
Lambert Woolingham brings you the day’s news from Austin, Texas—because someone has to read the public record without sounding pleased about it. The Daily Shear delivers local updates, market movements, and global political theater with deadpan clarity, dry wit, and just enough patience to reach the sign-off.
Episodes
Jun 29, 2026
Jun 29, 2026
18 min
Austin's roadside landmarks fall to infrastructure expansion as General Motors replaces human labor with robotics and the U.S. Supreme Court considers seizing control of the Federal Reserve.
Jun 28, 2026
Jun 28, 2026
21 min
Austin City Council hides decades of utility votes in the shadows while the state spends millions fixing textbook typos and global transit networks melt under record-breaking heatwaves.
Jun 27, 2026
Jun 27, 2026
17 min
Apple lobbies for blacklisted Chinese microchips as the state manages agricultural pests and Saharan dust, while federal trade threats and military escalations highlight the limitations of institutional oversight.
Jun 26, 2026
Jun 26, 2026
14 min
Texas lawmakers face silence from data centers on water usage, while hardware costs climb alongside rising inflation and the Supreme Court narrows corporate liability for chemical manufacturers.
Jun 25, 2026
Jun 25, 2026
11 min
Camp Mystic stalls flood lawsuits via bankruptcy, Micron secures multi-billion dollar chip deals, and Venezuelan earthquakes strain regional emergency systems.
Jun 24, 2026
Jun 24, 2026
15 min
Hays County pauses data center applications over water usage, tech firms trim payrolls for artificial intelligence pivots, and the U.S. Senate moves to check executive authority regarding military operations against Iran.
Jun 23, 2026
Jun 23, 2026
12 min
Austin voters prepare to decide on independent city audits as global tech markets stall due to memory chip shifts and federal courts block new voter database initiatives.
Jun 22, 2026
Jun 22, 2026
17 min
Austin debates the future of a historic bridge as Qatari industrial explosions impact energy prices and the British government collapses under political scandal.
