Downtown Depot: Lindsay Liepman
In Episode 79 of Downtown Depot, show host Austin Meek interviews Lindsay Liepman, news anchor at KXXV. Liepman discusses her love of broadcast reporting and her new documentary on the hip hop scene in Waco. Before that interview, Meek discusses the Purim Pub Crawl and the history and culture behind the event with Jillian Ohriner.
Inside the Episode:
0:43 - The Word on the Street: Purim Pub Crawl
4:46 - Lindsay Liepman's Waco history
6:36 - Learning TV while reporting across the country
7:55 - Love of journalism from an early age
11:18 - Handling sensitive topics on the air
14:11 - Showing vulnerability on camera
15:30 - The hip hop documentary "Blood, Sweat, and Beats"
17:17 - Waco's hip hop scene in the 1970s
18:16 - "No MTV!"
19:22 - The story of Hustler E, Godfather of Waco rap
21:48 - Hip hop scene coming together
26:12 - Using your platform
26:59 - What makes Waco great