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ZacCast

ZacCast

37 episodes

The official podcast for local government nerds, from the folks behind ZacTax. We talk about everything from sales tax to city management to college sports, and bring you stories from the front lines of local government administration.

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Retail sales and leases

Published: Dec. 14, 2023, 10:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 seconds

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The Holiday Episode

Published: Nov. 30, 2023, 10 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 46 seconds

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The Drive-Through

Published: Nov. 16, 2023, 10 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 33 seconds

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The shrinking savings

Published: Nov. 1, 2023, 9:30 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 16 seconds

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The Segue

Published: July 7, 2023, 10 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 56 seconds

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The formerly home-ruled 15-minute city

Published: March 10, 2023, 10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 41 seconds

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The Urban Vitality of Costco

Published: March 3, 2023, 12:51 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 58 seconds

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The neighborly, the cloudy, the nice, and the naughty

Published: Dec. 19, 2022, 9 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 43 seconds

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The Bicycle

Published: Nov. 11, 2022, 10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 45 seconds

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The "Why" (with bonus content!)

Published: Oct. 25, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 6 seconds

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The staff meeting

Published: Oct. 12, 2022, 9 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 30 seconds

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The profitable city

Published: Sept. 23, 2022, 8 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 4 seconds

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I'm your density... I mean, your destiny

Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 9 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 34 seconds

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Meddlers of the world, unite (then cut it out, please)

Published: Aug. 26, 2022, 4:56 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 3 seconds

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Isn't budgeting so much fun these days?

Published: April 22, 2022, 9:30 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 31 seconds

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Open Mic Morning

Published: March 31, 2022, 10 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 45 seconds

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Local impacts of Ukraine and the 2020 Census changes

Published: March 10, 2022, 10 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 10 seconds

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Software subscriptions and a stock market for cities

Published: Nov. 16, 2021, 10:30 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 45 seconds

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A stemwinder on sales tax, staffing, supply chains, speed bumps, and scooters

Published: Nov. 3, 2021, 9:35 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 32 seconds

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What to expect when expecting to be a city manager

Published: Aug. 18, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 13 seconds

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Don't buy AirPods at the airport

Published: July 14, 2021, 9 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 34 seconds

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The sky probably isn't falling, and why a national infrastructure bank isn't helpful

Published: June 12, 2021, 6 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 38 seconds

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Sales Taxes and Covid Vaxxes

Published: May 4, 2021, 9:47 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 36 seconds

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HB 4072 (and all-time great baseball movies)

Published: April 9, 2021, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 5 seconds

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Dark Stores and Coachless Teams

Published: April 1, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 58 seconds

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Fighting the wrong fight on property tax reform

Published: March 17, 2021, 4:04 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 41 seconds

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The one Patrick expects a lot of feedback on

Published: March 12, 2021, 10 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 32 seconds

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Happy Texas Independence (from masks) Day!

Published: March 3, 2021, 3 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 55 seconds

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Back in the saddle

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 4 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 32 seconds

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Sales Tax (Post) Gameday - February 2021

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 10:30 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 18 seconds

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Greg Abbott: City Manager

Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 39 seconds

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Czech yourself before you wreck yourself

Published: Nov. 27, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 9 seconds

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The "Chad's Mannerisms" episode

Published: Nov. 25, 2020, 8 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 51 seconds

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Sales Tax Gameday - November 2020

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 8:22 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 26 seconds

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Covid resurgence, broken ice cream, street grids, and murder hornets

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 9 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 30 seconds

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Sales Tax Gameday - October 2020

Published: Oct. 7, 2020, 6:44 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 56 seconds

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Round Robin - From AirBNB to our national treasure, Mike Leach

Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 6:32 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 2 seconds

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Sales Tax Gameday - September 2020

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 9:20 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 20 seconds

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The Last Dance

Published: Sept. 4, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 40 seconds

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Dataviz tips and dad jokes

Published: Aug. 18, 2020, 7:17 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 54 seconds

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Sales Tax Gameday - August 2020

Published: Aug. 12, 2020, 10:18 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 8 seconds

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Kevin Shepherd on fiscal sustainability, infrastructure gaps, and the future of development

Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 35 seconds

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A city used these easy steps to have a productive council meeting and you won't believe what happened next!

Published: July 29, 2020, 9 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 37 seconds

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What's Proptech, and how has Covid affected sales tax?

Published: July 11, 2020, 6 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 32 seconds

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VC and ED

Published: May 26, 2020, 3 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 31 seconds

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#OpenTexas

Published: May 1, 2020, 9:15 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 21 seconds

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Budgeting under the cloud of COVID-19 with Kyle Lester

Published: March 27, 2020, 8:45 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 20 seconds

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SCADA-as-a-service, appraisal mishaps, and time travel

Published: March 23, 2020, 9 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 55 seconds

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James Earp on the local response to COVID-19

Published: March 14, 2020, 2:40 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 46 seconds

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Brittney Huff on things you don't learn in grad school (aka TYDLIGS)

Published: March 11, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 49 seconds

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Lamentations on technology and Disney princesses

Published: Feb. 25, 2020, 9 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 34 seconds

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The future of ZacTax, software spies, and zipper merges

Published: Feb. 10, 2020, 3 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 21 seconds

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Fresh Prince and Strong Towns

Published: Jan. 10, 2020, 9 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 48 seconds

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Single Local Taxes, Rule Changes, and Christmas Conspiracies

Published: Dec. 20, 2019, 3 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 35 seconds

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Robert Hanna - Downtown Redevelopment in Abilene

Published: Dec. 16, 2019, 3 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds

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Lifting the auditors' vail

Published: Dec. 2, 2019, 3 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 53 seconds

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The Single Local Tax Rate Episode

Published: Nov. 17, 2019, 11 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 50 seconds

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Mr. Miyagi, Facebook, and Christmas Spite

Published: Nov. 13, 2019, 3 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 36 seconds

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Rework

Published: Nov. 8, 2019, 10 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 2 seconds

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Haters gonna hate (local control)

Published: Oct. 31, 2019, 9 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 53 seconds

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Origins

Published: Oct. 29, 2019, 10 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 26 seconds

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The Trailer

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 6 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 54 seconds

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