Tales from the Trail is a new podcast focused on the stories, achievements, and insights from current University of Texas at Austin students.
Texas Trailblazers is a leadership development program founded by Gay Gaddis in Fall 2025.

by Tales From the Trail
Tales from the Trail is a new podcast focused on the stories, achievements, and insights from current University of Texas at Austin students. Texas Trailblazers is a leadership development program founded by Gay Gaddis in Fall 2025.
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11/12/2025
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April 13, 2026
<p>In our fifth episode, Walter Bristol, founder of TourFlow, a startup business focused on helping touring artists collect fan-shot footage in order to deliver authentic social content after every show, joins the show to discuss his background, founding and managing TourFlow, and advice to students on starting a business. </p><p>(00:38) Walter joins the show!</p><p>(01:04) Introduction</p><p>(02:24) Founding TourFlow & business overview</p><p>(08:43) Building TourFlow from "day zero"</p><p>(14:00) Present-day business</p><p>(18:35) Future outlook & plans</p><p>(21:51) Advice to students on starting a business</p><p>(24:53) What does leadership mean to you?</p>

March 4, 2026
<p>In our fourth episode, Sarah Graves, player on the Texas Women's Basketball team, joins the show to discuss her background, experience with the team and McCombs, as well as her interests and advice for listeners.</p><p><br></p><p>(00:36) Sarah joins the show!</p><p>(01:19) Introduction & background</p><p>(4:05) Experience with team</p><p>(05:23) Life as a student-athlete</p><p>(07:21) Personal interests</p><p>(10:10) What it means to be a "personality hire"</p><p>(11:55) Experience at the McCombs School of Business</p><p>(14:24) Post-graduation plans</p><p>(15:51) Rapid fire</p><p>(18:15) Advice</p><p>(19:23) What does leadership mean to you?</p>

February 11, 2026
<p>In our third episode, Grant Michelsen, founder of AustinXChange, a leadership network and talent pipeline with the University of Texas at Austin and University of Austin, joins the show to discuss his background and the founding, building, and future of AustinXChange.</p><p>(00:42) Grant joins the show!</p><p>(01:41) Introduction & background</p><p>(2:59) Founding AustinXChange</p><p>(10:03) AustinXChange Overview</p><p>(19:41) Building AustinXChange</p><p>(28:45) AustinXChange guest speakers, future events, personal future</p><p>(37:00) What does leadership mean to you?</p><p>(38:30) Closing</p>
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Tales from the Trail is a new podcast focused on the stories, achievements, and insights from current University of Texas at Austin students.
Texas Trailblazers is a leadership development program founded by Gay Gaddis in Fall 2025.
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