The Austin KOOPerative Hour
The Austin KOOPerative Hour is a collection of Austin-centric news and public affairs programs covering diverse local topics. Our hosts bring guests to the KOOP microphones to discuss relevant, informative, and timely Austin issues. There will be personal profiles, news stories, round table discussions, political forums, local entertainment coverage, social and environmental issues, and other interesting topics. Refer to the complete show schedule below to find out when each show is airing from month-to-month. Links to each show’s program page are provided below.s, and other interesting topics.
Our Programs
Across Sound, with Marcelina Gray. A free form program that moves across sounds in all forms: language, music, accents, and anything that can be registered through active listening. Each episode is inspired by a field recording that gradually reveals a wider context of the material and the stories behind it.
The Austin Common Radio Hour, hosted by John Hoffner, Amy Stansbury and Jane Pulaski. We talk with ordinary people doing exceptional things for the common good of the community. We cover issues related to civic engagement, the environment and renewable energy. The Austin Common serves as a local news source that informs and helps Austinites make a difference in their community. Our KOOP show shares that message.
Nonviolent Austin Radio Hour, with Stacie Freasier (she/they). A program that educates and engages listeners on the principles and practice of nonviolence as an active force for personal, social, and political change. Co-hosted by comrades Robert Tyrone Lilly (he/him/brother) and Jim Crosby (he/him), the show will provide updates on current events, learning opportunities, and nonviolent direct action taking place in Austin and surrounding areas.
Racism On the Levels, with Stacie Freasier (she/they). A program that explores how the social construct of race and racial oppression operates at multiple levels with a rotating focus on different social systems. Connections with Austin-area justice movement organizers and everyday people with relevant lived experience to lay out historical context, current affairs, and creative possibilities for a liberated future.
KOOP Community Partners Chat, hosts Michelle Manning-Scott and Nora Redfern talk with Austin area non-profit organizations to discover how they benefit the many communities that live together here in Central Texas. Discussions center around these organizations’ missions, invaluable work they do as well as the programs and services they provide in the areas of arts & culture, education, health, the environment, social justice, womxn, LGBTQAI+, and neighborhood stability.
Sweet Tea, tune in with Parke Ballantine, and many fabulous guests, as they dive into chitchats about queer life in the South. Get ready to share some sweet tea, laughter and meaningful moments. Each episode, Parke will be joined by some truly fabulous guests, from local activists and artists to everyday heroes who are making a difference in our Southern queer world.
