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City Cast Austin

David Plotz

City Cast is committed to tracking–and publishing–demographic information about our podcast guests. Diversity is a 

, and accountability is another. We want to have podcast guests who are diverse in race and ethnicity, gender, economic background, and geography. Tracking and publicizing guest demographics is a way to hold us accountable for representing the diversity of Austin.

So are we living up to our values? How diverse is our podcast guest pool, really?

This is the second year of data we have about City Cast Austin guests. (

.) We ask each of our podcast guests a few questions about their gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and neighborhood. About 90% of guests responded in 2025. The following data encompass a total of 113 guests who appeared on the podcast between Nov. 1, 2024 and Dec. 31, 2025. (We did not count City Cast Austin staffers who appeared on the podcast.)

We then used census data to compare our podcast guests to the broader city and metro population. This helps us see how well we’re reflecting the community we’re serving.

City Cast Austin guests are somewhat whiter than the city and metro area as a whole. We had more Black guests and somewhat fewer Hispanic guests than you’d expect based on the local population.

We also asked about gender identity. A 55% majority of our guests identified as female, with 41% identifying as male and 4% identifying as non-binary.

Learn more about guest diversity on other City Cast podcasts here.

This is the second year of data we have about City Cast Austin's guests. We ask each of our podcast guests a few questions about their gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and neighborhood.

How Diverse Were City Cast Austin’s Guests in 2025

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Since we launched City Cast Austin in the spring, we’ve been asking each of our City Cast Austin podcast guests a few questions about their gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and neighborhood. More than 90% of guests have responded. The following data encompass a total of 46 responding guests who’ve appeared on the podcast from when we launched in May until Oct. 31, 2024. (We did not count City Cast Austin staffers who appeared on the podcast.)

We then used census data to compare our podcast guests to the broader city and metro population. This helps us see how well we’re reflecting the community we’re serving. Since City Cast Austin has only been going for six months, this is a sparse amount of data, and we don’t want to make too many sweeping conclusions based on it.

City Cast Austin guests are somewhat whiter than the city and metro area as a whole. We had more Black guests and significantly fewer Hispanic guests than you’d expect based on the local population. Almost every city in the City Cast network has a lower percentage of Hispanic guests than you’d expect given the local population.

We also asked about gender identity. A 57% majority of our guests identified as female, with 41% identifying as male and 2% identifying as non-binary.

Since we launched City Cast Austin in the spring, we’ve been asking each of our City Cast Austin podcast guests a few questions about their gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and neighborhood.

Announcements

How Diverse Were City Cast Austin’s Guests in 2025

How Diverse Were City Cast Austin’s Guests in 2024