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Mike Kanin is the Publisher of the Austin Monitor. As such, he doesn't report on much--aside from the workings of the Monitor--any more. In his previous life as a freelance journalist, Kanin has written for the Washington City Paper, the Washington Post's Express, the Boston Herald, Boston's Weekly Dig, the Austin Chronicle, and the Texas Observer.
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Austin Monitor Radio: Eliot Tretter
Monday, May 2, 2016 by Michael Kanin
Austin Monitor publisher Mike Kanin talks with University of Calgary Professor Eliot Tretter about his new book, Shadows of a Sunbelt City: The Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy in Austin. Sponsored by Austin Water. Post is embedded below.
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