Episodes

  • Austinites Go Wild, Surf's Up in Austin and Tesla is in Overdrive
    Oct 30 2024

    Elon Musk can't stop building here. Austin's going to have a place to catch a wave to go surfing. People are yanking their homes and businesses from Austin city limits like crazy, and what's up, or down with crime in Austin? ABJ Editor Colin Pope discusses that and more in this episode.

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    23 mins
  • The San Antonio-Austin Metroplex Explored: Or... Is It the Austin-San Antonio Metroplex?
    Sep 25 2024

    Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope dives into the reality of Austin and San Antonio melting together. What will the towns between look like? What can we expect, transportation-wise? Will the two cities share an NFL team? And what about this idea of laying down a hikeable and bikeable greenbelt that stretches from downtown Austin to downtown San Antonio?

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    22 mins
  • Hot Headlines from August and the Word Around the Newsroom with Colin Pope
    Aug 31 2024

    We survived another Texas summer heatwave, and as the calendar is set to turn over to fall, the business headlines remain red hot. In this download, Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope recaps the last month and looks ahead to how things might play out for a number of Austin icons.

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    19 mins
  • Hot Summer Headlines: Clickin' on Chicken, and Elon Musk's Growing Austin Empire
    Jul 25 2024

    When you add all it all up — X, Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company and Neuralink — it’s hard to deny that no one has had as big of an impact on the Austin area as Elon Musk. In this episode, Austin Business Journal Editor Colin Pope looks into Musk's growing Austin empire and recaps our top stories in July.

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    16 mins
  • Steal These Ideas from Austin’s Best Places to Work
    Jun 27 2024

    Get a load of the perks and benefits offered by this year’s winners. Some are grand — like shipping employees up to Colorado in July so they can escape the Texas heat. Others come with little or no cost. In any case, good ideas abound to improve where you work. ABJ Editor Colin Pope recaps the best benefits and the top stories from the past month.

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    19 mins
  • Where Does Austin Rank? It Depends Who's Counting and Which Survey You Read
    May 31 2024

    Jacksonville, Florida bumped Austin out of the Top 10 list of largest cities in America, as many folks are exiting Travis County for Georgetown, Leander, Kyle and points beyond. Despite a few relocations, Austin remains one of America's most desirable cities according to another major survey. In this episode, ABJ Editor Colin Pope delivers the download on Austin's ups and downs in the rankings.

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    22 mins
  • Elon Musk Transforms Austin's East Side
    Apr 30 2024

    Austin has a new most-influential employer, and he’s forcing huge changes to a part of the Austin area that has steered clear of the boom until now. Dive into that, plus ABJ’s most-read stories in the month of April. Despite Tesla dropping the biggest layoffs bombshell in local history, a little BBQ joint suddenly shutting down amassed more attention.

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    26 mins
  • Readers React: Why Has the ABJ Reporting Been So Negative Lately?
    Mar 27 2024

    There's a simple answer in this download: Don't confuse The Austin Business Journal with the Chamber of Commerce. Business leaders and executives expect the facts, and as ABJ Editor Colin Pope explains, when the local economy is challenging, it's up to the ABJ staff to tell the truth.

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    21 mins