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Brian Gaar

  • Writer, Journalist and Content Producer, Freelance
Austin
As seen in: Apple Podcasts, Substack, Flipboard, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, Austin American-Statesman, Houston Chronicle, Texas Monthly, MYSA, Wichita Eagle and
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A lifelong writer and creative, I've told stories for some of the biggest media brands in the world.

I've done everything from traditional journalism, to creating and hosting a televised late-night comedy show, to scripting and producing pretty darned good digital content.

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A $700 Million Video Game Keeps Raking in Cash - But Will it Ever Actually Be Released? - The Bar...

A $700 Million Video Game Keeps Raking in Cash - But Will it Ever Actually Be Released? - The Bar...

Gustavo Sorola has been waiting more than ten years to explore the stars. Along with millions of other hopefu…

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After a Prison Cat Fundraiser Went Viral, Texas Officials Put His Caretaker in Solitary Confineme...

After a Prison Cat Fundraiser Went Viral, Texas Officials Put His Caretaker in Solitary Confineme...

"She was crying when she called me," her daughter told The Barbed Wire. "This is not a place my medically cha…

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Just When the Texas Hemp Industry Breathed a Sigh of Relief, It Faces Another Extinction-Level Ev...

Just When the Texas Hemp Industry Breathed a Sigh of Relief, It Faces Another Extinction-Level Ev...

The $8 billion Texas hemp industry is once again in peril.

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The Next Big Pro Wrestling Sensation Is a Russian From Austin - The Barbed Wire

The Next Big Pro Wrestling Sensation Is a Russian From Austin - The Barbed Wire

Dimitri Alexandrov prefers being a good guy. In the world of professional wrestling, with its history of vill…

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PBS Was a 'Cultural Life Vest' for Kids Like Me Before the Internet. The Fight to Keep Public Med...

PBS Was a 'Cultural Life Vest' for Kids Like Me Before the Internet. The Fight to Keep Public Med...

From late-night "Doctor Who" to "Monty Python," PBS beamed in the wider world to kids in Texas.

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Austin's incentives deals: What city has gotten for its money

Austin's incentives deals: What city has gotten for its money

Over the past decade, the city of Austin has paid more than $43.7 million in incentives to a handful of priva…

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Trump Finally Endorses Paxton, Cornyn Reduced to ‘Good Man’ Status

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By Brian Gaar
| The Barbed Wire
Donald Trump has officially endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for U.S. Senate, bucking his party’s mainstream donors and siding with the MAGA favorite in the May 26 Republican runoff. In a statement roughly the length of a Russian novel, Trump praised Paxton as an “America First Patriot,” a “MAGA Warrior,” and most importantly, “extremely loyal.” “I know Ken well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and he is a WINNER!” our president wrote.
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Elon Musk Was Mercilessly Trolled on Video Game Livestream, Then He Rage Quit

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By Brian Gaar
| The Barbed Wire
If there is one dark joy these days, it’s still being able to laugh at the world’s richest man, who consistently exhibits the aura of a divorced dad showing up at the skate park. Over the weekend, zillionaire Elon Musk, who has reportedly been using AI to spy on the few federal workers he’s allowed to keep their jobs, live streamed himself playing a video game via his Starlink internet service. Via his own private jet, natch. A less likable villain has never existed.
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Did Whataburger ‘Fall Off’? We Sent a Team of Texas Comedians to Investigate.

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By Brian Gaar
| The Barbed Wire
It was 6 p.m. in downtown Austin. Traffic was humming, and responsible adults were bustling, which is to say it was absolutely the wrong time to eat Whataburger. Whataburger is 2 a.m. food. Eating it while the sun is still up feels like seeing a teacher at the grocery store: technically allowed, but unsettling. But my friends and I had pressing business.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

High school newspaper reporter

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yep

How is social media changing news?

It's allowed widespread disinformation, especially among older readers who should know better.
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