Latest Episodes
Most Recent
Become a City Cast Neighbor
Support what you love about your city through City Cast's exclusive membership program.
More Episodes
Elon Musk recently announced that he’s moving the headquarters for X, formerly known as Twitter, to Austin, joining other Musk enterprises already here. Host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by Asher Price of...
· 23 min 36 sec
In today’s episode, host Nikki DaVaughn sits down with Danny Davis, who reports on the Texas Longhorns for the Austin American-Statesman, to talk about University of Texas sports. Recently, the univer...
· 24 min 30 sec
Do you know why Nashville is called Music City? Hint: It’s not because of the mainstream country music industry. Larry “Prof” Jenkins is a GRAMMY Award-winning musician, producer, historian, and assoc...
· 22 min 30 sec
It’s the Friday News Roundup! Host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by producer Elissa Rozentuller and executive producer Eva Ruth Moravec to bring y’all the headlines for the week. On today’s episode, the Ci...
· 26 min 42 sec
On today’s Friday News Roundup, host Grace Fuisz, producer Marie Cecile Anderson, and executive producer Whitney Pastorek are coming down off a chaotic week that saw a local business owner in hot wate...
· 21 min 36 sec
Host Grace Fuisz catches up with Music City Uke Fest founder Melanie Ching to talk all things ukulele — including how to properly pronounce the name of the tiny four-stringed instrument that’s capture...
· 17 min 6 sec
The cicadas are buzzing, the fireflies are alit, and summer is in the air. Also in the air: cockroaches, mosquitos, cicada-killer wasps, scorpions, and so much more. Entomologist Wizzie Brown with Tex...
· 24 min 26 sec
Austin’s brand-new city manager just kicked-off this year’s budget debates by presenting his first draft of this year’s budget. And while there are millions of dollars at play, the city’s somewhat lim...
· 23 min 26 sec
After two consecutive weekends of hate groups showing up in downtown Nashville, host Grace Fuisz sits down with State Senator Heidi Campbell to understand why it feels like we are being targeted. What...
· 20 min 35 sec
We’ve got Nashville Scene columnist and Metro Council expert Nicole Williams in the house on this Metro Council Tuesday with a preview of things to watch at tonight’s meeting, including a big age disc...
· 24 min 8 sec
A recent opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States came down in favor of an Austin man who’s been fighting for years to protect your right to have a bump stock. Today, host Nikki DaVaughn si...
· 26 min 27 sec
Local historian Betsy Phillips — author of “Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the FBI, the KKK, and the Bombers Beyond their Control”, out tomorrow from Third Man Books — joins host Grace Fuisz to discuss...
· 21 min 58 sec
After President Joe Biden postponed his trip in the aftermath of an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, host Nikki DaVaughn hopped on a phone call to find out how the change affect...
· 17 min 44 sec
Early voting for the August 1 election starts TODAY! Host Grace Fuisz, producer Marie Cecile Anderson, and executive producer Whitney Pastorek are on the mic with a speed run through the ballot: the c...
· 24 min 1 sec
For this week’s Friday News Roundup, host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by producer Elissa Rozentuller and Hey Austin newsletter editor Kelsey Bradshaw to talk about the story on everyone’s mind in Texas t...
· 24 min 13 sec
Host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by longtime Austinite JB Hager, whose voice graced Austin’s morning radio airwaves for more than 20 years, to talk about the iconic Frank Erwin Center. While the building...
· 25 min 7 sec
Early voting for the August 1 primary election starts tomorrow, y’all! State Senator and Equity Alliance co-founder Charlane Oliver joins host Grace Fuisz to give us the scoop on voting in Nashville:...
· 20 min 53 sec
It’s National Kitten Day, y’all! And it’s definitely kitten season in Nashville. Today on City Cats — oops, City CAST — Nashville Cat Rescue director Eva McCallister joins host Grace Fuisz to talk abo...
· 19 min 15 sec
Host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by Jane Ko, known to her hundreds of thousands of social media followers as Koko. The self-described “O.G.” food blogger in Austin, Ko has been posting about the Austin r...
· 25 min 11 sec
After a celebratory Fourth of July weekend in Nashville was marred by yet another white nationalist march downtown, host Grace Fuisz, producer Marie Cecile Anderson, and newsletter editor Margaret Kin...
· 19 min 55 sec