Statesman Shots

[cmg_anvato video=”3934335″] [cmg_anvato video=”3934336″] Clap along if you feel that happiness it the truth. In Episode 11of “Statesman Shots,” we talk to happiness expert Raj Raghunathan, a UT McCombs School of Business professor whose research focuses on what makes us happy and how we make choices that do or don’t enhance that. How do age, … Continue reading "Statesman Shots #11: Raj Raghunathan on happiness and fulfillment"

[cmg_anvato video=”3934354″] [cmg_anvato video=”3934355″] It’s time to move it, people. In Episode 10 of “Statesman Shots,” Austin American-Statesman fitness/travel writer Pam LeBlanc joins us to talk about Austin’s fitness culture. Austin’s long been known as a fit city, but what exactly are folks doing for exercise? Answer: lots of crazy stuff. Amidst the cyclists and … Continue reading "Statesman Shots #10: Pam LeBlanc on Austin’s fitness culture and cycling"

[cmg_anvato video=”3934377″] It’s over! In Episode 9 of “Statesman Shots,” Austin American-Statesman music editor Sharon Chapman joins in to decompress and debrief after SXSW Music’s  big weekend. This year’s festival, all of SXSW really, was a big bag of surprises, tragedy, criticism and, oh yeah, music, technology, movies, food and much more. Sharon helps make sense … Continue reading "Statesman Shots #9: Sharon Chapman on SXSW Music’s aftermath"

[cmg_anvato video=”3934413″] [Programming note:] This week’s episode was recorded on Monday, two days before a horrific incident downtown left two people dead and many more injured during South by Southwest. We’ll be discussing what happened on next week’s episode, but for now our thoughts and prayers are with the victims as we wait to hear … Continue reading "Statesman Shots #8: Peter Blackstock on SXSW Music, Addie Broyles on Teched-Up Food"

Laughter! In Episode 7 of “Statesman Shots,” Austin American-Statesman entertainment and comedy writer Dale Roe joins us to talk about South by Southwest’s packed Comedy Festival schedule as well as Austin’s own comedy scene and the upcoming Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival. He also joins us for a very experimental Short Shot segment in which we … Continue reading "Statesman Shots #7: Dale Roe on SXSW Comedy and Moontower"

[cmg_anvato video=”3934488″] [cmg_anvato video=”3934489″] Greetings! In Episode 6 of “Statesman Shots,” Austin American-Statesman social writer Michael Barnes, who also pens stories about local lore and regional history, sat down with us to talk about the life of a social writer. He also helped our listeners learn how to behave during SXSW in a new segment we call … Continue reading "Statesman Shots #6: Michael Barnes on Austin’s social scene and SXSW etiquette"

[cmg_anvato video=”3934529″] For Episode 5 of “Statesman Shots,” we herald the return of American-Statesman culture writer Joe Gross, whom you might remember from our Episode 1 pilot! Since then, Joe has become the Statesman’s chief film critic and he visits to talk about the most anticipated films of South by Southwest Film 2014, including several with … Continue reading "Statesman Shots #5: Joe Gross on SXSW Film and the Oscars"

[cmg_anvato video=”3934551″] [cmg_anvato video=”3934552″] We’re back! For Episode 4 of “Statesman Shots,” we invited American-Statesman music writer Deborah Sengupta Stith to discuss Austin’s hip-hop and rap music scene, as well as local pay-to-play booking practices. She talks about SXSW pay-to-play scams, and breakout stars of Austin hip-hop. Also discussed were high-profile speaker announcements for SXSW (including Chelsea … Continue reading "Statesman Shots #4: Deborah Sengupta Stith on Austin’s hip-hop music scene"

[cmg_anvato video=”3934577″] [cmg_anvato video=”3934578″] Welcome back! For Episode 3 of “Statesman Shots,” we invited American-Statesman business/entertainment reporter Gary Dinges to fill us in on the Austin radio and TV scene. He talks about recent shakeups in radio and how local news anchors use social media. Also discussed were the ways TV shows portray certain cities … Continue reading "Statesman Shots #3: Gary Dinges on Austin radio and TV"

[cmg_anvato video=”3934596″] [cmg_anvato video=”3934597″] We’re back! After a test/pilot episode last November, the “Statesman Shots” podcast has returned for its regular weekly run with a shiny new blog, new audio and videos. We’ll be talking about Austin culture with a rotating roster of guests from within and outside the Statesman. For our first new episode of … Continue reading "Statesman Shots #2: Addie Broyles on Austin food culture"

[cmg_anvato video=”3934779″] [cmg_anvato video=”3934774″] A year and a half ago, Tolly Moseley, who blogs at Austin Eavesdropper, and I did an Online News Association panel in Austin about writing for the web. After the panel, which we really enjoyed doing, we talked. And talked. And kept talking. At some point, we realized, “We should be recording this. Why … Continue reading "Introducing Statesman Shots, an Austin culture podcast"