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Do you love Austin as much as we do? Find out how it became the city it is today via Austin Found, a podcast from journalist and history buff Michael Barnes and radio personality J.B. Hager. They share the stories behind the stories about the people, places, culture and history of the inimitable Texas capital.

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    Ep. 87 She Broke the Good Ol' Boy Network With a Smile

    Hidden gem

    Jacqueline McGee broke Austin's football-coach-led school hierarchy by recruiting teachers and leading with a smile.

    Aug 8, 2022·16m·1 clip
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    Ep. 86 Zach Theatre at 99

    Jul 24, 2022·16m
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    Ep. 85 Austin Symphony at 109

    Jul 19, 2022·15m
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    Ep. 84 The Neill-Cochran House Museum Pt. 2

    Hidden gem

    Austin Found's Ep.

    Jul 11, 2022·36m·3 clips
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    Ep. 83 The Neill-Cochran House Museum Pt. 1

    Hidden gem

    Washington and Mary Hill developed the Neill-Cochran House site in 1855-56 with builder Abner Cook, then sold five enslaved people to finance the project.

    Jul 5, 2022·31m·2 clips
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    Ep. 82 We Turn the Clock Back 20,000 Years

    Jun 27, 2022·15m
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    Ep. 81 The Lego State Capitol

    Jun 20, 2022·14m
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    Ep. 80 Land, love, work, family and loss made Salt Lick barbecue

    Jun 6, 2022·14m
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    Ep. 79 Volume 4 of Indelible Austin has arrived

    Michael Barnes explains how a Lego Texas Capitol survived a freeway collapse and was rebuilt within one day.

    Apr 20, 2022·19m·1 clip
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    Ep. 78 Iconic Austinite - Lonnie Limón Pt. 2

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    Hosts Michael Barnes and J.B.

    Mar 28, 2022·27m·2 clips
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    Ep. 77 Iconic Austinite - Lonnie Limón Pt. 1

    Hosts interview Lonnie Lemon about his large family's history and roots in Austin, Texas.

    Mar 9, 2022·27m
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    Ep. 76 The Trick to a Fruitful Life - Ramón Galindo

    Feb 27, 2022·13m
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    Ep. 75 An Outlandish Poet

    Feb 16, 2022·11m
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    Ep. 74 Iconic Austinite - Shannon Sedwick - Esther's Follies Pt. 2

    Feb 3, 2022·21m
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    Ep. 73 Iconic Austinite - Shannon Sedwick - Esther's Follies Pt. 1

    Jan 24, 2022·21m
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    Ep. 72 LBJ's Congressman and Judge

    Jan 17, 2022·12m
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    Ep. 71 Austin before IBM

    Jan 2, 2022·19m
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    Ep. 70 Iconic Austinites - Harrison Eppright pt. 2

    Dec 18, 2021·28m
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    Ep. 69 Iconic Austinites - Harrison Eppright pt. 1

    Nov 28, 2021·35m
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    Ep. 68 The Klan was not always underground

    Nov 8, 2021·16m
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    Ep. 67 Lighting the Tree for Over 50 Years

    Oct 27, 2021·20m
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    Ep. 66 Over 50 Years of High Standards

    Oct 18, 2021·15m
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    Ep. 65 An Austin Gallery since 1993

    Oct 7, 2021·14m
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    Ep. 64 Biggest of the Big Time

    Sep 21, 2021·19m
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    Ep. 63 Murder, Suicide, and a Historic Juror

    Sep 13, 2021·14m
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    Ep. 62 Josefina Zamarripa, mother of 14, raised her children while advocating for East Austin

    Aug 25, 2021·17m
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    Ep. 61 Meet Mary Arnold, the godmother of Austin's green movement

    Aug 16, 2021·18m
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    Ep. 60 Faith Kept for 150 Years

    Jul 20, 2021·13m
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    Ep. 59 The birth, growth and history of Lakeway

    Jul 14, 2021·14m
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    Ep. 58 Iconic Austinites - Eddie Wilson Pt. 2

    Jul 7, 2021·29m
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    Ep. 57 Iconic Austinites - Eddie Wilson Pt. 1

    Jun 28, 2021·34m
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    Ep. 56 Life Down at the Poor Farm

    Jun 10, 2021·13m
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    Ep. 55 No, It's the Heat!

    Jun 2, 2021·12m
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    Ep. 54 The Mystery of the Downtown Castle on the Hill

    May 22, 2021·13m
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    Ep. 53 Sex, Drugs, and Jazz

    May 3, 2021·22m
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    Ep. 52 Recent passing of iconic Austinites that shaped our city and culture

    Apr 22, 2021·19m
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    Ep. 51 What happened to the Native Americans in Texas?

    Apr 14, 2021·18m
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    Ep. 50 The Vietnam War Split Austin Wide Open

    Apr 2, 2021·13m
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    Ep. 49 Two of Austin's oldest houses

    Mar 26, 2021·17m
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    Ep. 48 “Forty Years of East Austin Evolution” about Black East Austin newspaper

    Mar 18, 2021·13m
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    Ep. 47 ‘A natural-born progressive’: Enter the modernist world of Texas Black architect John S. Chase

    Mar 14, 2021·21m
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    Ep. 46 A Holy Land, Deaf Smith and the Texas School for the Deaf

    Mar 2, 2021·16m
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    Ep. 45 Ballet at the Armadillo World Headquarters

    Feb 19, 2021·17m
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    Ep. 44 116 Years of German-Austin Music. The Saengerrunde Hall

    Feb 10, 2021·19m
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    Ep. 43 Closing up shop. The Frisco Shop

    Feb 2, 2021·12m
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    Ep. 42 How did 2.8 Million trees get planted around Austin?

    Jan 25, 2021·17m
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    Ep. 41 Secrets of the Buford Tower

    Jan 19, 2021·11m
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    Ep. 40 From golf to racehorses: The many lives of Austinite Walter Benson, 103

    Jan 9, 2021·17m
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    Ep. 39 Austin activist Shudde Fath over 100: A life well spent

    Dec 29, 2020·15m
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    Ep. 38 Sam the Space Monkey

    Dec 21, 2020·10m