Ep 91: Geeking out with Austin fandom scholar Suzanne Scott

08/02/19 • 60 min

I Love You So Much: The Austin360 Podcast

In this week’s episode, we’re letting our fan flags fly with Suzanne Scott. Suzanne is a media studies assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where she specializes in researching all things fandom. We chatted about the evolution of fan culture, her new book titled “Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry,” and her own personal relationship with pop culture, including the Spider-Man character she cosplayed this July at San Diego Comic-Con.

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Ep 90: Heat Week: Keeping Austin fit when it’s hot

In this week’s episode, we’re celebrating Austin’s culture of being hot and its intersection with the city’s fitness obsession. Gabrielle Munoz and Mark Wilson are both staff members at the Statesman who live active lives: Gabby’s a runner and Mark often goes out for bike rides and hikes on trails around town. We talked to them about how they adjust their workouts when Austin’s summer temperatures reach triple digits without sacrificing their active lifestyles.

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Ep 92: Customers, owners say goodbye to El Patio after more than 65 years

In this week’s episode we pay tribute to an Austin icon. El Patio Tex-Mex restaurant is closing on August 9 after more than 65 years in business. Paul Joseph opened the restaurant in 1954, and his family has run it ever since. Home to UT royalty and students and Austinites famous and anonymous, El Patio left an indelible mark on Austin culture.