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The Daily Texan Audio
Podcasts from The University of Texas' student newspaper, The Daily Texan.
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The Daily Texan AudioUnhoused: Helping Hands
In a two-part series, audio reporter Ava Garderet discusses homelessness with local advocates and student volunteers. The second episode touches on students'…
The Daily Texan AudioUnhoused: Not a Quick Fix
In a two-part series, audio reporter Ava Garderet discusses homelessness with local advocates and student volunteers. The first episode tackles Prop A and…
The Daily Texan AudioDigital Director Makes Final Upload
-30- has been traditionally used by journalists to indicate the end of a story or article that is submitted for editing and typesetting. At The Daily Texan…
The Daily Texan AudioAudio Producer Hangs Up the Headphones
-30- has been traditionally used by journalists to indicate the end of a story or article that is submitted for editing and typesetting. At The Daily Texan…
The Daily Texan AudioBevo Beats: Longhorn Bluegrass
If you ever hear the sounds of a banjo, fiddle or harmonica on a Friday evening in East campus, it might be Burnt Orange Bluegrass, a student bluegrass band at…
The Daily Texan AudioZoroastrianism on the 40 Acres
Members of the Zoroastrianism faith share their thoughts on their religion, the small UT community that celebrates the practice and their hopes for the future…
The Daily Texan AudioBetween the Lines: Longhorn Powerlifting Competes at Nationals
Hear the stories behind Sarai Cantu's original reporting on the Longhorn Powerlifting club. Recently, the club sport competed on a national scale and multiple…
The Daily Texan AudioStudent Teacher Spotlight
What is it like to be entering the education field today? Hear from a student-teacher at UT carefully balance school, work and hours in the classroom. Created…
The Daily Texan AudioBetween the Lines: Texas Skate Mates
Hear the sounds behind Sarai Cantu's reporting on Texas Skate Mates and the community female skaters find on campus. Created by Mikayla Mondragon
The Daily Texan AudioQ&A with UT Track Athlete Marilyn Nwora
In this episode, you will hear Marilyn Nwora’s take on the Black experience at UT as a student-athlete. She dives into how she uses her platform and her…
The Daily Texan AudioBevo Beats: UT Mariachi
This episode of Bevo Beats features Mariachi Paredes de la Universidad de Texas. The group is increasing awareness of cultural music scenes on campus and…
The Daily Texan AudioBevo Beats: West Campus DJs
As DJ-ing rises in popularity in West Campus, student DJs at UT share their thoughts on the community, mix-making process and efforts to gain more of the…
The Daily Texan AudioBetween the Lines: Folklorico Revival
Hear the sounds behind Sarai Cantu's reporting on the commitment of some UT students to reviving UT's Folklorico student group after multiple online semesters.
The Daily Texan AudioUT Super Fan Series: Hawaiian Shirt Guy and Incredibly Loud Guy
Texan Overtime sits down with UT basketball super fans, nicknamed Incredibly Loud Guy and Hawaiian Shirt Guy. The pair have been recognized by head coach Chris…
The Daily Texan AudioBetween the Lines: Sweatt Center Donation
The Heman Sweatt Center for Black Males received a $750,000 donation that will go toward the center's goal of promoting success for Black, male students at UT…
The Daily Texan AudioTexan Overtime: Not Time to Panic Yet
After the Texas' first home loss, The Daily Texan's audio and sports reporters sit down to talk all things men's basketball. Edited by Leni Steinhardt Music by…
The Daily Texan AudioWhat's in a Name?
Audio producer Mikayla Mondragon explores the importance of proper pronunciation of UT student's names. Music by Blue Dot Sessions
The Daily Texan AudioUT Student Worker Story
Listen to a day in the life of a student worker and learn the effects working outside of a college course load can have on student's college experiences. Art…
The Daily Texan AudioThe Fight for Athletic Space on the Forty Acres
Molly Jo Tilton speaks with a weight lifter, a pickup basketball player and a dance group leader about their battle for room in UT recreational facilities…
The Daily Texan AudioRugby Rookies Rule the Pitch
Check in with the UT Women's Rugby team midseason in the third installment of this Texan Overtime series. Art by Ciara Casarez
The Daily Texan AudioOne for All and All for Rugby
In the second installment of Texan Overtime's UT rugby series, associate editor Carly Rose discusses the strength of the rugby community. Learn how UT women's…
The Daily Texan AudioFinding Comfort on Campus
Audio reporter Dacia Garcia chats with a UT student and professors about their comfort spots and how they de-stress from a busy semester on the Forty Acres…
The Daily Texan AudioEvery Body's a Rugby Body
This installment of Texan Overtime goes in-depth on UT's women's rugby. The team's journey from first practices to a potential tournament championship is…
The Daily Texan AudioTexas Students' 50 Year Battle for Reproductive Rights
This episode was corrected on 10/11 to correctly attribute quotes to Anika Srinath not Valerie Ferguson At the beginning of the 1970s, a UT student activist…
The Daily Texan AudioSounds From UT's Black Student Homecoming
Audio staffer Xavier Ingram reports from his first Black Student Homecoming. He speaks with the president and treasurer of the Black Student Alliance on…
The Daily Texan AudioBevo Beats: Rave Revival
Austin's rave scene comes back strong post COVID-19 shutdown. Audio producer Allison Knodle speaks with dance music DJ CYKX on the role drugs play in rave…
The Daily Texan AudioTexas Overtime: Men's Basketball Roundtable
Members of The Daily Texan sports department sat down over the summer to discuss their thoughts and predictions for UT men's basketball this season. Former…
The Daily Texan AudioFrom the Archives: Hidden Histories of West Campus
What was West Campus before the gigantic apartment complexes and Greek life houses? This episode of From the Archives explains three important but little known…
The Daily Texan AudioTexan Overtime: UT at Tokyo
In this episode of Texan Overtime, you'll hear from UT Olympians past and present. The longhorn Olympians talk about training during the pandemic, reaching…
The Daily Texan AudioTexan Overtime: Looking Back at the Bubble
Former UT basketball player, Donovan Williams discusses everything from what it was like inside the NCAA tournament bubble to his decision to transfer out of…
The Daily Texan AudioStudents Speak on Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation
According to the Human Rights Campaign, this year's legislative record was the most anti LGBTQ+ in recent history. Members of the LGBTQ+ community were face…
The Daily Texan Audio'Why did I never learn about this holiday?'
Juneteenth has been celebrated for over 150 years, yet some students never became aware of the holiday until just this year. Students are worried that even…
The Daily Texan AudioBevo Beats: Hip Hop on the 40 Acres
This episode of Bevo Beats focuses on the disconnect between the local hip hop scene and the UT campus. Kydd Jones, DJ NickNack, Jordon and Kato Dox help…
The Daily Texan AudioTexan Overtime: Act Like Title IX Exists
The recent controversy surrounding unequal facilities at the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments brought the conversation about gender inequity in…
The Daily Texan AudioBevo Beats: Conversation with Mama Duke
Audio producer Allison Knodle speaks with Austin rapper, Mama Duke about her experiences getting booked in Austin as a hip hop artist, how she’s found a unique…
The Daily Texan AudioBevo Beats: No Room for Hip Hop
This episode of Bevo Beats explores why hip hop remains on the outskirts of Austin’s music scene and the role venues play in keeping it there. We interview the…
The Daily Texan AudioLogging Onto the Sports Scene
Esports, or electronic sports, have taken the world of sports entertainment by storm…and the Forty Acres is no exception. Student-led Longhorn Gaming is UT’s…
The Daily Texan AudioFrom the Archives: The Mexican American Experience
Radio’s changed a lot since the ’70s and so has reporting. In this episode of From the Archives, we're going to take a look back at a radio show called the…
The Daily Texan AudioBevo Beats: The Last of the Waller Creek Boys
Powell St. John performed with Janis Joplin during her time at UT in the band, The Waller Creek Boys. After St. John graduated with an art degree from UT, he…
The Daily Texan AudioFrom the Archives: One Year Later
It's been a year since UT first extended Spring Break for an extra week. That extra week soon turned into a year of Zoom calls, masks and social distancing. In…
The Daily Texan AudioTexan Overtime: A Team Full of Potential
A series of positive COVID tests, a Kansas sweep, an unprecedented winter storm — this season of Texas men’s basketball has had its share of ups and downs. In…
The Daily Texan AudioBevo Beats: Austin’s Sound
In recent years, Austin’s hip hop scene has gained more national attention than ever before. But does Austin have a recognizable sound yet? More importantly…
The Daily Texan AudioTexan Overtime: Sarkisian Season part 2
Steve Sarkisian’s previous stint as head football coach at USC ended abruptly due to difficult personal circumstances. Now, he’s focused on football and thinks…
The Daily Texan AudioTexan Overtime: Sarkisian Season part 1 of 2
On the same day that controversial head football coach Tom Herman was unexpectedly fired, Texas Athletics announced his replacement: offensive coordinator at…
The Daily Texan AudioBevo Beats: Introducing Austin's Hip Hop
In a new series from The Daily Texan Audio, we'll explore how UT students have affected the music scene in the live music capital of the world. In this…
The Daily Texan AudioHomeless in Austin
The Daily Texan Audio reporters talk to three people who have experienced homelessness in the Austin-Travis County area. Produced by Aurora Berry, Annabella…
The Daily Texan AudioFrom the Archives: Farewell Song
Janis Joplin rose to fame in Austin singing blues music created by black musicians. This episode explores the role Joplin’s race played in her career that took…
The Daily Texan AudioFrom the Archives: Try Just a Little Bit Harder
Janis Joplin played many of the same Austin venues that current longhorns hoping to build a music careers frequent today. However, Joplin quickly out grew…
The Daily Texan AudioUnassembled Ensembles
Unable to play in ensembles or attend in-person lessons, the pandemic has entirely changed the way students in the Butler School of Music learn, perform and…
The Daily Texan AudioFriendship Breakups in 2020
As students begin sharing their beliefs on hot 2020 topics such as the global pandemic and the Black Lives Matter Movement, some students are finding that it’s…
The Daily Texan AudioFrom the Archives: She Dares to Be Different
Music legend, Janis Joplin spent a little over a semester as a longhorn in 1962. She was a part of the budding counterculture scene in Austin and even attended…
The Daily Texan AudioLittle Big Things on UT's Microfarms
UT Microfarm, an organization that manages the microfarms on campus, helps provide students with a sense of community and teaches them environmentally friendly…
The Daily Texan AudioA Semester Like No Other
Starting college is stressful enough. Going to school amidst a presidential election is too. But doing both during a pandemic? We spoke to students…
The Daily Texan AudioAustin's Zero Waste by 2040 Vision
In 2009, Austin set a goal to be "zero waste" by 2040. The city is working toward this goal with input from the UT community and with social and environmental…
The Daily Texan AudioBehind the Zoom Mute Button
As many students work from home this semester, some are experiencing noise distractions that interrupt their sleep, studying and class time. UT Austin…
The Daily Texan AudioHow Refugees Services in Austin are Weathering 2020
Austin’s Casa Marianella has sheltered refugees and asylum seekers for 35 years, but there’s never been a year like this. 2020 has presented a storm of…
The Daily Texan AudioFrom the Archives: No Place But Texas
From the Archives examines pieces of Austin history through the lens of the University of Texas. In limited series, we’re exploring the history of the land…
The Daily Texan AudioLife In Orange: Glam during a Pandemic
What does looking good mean and why does it mean something to you? Students have found themselves re-evaluating their concepts of self-image, taking a positive…
The Daily Texan AudioLife In Orange: Bringing Together the Vote
While COVID-19 has brought unprecedented barriers this election cycle, TX Votes officer Anthony Zhang discusses how college students can be civically involved…
The Daily Texan AudioLife in Orange: Studying Abroad at Home
With the emergence of COVID-19 in the Spring, Sam Gillette found his plans to fulfill his study abroad requirements completely upended. Instead of exploring…