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KXAN Catalyst
Hosted by KXAN Investigates · news · EN-US
About this Podcast:
Catalyst is a specialty unit within the KXAN investigative team focused on "digital-first” storytelling that aims to spark positive change in society. The group takes a multi-platform, innovative approach to each project, including this KXAN Catalyst Podcast.871389
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What is KXAN Catalyst about?
Catalyst is a specialty unit within the KXAN investigative team focused on "digital-first” storytelling that aims to spark positive change in society. The group takes a multi-platform, innovative approach to each project, including this KXAN Catalyst Podcast.871389
Who hosts KXAN Catalyst?
KXAN Catalyst is hosted by KXAN Investigates. The show has published 46 episodes to date.
What has KXAN Catalyst covered recently?
Recent episodes include "S8 E4: Victimology of the Rainey Street Ripper" (1 March 2026, 31 minutes), "S8 E3: Folks Having Their Drink Spiked" (22 February 2026, 17 minutes), and "S8 E2: Saw My Brother’s Body Floating" (15 February 2026, 13 minutes).
How often does KXAN Catalyst publish?
KXAN Catalyst publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 15 minutes across 46 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on KXAN Catalyst?
Booking probability for KXAN Catalyst is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. KXAN Catalyst requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. KXAN Catalyst's contact route on record: public web form.
About the host
KXAN Investigates hosts KXAN Catalyst, a news podcast with 46 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Episode #1
S8 E3: Folks Having Their Drink Spiked
Feb 22, 202617 minS1<p>After losing loved ones in Lady Bird Lake, families push Austin leaders for years to implement new safety initiatives surrounding alcohol and the downtown waterway.</p>
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S8 E2: Saw My Brother’s Body Floating
Feb 15, 202613 minS1<p>Mitchell Gutierrez speaks out about his brother’s Lady Bird Lake drowning, his family’s fight for answers and why he believes a serial killer is behind the deaths.</p>
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S8 E1: Just Wander Toward the Water
Feb 8, 202615 minS1<p>Following dozens of drownings in Austin’s downtown lake, KXAN explores solutions in other U.S. cities, including volunteer student patrols in a northern college town.</p>
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Jul 14, 20259 minS1<p >Following KXAN’s reporting on Texas’ death investigations, lawmakers look at ways to modernize the state’s system amid legislative challenges and cost concerns.</p>
Dec 9, 202413 minS1KXAN’s Josh Hinkle, David Barer, Arezow Doost, Eric Henrikson and Dalton Huey discuss challenges they faced while investigating Texas’ death inquest system.
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S7 E3: Wanted an Autopsy on that Child
Dec 2, 202420 minS1While Texas’ justice of the peace system has evolved since its start in 1824, counties are slowly replacing the death inquest part of their role with medical examiners.
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S7 E2: Murdered Down by Backbone Creek
Nov 25, 202414 minS1As Texas’ population grows, so do critics’ concerns over elected officials investigating death. As Daynon Lewis’ case unfolds, state lawmakers look to the future.
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S7 E1: Found Hanging by a Jump Rope
Nov 18, 202419 minS1A teenager’s mysterious death in 1965 resurfaces in the Texas Hill Country, prompting a new review of her case and the inquest system still used across the state.
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S6 E3: Can’t Hide Who You Are
Nov 13, 202314 minS0KXAN newsroom leaders and Francisco Vara-Orta of Investigative Reporters & Editors discuss overcoming blind spots and personal bias when covering controversial topics.
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S6 E2: Part of Your Identity
Nov 13, 202320 minS0KXAN journalists share the inner challenges they face when reporting on issues intersecting with their identities and the communities to which they belong.
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S6 E1: Fearful for Your Safety
Nov 13, 202326 minS0Catalyst Host Josh Hinkle shares how the murder of a gay college student shaped his early reporting and how he now approaches LGBTQ+ coverage.
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S6 Trailer
Nov 6, 20233 minS0KXAN explores proposed laws impacting LGBTQ+ Texans. Our journalists share how they make fair, objective coverage decisions and how their experiences shape the reporting, including the murder of a gay college student...
Episode #10
S1 Update: My Dad Didn’t Die in Vain
Mar 12, 202312 minS0Families of a Texas missing persons law’s namesake react to the discovery that police might not have complied with potentially thousands of cases.
Feb 8, 202316 minS1One woman’s search for her missing brother leads to the streets of Austin, as a legislator considers strengthening a new state law.
Sep 12, 202213 minS5Jeanne Pinder of ClearHealthCosts speaks with KXAN’s Josh Hinkle and David Barer about medical debt challenges across Texas and the U.S.
Episode #7
S4 Update: Keep the Hope Alive
Jun 16, 202118 minS4New police transparency bills are up against the clock, as Texas journalists testify about challenges with late and incomplete custodial death reports.
Feb 24, 202118 minS1<p>A father’s two-year search for his missing Marine son leads a state lawmaker to file legislation, requiring police to report to NamUs.</p>
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