Austin
About Austin
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. With a population of 961,855 at the 2020 census, it is the 13th-most populous city in the U.S., fifth-most populous city in Texas, and second-most populous U.S. state capital, while the Austin metro area with an estimated 2.55 million residents is the 25th-largest metropolitan area in the nation. Austin is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it has been one of the fastest-growing large cities in the United States since 2010.
On the show — 11 mentions total
The biggest one is the O. Henry Punoff in Austin, Texas, started in 1978, and it's the world championship of punning. They have onstage referees during this, and referees can immediately disqualify someone if they use what they consider subpar wordplay.
from 271: No Such Thing As A Safe Robot, 2019-05-31 at 00:32:54 · read transcript
Other times Austin came up
We know at least they didn't need a spam donor. Okay. I'm glad I let you talk there. That museum is in Austin, in Minnesota, and it sounds quite interesting. They have volunteer guides that are known as Spambassaders, and they walk around the Spam Museum with little bits of spam on toothpicks, which they call Spampools. Oh my God. Did you guys hear about the 1990s spam carving contest in Seattle?
347: No Such Thing As A Bacon Scented Sleep Mask, 2020-11-13 · listen
I mean the stories keep cropping up and they keep on being funny because animals on planes just doesn't work. I don't know if you guys saw this. There was a British flight from, well, it was from Gatwick to Austin. in. This was last month and it was delayed by an hour and a half because two emotional support bulldogs, which were wearing tutus and were there to help their owners get through the flight, they themselves became too distressed to be on the plane.
No Such Thing As An Emotional Support Amoeba, 2019-12-06 · listen
They've got some, they've got some lovely children as well, so we know at least they didn't need a spam donor. Okay. I'm glad I let you talk there. That museum is in Austin in Minnesota, and it sounds quite interesting. They have volunteer guides that are known as spam ambassadors, and they walk around. around the spam museum with little bits of spam on toothpicks, which they call spampals. Oh, my God.
No Such Thing As A Bacon Scented Sleep Mask, 2020-11-13 · listen
More places from this episode
271: No Such Thing As A Safe Robot put 3 places on the map.
- McMaster University · Canada
- Ryerson University · Canada
Coordinates: 30.3000, -97.7333