I Love You So Much: The Austin360 Podcast

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BONUS: big changes and what's next for 'I Love You So Much' Sep 27, 2018

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We have some news, listeners. "I Love You So Much" co-hosts Tolly Moseley and Omar L. Gallaga are leaving the show. The co-creators of the "Statesman Shots" podcast that preceded this one discuss with co-host Addie Broyles that evolution, what it's been like to podcast in Austin for the last five years and what's next for both of them. But don't despair: all three co-hosts will be back next week for a full "ILYSM" episode including a preview of Austin City Limits Fest, and will be doing short dispatches from Weekend One of ACL Fest as well. More info: http://austin360.com/loveaustin360

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Ep. 59: James Butler on mindful teaching; new series 'Tacos of Texas' Sep 21, 2018

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After winning teacher of the year for Austin Independent School District, James Butler left the traditional classroom to work in the district’s SEL — or social and emotional learning — department, and now he brings mindfulness to classrooms from pre-K to high school., who recently released an SEL coloring book for parents, teachers and kids alike, talks to us about kids and emotional awareness, and how these types of practices can transform the culture of schools from the inside out. PLUS: Mando Rayo and Dennis Burnett discuss “Tacos of Texas,” a web series debuting on Sept. 25 that tells the cultural stories of tacos across Texas cities and the peopel who make (and eat!) them. And in this week’s Webb Report, Eric Webb tells us about his recent interview with “Project Runway” mentor Tim Gunn, who was in town this week for the Jewel Ball Fashion Luncheon. In "A Toast," we recommend HBO doc “Swiped” about online dating, Richard Garriott's autobiography “Explore/Create,” and the new film “A Simple Favor.” More info: austin360.com/loveaustin360

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Ep. 58: How Austin artists are reacting to 'Crazy Rich Asians' Sep 14, 2018

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Austin was one of the film's strongest premiering cities for the hit film "Crazy Rich Asians," thanks to an effort from local leaders, including Christine Hoang of Color Arc Productions, to fill local theaters. Hoang, who is hosting an Asian Pacific American artist meet-up at the Vortex on Sept. 29, and Austin comedians Yola Lu and Santino Fernandez came in to talk about how the movie has rallied Austin’s Asian community. Lu and Fernandez also talked about their comedy troupes, Y’all, We Asian and Hot Pot Comedy, which host regular improv and sketch shows, including a Sept. 20 event at the Fallout Theater called "This Asian American Life." ALSO: This month’s Statesman Selects is Scott Von Doviak’s new book, “Charlesgate Confidential," and in this week's podcast, Austin360 writer Joe Gross interviews the Austin writer whose work appears in the Onion A/V Club about his fiction debut, a noir set in three time periods in Boston. In this week’s Webb Report, Eric Webb explains Matthew McConaughey’s usual recipe for making a margarita. In "A Toast," we recommend TopGolf, the popular, multi-story driving range that's also a bar and restaurant, a 2015 article in Jacobin Magazine called "Why the Rich Love Burning Man," and "Wild Nights with Emily," a movie about a love affair between Emily Dickinson, portrayed by Molly Shannon, with another woman. More info: austin360.com/loveaustin360

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Ep. 57: Gray Haddock and Evan Narcisse on Rooster Teeth’s new ‘gen:Lock’ series Sep 06, 2018

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When Austinites Gray Haddock and Evan Narcisse booked “Black Panther” star Michael B. Jordan for their new series, “Gen:Lock,” they couldn’t tell anyone. In this episode you can hear the story of how Haddock, the head of Rooster Teeth’s animation studio, and Narcisse, a writer on the “Rise of the Black Panther” comic, attracted such a celebrity-studded cast for this show, which launches in January, PLUS: Austin’s first immersive selfie museum, the FOMO Factory, opens in downtown in mid-September, and creator and Austinite Rachel Youens chatted with us about how a colorful, whimsical selfie-friendly space can help us reconnect with the best parts of childhood. AND: Ben Milam Whiskey, a woman-owned distillery based in Blanco, is where Kentuckian Marlene Holmes, who previously worked for Jim Beam for more than 25 years, and longtime Austinite Marsha Milam are now making whiskey inspired by Ben Milam, a hero of the Texas Revolution and Marsha's ancestor. And in "A Toast," we recommend stencil artist El Federico, "Three Identical Strangers," a documentary about triplets who were separated at birth, a new Netflix show "Dark Tourist," which explores the hidden side of cities we love to visit, and the late summer hit movie "Crazy Rich Asians." More info: austin360.com/loveaustin360

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Ep. 56: Finding opportunity and good java at Empowered Coffee Aug 31, 2018

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The co-founder, Jonathan Davis, and employees of Empowered Coffee talk with co-host Tolly Moseley about running a radically inclusive coffee shop, where employees of all abilities pour you a cup of joe. Davis explained why he wanted to create meaningful employment for a segment of population that wants to work hard but doesn’t always get the opportunity. 101X radio host Deb O’ Keefe didn’t always have dreams of becoming a bodybuilder, but when she found out the mission of a local competition called Make A Vet Sweat, she decided to compete. Last week, Peter Dutton, a 30-year-old Austinite, found himself caught up in a case of mistaken Twitter identity with an Australian politician bidding to become the country’s prime minister. He explains why this mix-up has turned out to be a blessing. In A Toast, we recommend: Netflix new Matt Groening series “Disenchantment,” H-E-B’s curbside pickup and two movies: Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” and “Christopher Robin.” More info: austin360.com/loveaustin360.

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Ep. 55: Riders Against the Storm; the return of Austin's Quesoff Aug 24, 2018

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Chaka Mpeanaji and Qi Dada are so much more than a local hip hop group. The husband-and-wife team behind Riders Against the Storm come in to discuss RAS Day, the annual family friendly music festival happening Saturday at Kenny Dorham’s Backyard. With new music coming out this fall, the couple behind the monthly Body Rock dance party talked about their passion for bringing audiences and communities together through movement and music. ALSO: Since 2011, the Quesoff has drawn Austin’s best queso-makers to the Mohawk for the cheesiest party around. Ahead of this year’s contest, co-founder Adi Anand talked to us about why the event remains so popular. AND: in this week’s Webb Report, Eric Webb talks to us about a little-known government plot involving our very own Mexican freetail bats. In "A Toast," we recommend “The Good Wife,” Raul Garza’s new play, “There and Back" and the next ATX Flowdown, a jazz-and-freestyle spoken word show. More info: austin360.com/loveaustin360

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Ep 54: Joshua Bingaman on following his passions with Helm Boots and Progress Coffee Aug 17, 2018

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What if you followed your dream, no matter how unlikely it was and how many people told you it was crazy? Joshua Bingaman did it twice, creating two uniquely Austin businesses, Progress Coffee and Helm Boots. On this episode, Joshua discusses what inspired him to start each of them and why the creative synergy of around 2008-2010 in Austin led to so many successful offshoots from some of Austin’s best artisans. PLUS: Austin360 restaurant critic Matthew Odam talks about the blowback from his article about the state of BBQ in Lockhart, Texas; he says the meat mecca has missed a step as Central Texas brisket has evolved. AND: In this week’s Webb Report, Eric Webb gives us the lowdown on the upcoming FieriCon, a pub crawl happening in Austin this October for fans of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” host Guy Fieri. And in a “A Toast," we recommend a documentary you can find on Netflix, “The Last Laugh,” Michael Chabon’s recent book of essays about fatherhood, “Pops.” And Addie suggests “Daughters of the Dust,” Julie Dash’s 1991 film about the Gullah community of coastal South Carolina, which visually inspired Beyoncé’s “Lemonade.” More info: http://austin360.com/loveaustin360

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Ep. 53: Lilly Rockwell on Austin's surprising real-estate market Aug 10, 2018

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Austin’s real estate market continues to boom, but what does that mean for homebuyers and renters? Former Statesman reporter Lilly Rockwell, who is now a realtor at Coldwell Banker joins us for a conversation about what it takes to buy a house in Austin these days, what it's like to switch careers to real estate and which neighborhoods are still considered affordable. ALSO: The hottest month of the year is upon us, but we’re staying cool all over Austin. We share the best spots to stay cold that won’t cost you much (if anything) to enjoy. PLUS: highlights from our one-year anniversary happy hour, which brought together podcast fans from all over the city to share their love of audio storytelling and the community around it. AND: In this week’s Webb Report, social media editor Eric Webb joined Addie and Omar to share reader reactions to a recent story about possibly renaming Austin. In our "A Toast" recommendations: the inflatable obstacle course at Waterloo Adventures on Lake Travis, the new podcast “Everything is Alive,” from Ian Chillag, and the 2007 James Ivory novel "Call Me By Your Name" that inspired an Oscar-nominated film version. More info: http://austin360.com/loveaustin360

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Ep. 52: Daniel Curtis on Pay It Forward, plus some Myers-Briggs personality-test talk Jul 27, 2018

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We get to know Daniel Curtis, who, in 2011, slipped while diving in his backyard pool, resulting in a vertebrae injury that left him paralyzed. Two months after the accident, his family and friends in the food and hospitality industry put together an event called Pay It Forward to raise money for the Lone Star Paralysis Foundation. The annual event, which to date has garnered $360,000 to help others, too, continues this year on Aug. 2. Curtis talked about how his life has changed since the accident and why the local nonprofits that support quadriplegics and paraplegics are crucial in the recovery process. PLUS: Personality type tests have been around for decades; the Myers-Briggs test goes back all the way to World War II. Does that mean they can help us pick the right bar in Austin today? That’s the idea behind a recent post about finding the right bar for your Myers-Briggs personality type. Austin360’s Eric Webb discusses why people still love this test and why Austin was recently deemed an ENFP. And in "A Toast " we celebrate Mike Birbiglia's move about improv people, "Don’t Think Twice," the new season of Netflix's "GLOW" and Bo Burnham’s debut film, "Eighth Grade." And don't forget: to celebrate the podcast's first birthday, we’re hosting a meetup Aug. 1 at Indian Roller, 10006 Manchaca Road. The party starts at 6:30 p.m., and it’s free to get in. More info: http://austin360.com/loveaustin360

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Ep. 51: Richard Garriott's big life of adventure (real and virtual) + Melissa Radke's brave year Jul 20, 2018

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On Richard Garriott, Austin’s legendary creator of online virtual worlds and real-life adventurer joins us; he’s been to space, he’s been to the Titanic, and he even hit the North Pole recently with his kids. But he's best known for designing role-playing video games such as "Ultima: Online" and his latest, "Shroud of the Avatar," which launched out of Austin in March. He tells us what real-life adventures make it into his games and what it's been like for Lord British to embrace fatherhood. PLUS: Texan Melissa Radke has amassed millions of YouTube fans for her tell-all videos on parenting fails, marriage, and upside-down French braiding. Now, she has a book! "Eat Cake. Be Brave" just released, and details how, at age 41, she made a decision to live a radically braver life. In a Webb Report, American-Statesman social media editor Eric Webb tackles a pesky problem: skeeters! In a callout to readers, we asked for home remedies to repel mosquitos and to deal with ‘squito bites. He tells us what some of those homeopathic ideas were and whether we think they’re very effective. And in our recommendations segment, “A Toast": Instant Pot, a Twitter meme about “on-brand childhood stories” and the sex-positive book “Come As You Are” by Emily Nagoski. More info on this and our upcoming happy hour (Aug. 1!) at http://austin360.com/loveaustin360

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