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Brigitte Bandit, an Austinite and drag performer, joins host Nikki DaVaughn to talk about celebrating Pride in Austin. Aside from doing drag full-time and hosting a monthly open mic drag show, Bandit...
· 25 min 45 sec
This week on the Friday News Roundup, host Grace Fuisz, producer Marie Cecile Anderson, and executive producer Whitney Pastorek discuss the awesome substitute budget passed at Tuesday’s Metro Council...
· 21 min 28 sec
In today’s Friday News Roundup, we sum up what we know about a shooting at Round Rock’s Juneteenth celebration, and talk about the University of Texas athletes who are heading to this year’s Summer Ol...
· 23 min 15 sec
It’s Pride weekend in Nashville, y’all! Nashville Pride president Nicholas Gulick joins host Grace Fuisz to preview this year’s festival in Bicentennial Park, headlined by Tinashe and Billy Porter. Pl...
· 17 min 9 sec
To commemorate Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, host Nikki DaVaughn talks to CBS Austin Meteorologist Avery Tomasco about what to expect from the weather gods this summer. Spoiler alert:...
· 25 min 0 sec
Nicole Williams is Nashville’s foremost expert on all things Metro Council — you may know her as @startleseasily on Twitter — and she joins host Grace Fuisz to cover the basics. What does Metro Counci...
· 17 min 13 sec
Each city has those things you have to know, those unspoken rules that can help you survive the day-to-day, or at least to not be confused for a tourist. Host Nikki DaVaughn is joined by producer Elis...
· 22 min 5 sec
Tony Plohetski, investigative reporter for the Austin American-Statesman and senior reporter for KVUE, joins City Cast Austin host Nikki DaVaughn to dissect the case against Daniel Perry, who was conv...
· 28 min 54 sec
Host Grace Fuisz talks to Nashville Community Review Board chair Alisha Haddock about the recent allegations by a former Metro Nashville police lieutenant that high ranking MNPD officials worked with...
· 22 min 7 sec
Episode DescriptionIt’s our first Friday News Roundup, y’all! Today we’ve got comedian Eddie Ortiz joining host Grace Fuisz, producer Marie Cecile Anderson, and executive producer Whitney Pastorek to...
· 15 min 13 sec
It’s our first Friday News Roundup! Today, we talk about a bomb threat that upended a popular drag brunch during Pride, and dig into letters that the University of Texas sent to students who protested...
· 26 min 50 sec
Host Nikki DaVaughn sits down with Shanisha Johnson, the public relations and volunteer coordinator for Central Texas Juneteenth, which kicks off with a parade in East Austin on Saturday. Johnson’s fa...
· 20 min 56 sec
It’s the first rule of life in Nashville, y’all: Follow Nashville Severe Weather. For over a decade, they’ve been this town’s online go-to in the event of tornadoes, flash floods, derechos, snowpocaly...
· 22 min 49 sec
Host Nikki DaVaughn sits down with Evil MoPac, the anonymous social media persona masquerading as an Austin highway. We won’t give up their identity, but will give you the inside scoop on their true f...
· 22 min 38 sec
It’s Bonnaroo time, y’all! Over 80,000 fans will flock to a farm outside Manchester, TN this weekend to catch massive acts like Megan Thee Stallion and buzzy newcomers like Chappell Roan at one of the...
· 22 min 19 sec
It's our debut, y'all! To kick things off, host Grace Fuisz chats with Mayor Freddie O’Connell, the former district councilmember who’s in his first year at the helm of Metro Nashville. With a transit...
· 19 min 22 sec
For our inaugural episode, host Nikki DaVaughn sits down with Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, who’s currently on a return tour of duty at City Hall. Watson was mayor a few decades ago, then served in the st...
· 26 min 44 sec
Introducing City Cast Austin — the new daily podcast that's going to prove as essential in town as the MoPac express lane at 5 p.m. on a Friday. Join host Nikki DaVaughn and the City Cast Austin team...
· 1 min 20 sec
City Cast Nashville is your daily guide to Nashville's news, culture, food, and more. Our host Marie Cecile Anderson and the City Cast Nashville team let you in on what Nashville's talking about with...
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