Best JB Hager Podcasts (2024)

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Tower Paddle Boards: Standing Up to the Big Guys 56:45

1+ y ago56:45

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For the last installment of our first season of Get Ship Done, host J.B. Hager sits down with ecommerce revolutionary Stephan Aarstol to get to the heart of how he identifies niche markets, ships out oversized products, and what his businesses have done to stand out in a monopolized industry.By ShipStation

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Ep. 87 She Broke the Good Ol' Boy Network With a Smile 16:11

2y ago16:11

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Jacquelyn McGee - a former star athlete, outstanding teacher, and the first woman to run a large urban high school in Texas.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Shady Rays: Customer Loyalty Built Through Returns 49:04

2y ago49:04

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Becoming someone’s favorite sunglasses brand is difficult. But Shady Rays remains a gold standard for many of its customers. Through competitive marketing efforts, a philanthropic mission, and an ultimate focus on providing the best service and product to their customers, Chris and Dan have found success in ecommerce — shipping upward of 10,000 ord…

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Ep. 86 Zach Theatre at 99 15:38

2y ago15:38

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The standard history - which Zach has touted and which we have repeated - states that Austin's regional theater was born in 1932. Not so it turns out. According to contemporary stories in newspaper archives now easily available online, what eventually became Zach premiered as the Austin Community Players in 1921. That troupe turned into the Austin …

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Ep. 85 Austin Symphony at 109 15:14

2y ago15:14

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Among the secrets to the Austin Symphony's longevity: Its fiscal austerity, its capable leadership, and its willingness to disappear for a long period of time. Here we dig into the history of the Austin Symphony and its survival, including the last couple of years of the pandemic and its impact.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 84 The Neill-Cochran House Museum Pt. 2 35:39

2y ago35:39

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West Campus-area house constructed by Austin master builder Abner Cook — since 1958, it has been preserved and operated by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Texas. Museum director Rowena Dasch shares with us the history of one of Austin's oldest homes, some stories from a living resident, Mary Cochran Bohls and u…

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Ep. 83 The Neill-Cochran House Museum Pt. 1 31:09

2y ago31:09

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West Campus-area house constructed by Austin master builder Abner Cook — since 1958, it has been preserved and operated by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Texas. Museum director Rowena Dasch shares with us the history of one of Austin's oldest homes, some stories from a living resident, Mary Cochran Bohls and u…

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Milk + Honey: This Spa is Good to Grow 55:57

2y ago55:57

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In this episode of Get Ship Done, learn how dream team and husband and wife duo, Alissa and Shon Bayer, grew a single-location spa in Austin, TX into a celebrity-endorsed, nationwide luxury clean beauty brand. They discuss their humble, grassroots beginnings and share their experience with accepting investor funds as they continue to expand their p…

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Ep. 82 We Turn the Clock Back 20,000 Years 14:51

2y ago14:51

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In Florence, on the border of Bell and Williamson counties, is the Gault Site, a vast archaeological treasure trove that dates back some 20,000 years.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 81 The Lego State Capitol 14:06

2y ago14:06

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In August of 2019, Pflugerville residentBen Rollman and a team of Lego enthusiasts arrived at the Texas State Capitol visitors center to deliver a Lego Masterpiece replica of our State Capitol.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Pride Socks: The Gold at the End of the Rainbow 43:10

2y ago43:10

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In honor of Pride Month, we sit down with Rachel Smith of Pride Socks to talk about how she turned a side-hustle into a purpose-driven ecommerce success story. What started as a way to supplement her teaching salary has led to transforming the beloved tube sock into a movement that promotes the message of love, pride, respect, and inclusion for eve…

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Ep. 80 Land, love, work, family and loss made Salt Lick barbecue 14:11

2y ago14:11

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We've all been there, love it, and share with pride Salt Lick barbecue with friends visiting Austin. You might be surprised and just how far back it goes and the history and traditions of this hill country landmark.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Urban Native Era: Success Sewn From a Social Movement 53:15

2y ago53:15

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What started as a Facebook group in 2012 to help provide visibility of Indigenous People during the Idle No More protests, has since grown into a purpose-driven apparel brand that recently found its way into REI stores across the country. Urban Native Era founder, Joey Montoya, always knew his brand would strike a chord with a wide audience. But it…

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Ep. 79 Volume 4 of Indelible Austin has arrived 18:31

2y ago18:31

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We are excited to announce that Volume 4 of "Indelible Austin" by Michael Barnes has made it to publication, which is not only great for Austin preservation, but for sharing many great stories in upcoming episodes of Austin Found.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Harmony Harvest: From Dirt to Door 53:33

2y ago53:33

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What started as a wholesale business, delivering American-grown flowers to event planners and Whole Foods up and down the east coast, unexpectedly took a turn at the start of the pandemic. For the first episode of Get Ship Done, J.B. Hager chats with Stephanie Duncan, co-founder of Harmony Harvest. Along with her sister and mother, she was able to …

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Coming Soon: Get Ship Done 7:56

2y ago7:56

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On April 5, ShipStation launches a new podcast, Get Ship Done, hosted by J.B. Hager. This show spotlights entrepreneurs in ecommerce — both big and small — to uncover their unique journey to building a successful online brand. Tune in to learn more about their successes, struggles, and useful tips on how to Get Ship Done. Brands featured this seaso…

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Ep. 78 Iconic Austinite - Lonnie Limón Pt. 2 27:11

2y ago27:11

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Lonnie Limón could have worked anywhere in the country after graduating from the University of Notre Dame. But eventually, Limón moved to back to Austin, where he is closer to relatives — more than 3,500 of them. The Limóns and the Estradas — the latter is his mother's family — have lived in Central Texas since the late 19th century. More than 100 …

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Ep. 77 Iconic Austinite - Lonnie Limón Pt. 1 26:43

2y ago26:43

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Lonnie Limón could have worked anywhere in the country after graduating from the University of Notre Dame. But eventually, Limón moved to back to Austin, where he is closer to relatives — more than 3,500 of them. The Limóns and the Estradas — the latter is his mother's family — have lived in Central Texas since the late 19th century. More than 100 …

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Ep. 76 The Trick to a Fruitful Life - Ramón Galindo 13:00

2y ago13:00

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One secret to Galindo's success had nothing to do with sleight of hand. One of the founders of the Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce, founder of Ace Tailors, and downtown landowner, Galindo left quite a footprint in shaping Austin.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 75 An Outlandish Poet 10:39

2+ y ago10:39

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Robert Lord was "the somewhat outlandish 'poet' who had a column in the Austin American Statesman back in the late 1960s and early '70s. Google has not turned up anything on this man. Interviewing Statesman colleagues from that era turned up nothing. Who was this mystery poet?By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 74 Iconic Austinite - Shannon Sedwick - Esther's Follies Pt. 2 20:31

2+ y ago20:31

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Co-founder and performer since the very begging of Esther's Follies unique sketch comedy troupe, Shannon Sedwick joins Austin Found to share their story. You might also be surprised at how many iconic places she has been a part of, including Liberty Lunch and The Tavern.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 73 Iconic Austinite - Shannon Sedwick - Esther's Follies Pt. 1 21:17

2+ y ago21:17

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Co-founder and performer since the very begging of Esther's Follies unique sketch comedy troupe, Shannon Sedwick joins Austin Found to share their story. You might also be surprised at how many iconic places she has been a part of, including Liberty Lunch and The Tavern.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 72 LBJ's Congressman and Judge 11:56

2+ y ago11:56

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Did you know that exactly one native Austinite was nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court? And not that long ago, historically speaking.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 71 Austin before IBM 18:53

2+ y ago18:53

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During the early 1960s, before the arrival of IBM in 1967, the entire workforce in Travis County hovered around 80,000. Today, the tech industry alone employs more than 120,000 workers in Central Texas.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 70 Iconic Austinites - Harrison Eppright pt. 2 28:15

2+ y ago28:15

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Manager of Visitor Services/Tour Ambassador at Visit Austin, Harrison discusses growing up in East Austin and shares his passion for Austin architecture and it's history.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 69 Iconic Austinites - Harrison Eppright pt. 1 34:52

2+ y ago34:52

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Manager of Visitor Services/Tour Ambassador at Visit Austin, Harrison discusses growing up in East Austin and shares his passion for Austin architecture and it's history.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 68 The Klan was not always underground 16:06

2+ y ago16:06

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The Ku Klux Klan has emblazoned a long historical scar on Texas. At one point during the 1920s, the group was almost a daily fact of life. It took an effort by crusaders such as future Texas Gov. Dan Moody to quell the tide.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 67 Lighting the Tree for Over 50 Years 19:30

2+ y ago19:30

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According to a 1967 article, the Zilker Christmas Tree was concieved by Mrs. Alden Davis, special chairwoman of Yule Fest, which, along with Trail of Lights, celebrated its 50th in 2014.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 66 Over 50 Years of High Standards 14:41

2+ y ago14:41

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KMFA, which is not over 50 years old, was built on high standards.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 65 An Austin Gallery since 1993 14:01

2+ y ago14:01

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Stephen L. Clark Gallery, a story that reaches back to 1993. Clark, former owner of the Waterloo Ice House group, opened the spot that pulls together so many strands of Austin Culture.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 64 Biggest of the Big Time 19:21

2+ y ago19:21

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A populist palace from the beginning, the Paramount was the biggest of big-time venues in Austin, at least from 1915 until late in the 20th century. As the theater has since passed 100 years old, it is crucial to recall that the grande dame of Congress Avenue--frequented by all social and economic classes, although in segregated seating for its fir…

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Ep. 63 Murder, Suicide, and a Historic Juror 13:39

2+ y ago13:39

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"Virgil Oliver---first Negro in the South to serve on a jury." Could that possibly be true? Did Austin play such a dramatic role in the struggle for civil rights? Well, yes and no.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 62 Josefina Zamarripa, mother of 14, raised her children while advocating for East Austin 17:02

2+ y ago17:02

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A little over a month after they said goodbye to their mother, 10 of the Zamarripa children gathered in their childhood home on Tillery Street. Now in their 50s, 60s and 70s, they showed two guests the spots in the house that made family history. One sibling might disagree with another, but with so many eyewitnesses to that history, a shared narrat…

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Ep. 61 Meet Mary Arnold, the godmother of Austin's green movement 17:41

3y ago17:41

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Along with allies such as Shudde Fath, Roberta Crenshaw, Dorothy Richter, Scotty Sayers, Ben Crenshaw, Bill Bunch and others, Arnold showed that steady, smart and well-informed environmental and neighborhood activism can change the city forever.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 60 Faith Kept for 150 Years 13:28

3y ago13:28

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The legacy of an Austin church.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 59 The birth, growth and history of Lakeway 13:43

3y ago13:43

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Surprisingly, Lakeway has been well documenting and preserving it's short history. A west Austin hotbed for retiree's and now young prosperous families, we give you a brief history of Lakeway, Tx.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 58 Iconic Austinites - Eddie Wilson Pt. 2 28:38

3y ago28:38

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Eddie Wilson was the founder of the legiondary Armadillo World Headquarters that shaped Austin as a music town. After AWH he purchased Threadgill's which continued the music heritage of our city. We run through a listener submitted list of great Austin restaurants that are now gone and gather Eddie's thoughts and memories.…

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Ep. 57 Iconic Austinites - Eddie Wilson Pt. 1 34:09

3y ago34:09

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Eddie Wilson was the founder of the legiondary Armadillo World Headquarters that shaped Austin as a music town. After AWH he purchased Threadgill's which continued the music heritage of our city. We run through a listener submitted list of great Austin restaurants that are now gone and gather Eddie's thoughts and memories.…

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Ep. 56 Life Down at the Poor Farm 12:44

3y ago12:44

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What we know know as Tarrytown was once a poor farm in the late 1800's. It was for paupers, convicts, and farmhands, some looking for work, some looking for food in tough times. It was even used for some criminals to pay off debt.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 55 No, It's the Heat! 12:08

3y ago12:08

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As much as we love Austin, dealing and adjusting to the heat is a very real consideration, especially with so many moving here. Can you handle it? Not sure? Give this a listen.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 54 The Mystery of the Downtown Castle on the Hill 13:03

3y ago13:03

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This Victorian mansion, known as Chateau Bellevue, is home to the Austin Woman's Club, formed by female leaders in the 1920's. However, not the only castlelike structure in Austin, we explore more in the Austin surroundings.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 53 Sex, Drugs, and Jazz 21:44

3y ago21:44

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Between World War 1 and the Great Depression, the Jazz Age picked up where Guy Town's vices left off.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 52 Recent passing of iconic Austinites that shaped our city and culture 18:40

3y ago18:40

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Teresa Lozano Long, major philanthropist, longtime educator and community leader, died at age 92. Austin civil rights pioneer, school namesake, church co-founder, business leader and lifelong educator Bertha Sadler Means died at age 100.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 51 What happened to the Native Americans in Texas? 18:11

3y ago18:11

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Texas is home to just three surviving small reservations, two of which, the Alabama-Coushatta in East Texas and the Kickapoo on the Rio Grande, were set aside for immigrant Native Americans, meaning the remnants of tribes what were forced into Texas from their original homelands in the eastern United States What happened, then, to the Caddos, Coman…

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Ep. 50 The Vietnam War Split Austin Wide Open 12:48

3y ago12:48

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During the 1960's, Austinites, found themselves in a unique position. Many remained loyal to the man who had served as their congressman, senator, vice president and president. Others, played a part in the local protest movement against the war.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 49 Two of Austin's oldest houses 17:13

3y ago17:13

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You know one — the French Legation — as the “oldest house in town.” Locals and tourists love this Creole-style home that rests on a steep crest; it was built for Alphonse Dubois de Saligny, France’s chargé d’affaires to the new Republic of Texas. You are probably familiar with the other handsome house — Boggy Creek Farm — because of its organic foo…

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Ep. 48 “Forty Years of East Austin Evolution” about Black East Austin newspaper 12:53

3y ago12:53

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Austin leaders wanted more integration in the 60’s and didn’t know where to find black owned business and started a black registry. In 1973, the Villager was born.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 47 ‘A natural-born progressive’: Enter the modernist world of Texas Black architect John S. Chase 20:54

3y ago20:54

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Any alert observer passing along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Chestnut Avenue in East Austin inevitably notices two revolutionary sites. One is the David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with its dramatically escalating roofline, color-block windows and soaring modernist steeple. The other is the radically geometrical and cantilevered resi…

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Ep. 46 A Holy Land, Deaf Smith and the Texas School for the Deaf 16:28

3y ago16:28

16:28

The story of Deaf Smith, a war hero and the fight to preserve the Texas School for the Deaf, the oldest continuously operated school in the state.By avmedia@gannett.com

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Ep. 45 Ballet at the Armadillo World Headquarters 16:37

3+ y ago16:37

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You've heard the stories of the legendary Armadillo, where hippies and rednecks co-mingled... oh, and ballet.By avmedia@gannett.com

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