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Anthony Bourdain will be discussing how he interacts with fans using social meeting during the South by Southwest festival. "The Layover"

The South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, is under way, and even if you don't have a ticket, you can still get in on the action by watching through live stream.

The festival's website is live streaming some events at www.sxsw.com/interactive/live, including coverage of today's conversation with former Vice President Al Gore and entrepreneur and Facebook investor Sean Parker.

SXSW 2012 kicked off Friday and the interactive segment of the festival runs until tomorrow. The film component runs until Saturday, while musical acts are on stage until Sunday.

Three events are being live streamed on the festival's website, beginning at 11 a.m.

At 3:30 p.m., Travel Channel's Anthony Bourdain will help festival-goers and those watching online go behind the scenes of his show Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations as well as tell viewers how he communicates with the show's fans using Twitter, Facebook and blogs.

The panel with Bourdain and his crew is titled Digital Debauchery with Anthony Bourdain.

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