Matt Largey

2 months ago | kutkutx.studio | Matt Largey

October 31, 2022 The Campaign Nearly two years after the big blackout in Texas, how big of an issue is the power grid in the 2022 race for governor? We talk with Julian Aguilar, a reporter for the Texas Newsroom. The Disconnect Season 2 is a project of The Texas Newsroom, the collaboration among NPR and the public radio stations […] Listen

2 months ago | kut.org | Matt Largey

This story was originally performed at KUT's ATXplained Live at Bass Concert Hall on Oct. 23, 2024. Get tickets for our next show!Krista Reitz was born in Austin, but she didn't stay here. After her parents divorced, she moved around a lot. “I picked up and I moved and life was gone and the next phase happened,” she said. That made it hard to keep friends for very long. Now as an adult, Krista meets people who’ve been friends since they were kids and she wishes she had that.

2 months ago | kutkutx.studio | Matt Largey

Summary When the 2021 blackout struck, the finger-pointing began. Electric utilities versus pipeline companies. But finding out exactly what happened is one of the most frustrating parts oil and gas regulation in Texas: getting a clear picture of who did what isn’t really possible. But there’s one man who says he can see exactly what happened. Now he just has to prove it in court. Special thanks to Rachel Adams-Heard, an energy reporter for Bloomberg who appears in this episode.

Jan 16, 2025 | kut.org | Matt Largey

ATXplained Live is back this April at the Bass Concert Hall. Brand new stories, told live on stage by some of your favorite KUT journalists, along with sound, images and some special guests. If you've never been to ATXplained Live before, it's hard to explain. It's best if you just watch one of the rare videos of a story from a previous show. But you've got to be there for the real experience.

Nov 4, 2024 | kut.org | Matt Largey

The first time Bernard Snyder remembers seeing Jo Cartwright was at a chicken restaurant. She had a big piece of chicken in front of her. “She’s sitting there and she's looking at this chicken. And she looks so helpless. I mean, it was just hilarious,” Bernard said. It was funny, but he was smitten. “I had to find out who she was," he said. Bernard lives at Westminster, a retirement home near Bull Creek Road in Austin. He moved there with his wife in 2017. He’s 98 years old now.