting beside Pride Month banter and Chamber housekeeping.
Real talk for veterinary practice leaders.
Sales systems for serious electrical contractors.
The Austin Business News Podcast from the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce covers three major stories: a lakefront development lawsuit between SOS and the city over the old Statesman site, Texas legislators banning all hemp/THC products as a felony threatening an $8 billion industry and 50,000 jobs, and Austin's $104 million cap-and-stitch project to bury I-35 and reconnect historically divided East Austin communities.
Tina Cannon, Fiona, and Colton open the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce podcast with local business headlines about SOS Alliance’s lawsuit over the Mopac South expansion, tariff whiplash, and Tesla’s Austin layoffs.
Austin Business News Podcast opens with Colton Asherbrenner of the Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce and a rundown of three Austin stories: early voting for the November 4 election, a deadline to remove the Pride crosswalk, and the sale of Cheer Up Charlie’s.
Tina Cannon opens the Austin Business News Podcast with Sergeant Michael Wilmore Krumrine of the Austin Police Department, who links a Brussels Pride meeting in May 2024 to Austin hosting the Fourth World LGBTQI Conference for Criminal Justice Professionals.
Waterline has passed Austin’s 66-story Sixth and Guadalupe tower and could become Texas’s tallest building when it opens in 2026, with Andrew Smith of Lincoln Property Co.
The Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce podcast covers three local business stories: Sixth Street's $17-block redevelopment via public-private partnership, the displacement of iconic toy store Monkey See Monkey Do from South Congress due to skyrocketing rents, and Target's 10-week foot traffic decline following its DEI rollback.
The episode opens like a reunion.
Tina Cannon opens with business news, public policy, and maybe a beverage.
Tina Cannon opens the show with a local-business agenda and a beverage joke.
The Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce goes live from the rooftop at the Royal Sinesta for Austin Pride on August 23, 2025.
Outgoing Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce CEO Tina Cannon sits down with her team for a farewell interview covering her six-year tenure.
The hosts discuss Texas's special legislative session, covering topics like THC regulation, redistricting, and a bathroom bill, while blending in personal anecdotes, historical insights, and updates on chamber events and members.
$44.5 million biotech investment in Austin, creating 1,000+ jobs, without needing subsidies.
Tina Cannon hosts Amy and Fiona for a weekly Austin business news roundup covering three major stories: Austin's new growth plan addressing equity in job creation (84% of recent jobs went to college grads), the city's air traffic controller shortage causing flight delays, and resilient small business optimism despite economic headwinds.
Tina Cannon opens with the week's Austin business headlines.
Tina Cannon opens the show with a quick tease of the week’s local business headlines.
The show opens with tea talk, Ted Lasso jokes, and the familiar loose Austin banter.
The table opens on bad-news headlines and never pretends otherwise.
Tina Cannon opens the show with local business news and a public policy frame that stays loose enough for a drink.
Round Rock Pride and a bit of Austin catch-up set the table first.
The episode opens in casual mode.
The Austin Business News Podcast team covers three major local stories during Pride Month: the US manufacturing contraction's impact on Austin's semiconductor hub, Tesla's robotaxi beta launch making Austin the test city, and downtown office vacancy hitting 22% despite a record workforce.
The Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce podcast covers three local stories: Lockhart's new Spare Change Arcade and Eatery receiving $95K in city incentives, Elon Musk's expanding 670-acre 'Elon Land' in Bastrop County, and Austin Bergstrom airport preparing for ACL Fest crowds.
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The panel opens with Pride-month chatter and some personal catching up.
Austin Business News Podcast host Tina Kahn says small business lending is slowing because of rising rates, tighter underwriting, and tariffs that raise the cost of imports from steel bolts to zippers.
Austin Business News Podcast opens with Tina Cannon, Amy, and Fiona discussing floods in Central Texas, including Lockhart, Georgetown, Kerrville, and Ingram, before turning to business headlines.
Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce host Tina Cannon opens with local headlines about The Hideout Theatre leaving its Congress Avenue home, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport reopening its public-art process, and new Census numbers showing Austin’s pandemic-era growth.