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Matt Largey

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Projects Editor at @KUT, Austin's @NPR Station. Fact enthusiast. @SaltInstitute alum. Mainer. Usually wearing headphones. @mattlargey dot bsky dot social
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Matt has been a reporter at KUT off and on since 2006. He came to Austin from Boston, then went back for a while--but couldn't stand to be away--so he came back to Austin. Matt grew up in Maine (but hates lobster), and while it might sound hard to believe, he thinks Maine and Texas are remarkably similar

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What happens to the dead animals the city picks up on the roads in Austin?

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By Matt Largey Verified
| KUT-FM (Austin, TX) Verified
You see it almost every day. Somewhere in your travels around Austin, there's inevitably a little lump of fur in the middle of the road. Usually it’s a squirrel. Sometimes something more exotic, like an armadillo or a skunk. These poor little things probably didn’t know what hit them. Our question asker — who prefers to remain anonymous — found one just outside his house. A squished opossum in the bike lane. He called 311 and within a day, the body had disappeared.
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Who’s the guy who dances at the corner of Barton Springs Road and South First Street?

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By Matt Largey Verified
| KUT-FM (Austin, TX) Verified
Artie Abello doesn’t remember exactly when he first saw him. It was a few years ago, when he and his wife were living in South Austin. They were driving through the intersection at South First Street and Barton Springs Road. “Yeah, we noticed this person — dancing, rapping, having the time of their lives,” Abello said. They would go through this intersection a lot and see him all the time. In a city known for its characters, this man stood out.
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His memory is fading. This Austin-area woman is trying to keep it alive in a love song.

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By Matt Largey Verified, Patricia Lim
| Texas Standard Verified
He brought his guitar with him when he served in the Navy and later started bands with his friends. Music was a part of him. “He had a song recorded for our first dance,” Cassandra said. “The most amazing, wonderful thing.” They made a life together and for a few years, things were pretty good. They had their struggles, but nothing out of the ordinary. But around 2018, Cassandra started to see changes in Clyde, who was in his late 50s by then.
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