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Ron's body is apparently starting to feel older. In fact, he often gets pain for no reason whatsoever. What's up with that?.... Guest: Travel Journalist Juliana Broste about Southern Texas

Part-time Biology lecturer Eric Brothwell was arrested on March 10. His charges, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department, were contacting a minor with intentions to have sex. Brothwell was exposed on March 5 by an anti-predator group called "People v. Preds." Brothwell's arraignment was set for Wednesday, March 12; however, he posted his $100,000 bail and was released from the Orange County Jail on Tuesday, March 11.Long Beach State's 52nd annual Pow Wow kicked off on the weekend of March 8, celebrating different tribal arts and customs to the rhythm of traditional Indigenous drumming and singing. The collaborative event was presented by several on-campus organizations, upholding Indigenous traditions within the Long Beach community.Long Beach swimming areas are closed again due to a 10,500-gallon sewage spill upstream in the San Gabriel Valley River. A grease blockage in Rowland Heights caused the spill. Long Beach City is working to post signs for public safety.Three people, two living in Los Angeles County and one in Southern Texas, face federal charges after falsely claiming wildfire relief funds. Both LA County suspects were arrested last Tuesday, March 12, and face up to 30 years in federal prison. Neither have a set court date or trial. The third suspect from Texas faces court in the Southern District of Texas but is expected to have a trial in Downtown Los Angeles as well. After departing from Colorado Springs, engine vibrations on American Airlines flight 1006 caused pilots to divert to the Denver International Airport mid-flight. While the plane was taxiing, the engine caught fire. Some passengers were evacuated to the wing of the plane and others directly to the tarmac. All 172 passengers and six crew members were evacuated safely using the inflatable slides to reach the ground. No major injuries were reported.  Donatella Versace has stepped down as creative director of her family's French designer brand, Versace. She held the position for almost 30 years after her brother was assassinated. Miu Miu Design Director Dario Vitale will step up to fill the Versace shoes.Host: Sam FarfánEditor: Aidan SwanepoelProducers: El Nicklin, Aidan SwanepoelLike, comment, and follow us on your favorite platform for more content!Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/long-beach-current-podcasts/id1488484518Spotify⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4HJaqJep02kHeIQy8op1n1⁠⁠⁠⁠Overcasthttps://overcast.fm/itunes1488484518/long-beach-current-podcasts

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This episode explores how to build a thriving culture and long-term industry success with Bethany Babcock, Principal & Co-Owner of Foresite Commercial Real Estate. The Crexi Podcast explores various aspects of the commercial real estate industry in conversation with some of the top CRE professionals in the space. In each episode, we feature different guests to tap into their wealth of CRE expertise and explore the latest trends and updates from the world of commercial real estate.  In this episode, host Jessica LaRusso sits down with Bethany in a wide-ranging conversation, discussing her non-traditional entry into commercial real estate, her career progression, and the lessons learned along the way. Bethany shares the story behind founding Foresite, the company's unique culture, and how it has become the largest retail firm in South Texas relying solely on internal data.  They also delve into Bethany's passion project, the CRE Launch Program, which aims to cultivate new talent in the industry. The episode covers key insights into the retail sector in San Antonio and Southern Texas, reflecting on trends, challenges, and opportunities. Bethany also provides valuable advice for younger brokers and emphasizes the importance of good old-fashioned marketing and long-term perspective in CRE. Meet Bethany Babcock: Career HighlightsBethany's Unconventional Entry into CREClimbing the Ladder: From Receptionist to Property ManagerMentorship and Career ShiftsLessons from the 2008 Financial CrisisBalancing Leadership and LikeabilityDaily Habits and Personal LifeFounding Foresight Real EstateInnovative Practices at ForesightChallenges as a Young Female BrokerFamily-Oriented Culture at ForesightLeveraging Internal Data for SuccessClient Relationships and Transaction StoriesThe Challenge of Training in Commercial Real EstateLaunching a Virtual Training Program During COVIDGrowth and Expansion of the Training ProgramCurrent State of the Retail Sector in TexasImpact of Macroeconomic Factors on RetailAdvising Clients and Brokers in San AntonioRapid Fire Questions and Closing RemarksIf you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to our newsletter to receive the very next one delivered straight to your inbox. For show notes, past guests, and more CRE content, please check out Crexi Insights.Ready to find your next CRE property? Visit Crexi and immediately browse hundreds of thousands of available commercial properties.Follow Crexi:https://www.crexi.com/​ https://www.crexi.com/instagram​ https://www.crexi.com/facebook​ https://www.crexi.com/twitter​ https://www.crexi.com/linkedin​ https://www.youtube.com/crexiAbout Bethany Babcock:Bethany Babcock has worked in property management, leasing and investment sales for over 20 years. She founded Foresite Real Estate in 2014.In 2018 she was named by the San Antonio Business Journal as one of the “40 under 40”. Bethany is one of very few brokers in San Antonio to have received national awards in the categories of both top leasing agent and top investment sales agent. She has been published online with Forbes and featured in the Business Journal as well as been a guest speaker for the South Texas CCIM Symposium. Bethany also enjoys guest lecturing for the Real Estate Finance Department at the University of Texas at San Antonio.In 2020 Bethany opened up Foresite's own training program to those outside of the company and created the “CRE Launch Program” which has worked with students from more than 10 universities and 20 different brokerage firms to develop and retain new talent in the industry.The unique culture at Foresite has lured industry veterans as well as developed exceptional talent internally and in 2022 and 2023 Foresite was named #1 Best Place to Work for Small Businesses by the San Antonio Business Journal.Bethany graduated from UTSA double majoring in International Business and Finance. She went on to earn her MBA with a concentration in Finance from Texas A&M University-San Antonio. She is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, a board member for Adult and Teen Challenge of Texas and is a mother of three. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to our newsletter to receive the very next one delivered straight to your inbox. For show notes, past guests, and more CRE content, please check out Crexi's blog. Ready to find your next CRE property? Visit Crexi and immediately browse hundreds of thousands of available commercial properties. Follow Crexi:https://www.crexi.com/​ https://www.crexi.com/instagram​ https://www.crexi.com/facebook​ https://www.crexi.com/twitter​ https://www.crexi.com/linkedin​ https://www.youtube.com/crexi

Powerful Hurricane Beryl will continue to roar across the Caribbean, reaching Mexico prior to the end of the week. The storm will then set its sights on Texas primarily in the form of flooding from rain and storm surge. Why are Americans buying fewer grills? https://www.accuweather.com/en/leisure-recreation/sizzling-out-as-peak-barbecue-season-begins-fewer-americans-are-buying-grills/1665081 What gives fireworks their color? https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/what-makes-fireworks-burst-with-vibrant-colors/1663023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today on America in the Morning Democrats Voicing Concerns About Biden Following a disastrous debate and concerns within his own party as to whether he can defeat questions about his age and abilities as well as defeating Donald Trump, President Biden will launch a public events blitz as the White House pushes back against pressure on him to leave the race. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports.     Beryl Making History It's become the earliest Category 5 hurricane in recorded history. Beryl crashed into the Caribbean leaving behind a trail of destruction as it turns its sights on Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. As Jennifer King reports, the concern beyond Jamaica is for Belize, Cancun, and whether its northwest route could potentially bring this storm toward Southern Texas.    Sentencing Delayed Manhattan's District Attorney says he will not oppose Donald Trump's hush money sentencing delay request, scheduled for later next week, after the Supreme Court's immunity ruling. Correspondent Julie Walker reports.    California's Heatwave California is in the middle of a triple-digit heatwave, and that could dampen Fourth of July plans. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.     Latest On The Epstein Case What did the prosecutors know and when did they know it. That's the latest question being raised after grand jury transcripts have been released in the Jeffrey Epstein sexual assault case.   Correspondent Ben Thomas reports.    Trump Cashing In Donald Trump is now winning the battle of the coffers, as he brought in more money than Joe Biden in the second quarter. Correspondent Ed Donahue reports.     Democrats Now Speaking For & Against Biden As the White House tries to downplay the President's debate performance last Thursday night, more Democrats are voicing concerns and calling for President Biden to step aside. John Stolnis has more from Washington.    More Money For Ukraine The United States is pledging more money for Ukraine, and the Pentagon is pointing to a potential NATO membership for that country as its war with Russia rages. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.    Taking The Heat Off Workers At the White House, President Biden is proposing new rules for keeping workers safe from extreme heat as parts of the nation broil under high temperatures. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports.    Giuliani Disbarred He was the mayor of New York who guided America's largest city through the perils of 9/11. Now, Rudy Giuliani finds himself barred from practicing law in the Empire State. Correspondent Julie Walker reports.    Latest Trump-Cheney Feud Former President Donald Trump amplified posts on social media calling for a televised military tribunal for former Congresswoman Liz Cheney and the jailing of top elected officials, including President Biden. Katie Clark is following the story.     Good Demands Recount The state of Virginia has certified John McGuire as the primary winner over Conservative Congressman Bob Good as the leader of the Freedom Caucus has demanded a recount. Correspondent Lisa Dwyer reports.    Law School Sued A lawsuit was filed against Chicago's Northwestern University claiming that its law school hires less-qualified people of color and women over White men for faculty positions in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws.      Tech News Samsung's memory chip division is about to go on strike, but the impact might not be noticeable, as most of the factory is automated. Here's tech correspondent Chuck Palm.   Finally   If you're looking for something to celebrate for the Fourth of July, how about lower gas prices. The average price of gasoline on Independence Day is expected to be $3.49 per gallon nationwide, the lowest price it's been on the busy travel holiday in three years.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Northern New England remains the best location for clear viewing of thetotal solar eclipse this afternoon......Lingering wet snow across the Northern Plains expected to taper offlater today while locally moderate rain moves across the Upper Midwest......Heavy rain, flash flooding and severe weather threat emerging acrossthe Southern Plains to the lower Mississippi Valley on Tuesday......Critical fire danger shifts southward into western Texas by Tuesday...As the long-anticipated total solar eclipse scheduled to take place thisafternoon, the weather pattern across the U.S. is entering a transitionperiod from one that consists of a winter storm across the North to heavyrain and severe thunderstorms across the South.  The low pressure systemthat has brought snow, high winds, and severe weather to various locationsacross the northern and central U.S. will continue to weaken and tracknortheast across the upper Midwest today, and then move into southernCanada on Tuesday.  Lingering wet snow across the Northern Plains isexpected to taper off later today while locally moderate rain moves acrossthe Upper Midwest.Monday morning will feature showers and embedded thunderstorms across theGreat Lakes down into the Ohio Valley, Tennessee Valley and the lowerMississippi Valley well in advance of the low pressure system and near thetrailing cold front.  Meanwhile, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico isbeginning to return to the western Gulf states.  Southern Texas willlikely wake up to fair conditions this morning but will likely followed bya rapid untimely increase of clouds this morning into the afternoon priorto the arrival of the solar eclipse.  In contrast, northern New Englandremains to be the region where cloud cover will likely be minimized alongthe path of totality this afternoon as the nor'easter moves farther outinto the Atlantic.  It appears that other locations in between will have afair chance of cloud covers at various levels, although locations acrossArkansas to the Midwest could see breaks in the clouds or high thin clouds during the time of totality.  Monday night into Tuesday will likely see the threat of heavy rainblossoming across the South from eastern Texas/eastern Oklahoma expandingeastward into the lower Mississippi Valley in response to a potent uppertrough approaching from the southern Rockies that will interact with theinflux of Gulf moisture.  A few inches of rain will likely be common fromnorthern Louisiana into southern Arkansas through Wednesday morning withthis setup.  In addition, severe thunderstorms are also expected todevelop within the heavy rain area from Tuesday morning onward intoWednesday morning when a low pressure system is forecast to develop overTexas.  The heaviest rains and severe storms should begin to head farthereast by Wednesday morning into the Mid-South as the low pressure systemintensifies and tracks toward the east-northeast.

US Congressman Henry Cuellar from Southern Texas joins Gabe virtually to discuss the complexities of the growing issue at our southern border.

Join co-hosts Annie Liontas and Lito Velázquez in conversation with LitFriends Lucy Corin & Deb Olin Unferth about their travels in the Sahara, ancient chickens, disappointments, true love, and why great books are so necessary. Our next episode will feature Melissa Febos & Donika Kelly, out December 22, 2023.   Links Libsyn Blog www.annieliontas.com www.litovelazquez.com https://www.lucycorin.com https://debolinunferth.com LitFriends LinkTree LitFriends Insta LitFriends Facebook   Transcript Annie Lito (00:00.118) Welcome to Lit Friends! Hey Lit Friends!   Lito: Welcome to the show.    Annie: Today we're speaking with Lucy Corin and Deb Olin Unferth, great writers, thinkers, and LitFriend besties.    Lito:  About chickens, the Sahara, and bad reviews.    Annie: So grab your bestie   Annie & Lito: And get ready to get lit!   Lito: You know those like stones that you can get when you're on like a trip to like Tennessee somewhere or something, they're like worry stones? Like people used to like worry them with their thumb or something whenever they had a problem and it would like supposedly calm you down. Well, it's not quite the same thing, but I love how Deb describes her and Lucy's relationship is like, “worry a problem with me.” Like let's, let's cut this gem from all the angles and really like rub it down to its essential context and meaning and understanding. And I think essentially that's what like writers, great writers, offer the world. They've worked through a problem and they have answers. There's not one answer, there's not a resolution to it, but the answers that lead to better, more better questions.    Annie: Yeah, and there's something so special about them because they're, worry tends to be something we do in isolation, almost kind of worrying ourselves into the ground.   Lito: Right. Annie: But they're doing it together in collaboration.    Lito: It's a collaborative worry. Yes, I love that.    Annie: A less lonely worrying.    Lito: It's a less lonely place to think through these things. And the intimacy between them is so special. The way I think they just weave in and out of their lives with each other, even though they're far away from each other.   I think there's a romantic notion that you're tuned into about Lucy and Deb's trip to the desert. Do you want to say something about that? There's a metaphor in it that you really love, right?    Annie: (1:52) Yeah. Well, so I remember when we first talked about doing this podcast and invited them, we were at a bar at AWP, the writer's conference. And they were like, oh, this is perfect. We just went to the Sahara together. And I was like, what? You writers just decided to take a trip together through the desert? And they said, yeah, it was perfect. And they have adorable photos, which we of course are going to share with the world. Um, but it felt like such a, I mean, the fact that they would go on that kind of adventure together and didn't really plan ahead, I think it was just Deb saying, I really want to go to the desert. And Lucy saying, sure, let's go. Which feels very much a kind of metonym of their friendship in some ways.    Lito: Absolutely.    Annie: (2:42) Yeah. That they wandered these spaces together. They come back to art, right? Art is a way for them to recreate themselves and recreate their friendship. And they're doing such different things on the page.    Lito:  Oh yeah, no, they're very different writers but they do share a curiosity that's unique I think in their friendship, then unique to them.    Annie: Yeah and a kind of rigorousness and a love for the word.    Lito: (3:10) Oh and a love for thinking and reading the world in every capacity.    Annie: Tell me about your friendship with Lucy because you're quite close.   Lito: I was at UC Davis before it was an MFA program. It was just a Master's. After undergrad, I went to the master's program because I wasn't sure if I wanted to be an academic or do the studio option and get an MFA. I loved how Lucy and the other professors there, Pam Houston, Yiyun Li, showed us the different ways to be a writer. They couldn't be more different, the three of them. And, I particularly was drawn to Lucy because of her sense of art and play and how those things interact.    Lito: (03:59) And here was someone that was extremely cerebral, extremely intelligent, thinking through every aspect of existence. And yet it was all done through the idea of play and experimentation, but not experimentation in that sort of like negative way that we think of experimentation, which is to say writing that doesn't work, but experimentation in the sense of innovation. And. Lucy brought out my sense of play. I got it right away, what she was going for, that there is an intellectual pleasure to the work of reading and writing that people in the world respond to, but don't often articulate. Lucy's able to articulate it, and I admire her forever for that.    Lito: (4:52) And perhaps I'm not speaking about our friendship, but it comes from a place of deep admiration for the work that she does and the way she approaches life. You have a special relationship with Deb. I would love to hear more about that.    Annie: (5:04) Yeah, I think I've been fangirling over Deb for years. Deb is such a special person. I mean, she's incredibly innovative and has this agility on the page, like almost no other writer I know. Also quite playful, but I love most her humanity. Deb is a vegan who, in Barn 8, brings such life to chickens in a way that we as humans rarely consider. There's an amazing scene which she's like with a chicken 2000 years into the future. Also, I know Deb through my work with Pen City, her writing workshop with incarcerated writers at the Connally Unit, a maximum security penitentiary in Southern Texas.   Lito: How does that work? Is it all by letter or do you go there?    Annie: (5:58) Well, the primary program, you know, the workshop that Deb teaches is on site, and it's certified. So students are getting, the incarcerated writers, are getting now college credit because it's an accredited program. So Deb will be on site and work with them directly. And those of us who volunteer as mentors, the program has evolved a little bit since then, (06:22) but it's kind of a pen pal situation. So I had a chance to work with a number of writers, some who had been there for years and years. And a lot of folks are writing auto-fiction or fiction that's deeply inspired by the places they've lived and their experiences. It's such a special program, it's such a special experience. And what I saw from Deb was just this absolute fierceness. You know, like Deb can appear to be fragile in some ways (06:53.216), and it's her humanity, but actually there's this solid steel core to Deb, and it's about fortitude and a kind of moral alignment that says, we need to do better.    Lito: We have this weird connotation with the word fragile that it's somehow bad, but actually, what it means is that someone's vulnerable. And to me, there is no greater superpower than vulnerability, especially with art, and especially in artwork that is like what she does at the penitentiary. But, can I ask a question?    Annie:  Sure.   Lito: Why is it so special working with incarcerated folks?    Annie: (7:27) Oh, that's a great question. I mean, we need its own podcast to answer it.   Lito: Of course, but just sort of the...    Annie:  I think my personal experience with it is that so many incarcerated writers have been disenfranchised on all levels of identity and experience. Voting rights, decent food, accommodations, mental health, physical, you know, physical well-being. And we can't solve all those problems necessarily, at least all at once, and it's an up, it's a constant battle. But nothing to me offers or recognizes a person's humanity like saying, "tell us your story. Tell us what's on your mind. We are here to hear you and listen."  And those stories and they do come out, you know, there have been other programs that have done this kind of work, they get out in the world and there's, we're bridging this gap of people we have almost entirely forgotten out of absolute choice.  (8:27) And Deb is doing that work, really, I mean she's been doing that work for a long time and finally got some recognition for it, but Deb does it because she's committed.   Lito: That is really powerful. Tell us your story. Tell us your story, Lit Fam. Tell us your story. Find us in all your social media @LitFriendsPodcast or email us at LitFriendsPodcast@gmail.com   Annie: We will read all your stories. We'll be right back with Lucy and   Deb.   Lito: (09:00) And now, our interview with Lucy Corrin and Deb. Lucy Corin is the author of two short story collections, 100 Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses and The Entire Predicament, and two novels, Everyday Psychokillers and The Swank Hotel. In addition to winning the Rome Prize, Lucy was awarded a fellowship in literature from the NEA. She is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow and a professor of English in the MFA program at UC Davis.    Annie:  Deb Olin-Unferth is the author of six books, including Barn 8, and her memoir, Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Deb is an associate professor in creative writing at the University of Texas at Austin. She founded and runs Pen City Writers, a two-year creative writing certificate program at Connally, a maximum security prison in southern Texas. For this work, she was awarded the 2017 Texas Governor's Criminal Justice Service Award.   Lito: (09:58) Annie and I thought this up a year ago, and we were talking about what is special about literary friendships and how writing gets made, not as we all think, totally solitary in our rooms alone, but we have conversations, at least I think this way. They're part of long conversations with our friends, our literary friends and living and dead, and you know, all times, in all times of history.   But the idea here is that we get to talk to our literary friends and people we admire and writers who are close friends with each other and friendships in which literature plays a large role.   Annie: (10:37) Yeah, and I'll just add that when we first floated the idea of this podcast, you know, your names came up immediately. We're so in awe of you as people and practitioners and literary citizens, and we love your literary friendship. I mean, I really hold it dear as one of the best that I know of personally.    Lucy, I think of you as, you know, this craftsperson of invention who's always trying to undo what's been done and who's such an amazing mentor to emerging writers. And Deb, you know, I'm always returning to your work to see the world in a new way, to see something I might have missed. And I just, I'm so moved by your generosity in your work and in your life's work with Penn City and elsewhere, which I'm sure we'll have a chance to talk more about.   Annie: (11:30) But I think I recall the first day I realized how close the two of you were when Deb told me that you all were taking a trip to the Sahara. And I was like, oh, of course, like, of course, they're going to have desert adventures together. Like, this makes so much sense. So I hope we'll, you know, we'll talk more about that too.    Annie (11:53) But we're so grateful to have you here and to have you in our lives. And we're going to ask you some questions to get to know a little bit more about you.    Deb:  Sounds great.    Lucy: Thanks.    Deb: It's great to be here. It's really great to see everybody.    Lito: Thank you so much for being here. Deb, will you tell us about Lucy?   Deb: (12:16) I mean, Lucy's just one of my very favorite people. And I feel like our friendship just started really slowly and just kind of grew over a period of many years. And some of the things that I love about Lucy is she is, well, of course, she's a brilliant genius writer. Like, I mean, no one writes weird like Lucy writes weird and no one writes like more emotionally, and more inventively and some of her books are some of my favorite books that have ever been written. Especially her last two books I think have just been such just major literary accomplishments and I just hold them so dear.    (13:05) And as a friend some things that I really love about her is that she will worry a problem with me that's just bugging me about like literary culture or about writing or about, you know, just it could be anything about aesthetics at all. And then she'll literally talk to me about it for like five or six days straight without stopping. Like we'll just constantly, dinner after dinner, like, you know, if we're on a trip together, just like all day, like I'll wake up in the morning and I'll be like, here's another piece of that pie. And then she'll say, oh, and I was thinking, and then we'll like go off and work and then we'll come back at lunch and be like, "and furthermore," you know? And by the end, I remember at one point we were doing this and she said, this is a very interesting essay you're writing. And of course, like it wasn't an essay at all, but it was just like a way of thinking about the way that we were talking.   (14:06) And then she is hilarious and delightful and just like so warm. I don't know, I just love her to pieces. She's just one of my favorite people in the whole world. I could say more, but I'll stop right there for a minute.    Annie: Lucy, tell us about Deb.    Lucy: (14:24) Yeah, I mean, Deb, I mean, the first thing, I mean, the first thing you'll notice is that Deb is sort of effortlessly enthusiastic about the things that she cares about. And that's at the core of the way that she moves through the world and the way that she encounters people and the way that she encounters books.   (14:44) I'm more reserved, so I'll just preface what I'm going to say by saying that like, my tone might not betray my true enthusiasms, but I'll try to list some of the things that I think are special and extraordinary about my friend Deb.   One is that there's this conversation that never stops between the way that she's thinking about her own work and the way that she's thinking about the state of the world and the way that she's thinking about the very specific encounters that she's having in daily life. And so like moving through a conversation with Deb or moving through a period of time with Deb in the world, those things are always in flux and in conversation. So it's a really wonderful mind space to be in, to be in her presence.   (15:35) The other thing is that she's like the most truly ethical person that I am close to and in the sense that like she thinks really hard about every move she makes.   The comparison I would make is like you know Deb is like at the core like, the first thing you might notice about Deb's work is that she's a stylist, that she works sentence by sentence and that she always does. But then the other thing she does is that she's always thinking hard about the world and the work, that it never stays purely a love of the sentence. The love of the sentence is part of the love of trying to understand the relationship between words and the world.    (16:15) And, and they're both an ethics. I think it's an ethics of aesthetics and an ethics of trying to be alive in as decent way as you can manage. And so those things feed into the friendship where she's one of the people who I know will tell me what she really thinks about something because we can have a baseline of trust where then you can talk about things that are either dangerous or you might have different ideas about things or you may have conflict.    (16:47) But because of my sense of who she is as a person, and also who she is with me, we can have challenging conversations about what's right about how to behave and what's right about how to write. And that also means that when the other parts of friendship, which are just like outside of literature, but always connected, which, you know, about your own, you know, your other friendships, your, the rest of your life, your job, your family, things like that, that you wanna talk about with your friends. Yeah, I don't know anybody better to sort through those things than Deb.    And it's in part because we're writers, and you can't separate out the questions that you're having about the other parts of your life from who you're trying to be as a writer. And that's always built into the conversation.   Annie: (17:40) I knew we asked you here for a reason.   Lito: We'll be right back.    Lito (17:58) Back to the show.    Annie: I'm hearing you, you know, you're both, you're sort of really seeing one another, which is really lovely. You know, you're, Deb, you're talking about Lucy wearing a problem with you, which I think conveys a kind of strength and... Of course, like I'm quite familiar with Deb's like strong moral anchors. I think we all are and truly respect, but I'm just wondering, what do you most admire about your friend? What do you think they give to the world in light of this portrait that you've given us?   Deb: (18:28) Lucy is a very careful thinker, and she's incredibly fair. And I've just seen her act, just behave that way and write that way for so many years and it just the quality of it always surprises me.  Like I mean, there was a writer, most recently there was a writer who's been cancelled, who we have spent an enormous amount of time talking about and trying to figure out just exactly what was going on there. And I felt like Lucy had insights into what had happened and what it was like on his end and what about his culture could have influenced what happened. Just all of these things that were.   (19:36.202) It was so insightful and I felt like there's no way that I could have moved that moved forward that many steps in my understanding of what had happened. And in my own like how I was going to approach what had happened. Like there's no way I could have done that without that just constant just really careful thought and really fair thought. Just like trying to deeply understand. Like Lucy has an emotional intelligence that is just completely unparalleled. That's one thing I really love about her.    Another thing is that she's like up for anything. Like when I asked her to go to the Sahara with me, I mean, she said yes in like, it was like not even 12 seconds. It was like 3 seconds, I think, that she was like, yeah.   Annie: You need a friend who is just gonna go to the Sahara.    Lucy: Deb, I don't even know if you actually invited me. The way I remember it is that you said something like, Lucy, no one will go to the Sahara with me. And I said, I would go to the Sahara with you.   Lito: That is lovely.   Lucy: (20:53) It's in Africa, right?    Lito:  Was there something specific about the Sahara that you need to go over for?   Deb:  Yeah, I mean, there was. It's a book I'm still working on, hopefully finishing soon. But it's mostly it's like...I just always wanted to go to the Sahara. My whole life, I wanted to go to Morocco, I wanted to go to the Sahara, I wanted to be surrounded by just sand and one line. You look in 360 degrees and you just see one line. I just wanted to see what that was like so badly, stripping everything out, coming down to just that one element of blue and beige. I just wanted that so much. And I wanted to know that it just went on and on and on and on.   (21:48) Yeah, and you know, people talk a big talk, but most people would not go. And so at one point I was just kind of rallying, asking everyone. And then Lucy happened to be in town and I just mentioned to her that this is happening. And then she said, yeah, and then we went for like a long time. Like we went to Morocco for like over three weeks. Like we went for like a month.    Lucy:  A month.    Deb: Yeah, crazy. But she's always like that. Like whatever I want to do, she's just up for it. I mean, and she called me up and she's like, hey, we want to come to Austin and like, go to this place that's two hours from Austin where you can see five million bats, right? Five million bats? Or was it more? Was it like 20 million?    Lucy:  That's right.    Deb: It was like 20 million bats and a lot of them are baby bats. It's like mama bats and baby bats.     Lucy: Yeah, like it's more when there's the babies.   Deb: (22:46) And yeah, and you were like, I want to come with them as the babies. Yeah, we like went and she just like came and Andrea came, and it was just absolutely beautiful.    Lucy: Well, you were just right for that adventure. I knew you would want to see some bats.    Lucy: Well, I could I could say a couple of more things about what Deb gives the world.    Annie: Sure. Love it.    Lucy: So some of the things that Deb gives the world and though when I listen to you talking about me, I realized why these things are so important to me, is that you have a very steady sense of who you are and a kind of confidence in your instincts. That I know that some of the ways that I worry things through are really productive and some of them are just an ability to see why I could be wrong all the time, and that can stymie me.    (23:48) And one of the things that I love about you and the model that you provide for me in my life is an ability to understand what your truth is and not be afraid to hold onto it while you're thinking about other people's perspectives, that you're able to really tell the difference between the way that other people think about things and the way that you do.   And it doesn't mean that you don't rethink things, you constantly are, but when you have a conviction, you don't have a problem with having a conviction. And I admire it enormously. And I think it allows you to have a kind of openness to the world and an openness to people who are various and different and will challenge you and will show you new things because you have that sense that you're not gonna lose yourself in the wind.    Deb: Mmm. That's really nice.   Lito: I am in awe of everything you've said about each other. And it makes me think about how you first met each other. Can you tell us that story? And why did you keep coming back? What was the person like when you first met? And why did you keep coming back to each other? Do you want to tell Lucy?     Lucy: Yeah, I'll start and you can add what I'm missing and... (25:06) tell a different origin story if you want. But I think that what we might've come to for our origin story is that it was one of the, one of the early &Now Festivals. And the &Now Festival is really great.   Lito: Could you say what that is? Yeah, say a little bit about what that is.   Luch: Oh, it's a literary conference that was started to focus on small press and more innovative—is the term that they used at the time anyhow—innovative writing as a kind of response to the market-driven culture of AWP and to try to get people who are working more experimentally or more like on the edge of literary culture less mainstream and give them a place to come together and have conversations about writing and share their work.   So it was one of the early ones of those. But I think it was, I think we figured out that there were like, yeah, there were three women. It was me, you, and Shelley Jackson. But it was, there were not that many women at this conference at the time. And we were, and I think we were noting, noting our solidarity. Yeah. And that, that's what. That's like some of the first images.   But I knew we were like aware of each other because in some ways we have tended to be up for the same jobs—Deb gets them—up for the same prizes—Deb gets them first, I'll get them later. And so I see her as somebody who's traveling through the literary world in ways that are... I mean, we're very different writers, but as people... You know what I mean? But I still... We still actually...come from a lot of the same literary roots. And so it makes sense that there's something of each other in the work that makes us appeal to overlapping parts of the literary world.   Deb: Yeah, I definitely think that there was in our origins, not only do we come from the same sort of influences, and just things that we admired and stuff, but I also feel like (27:28.018) a lot of our early work would have appealed more easily to the exact same people. As we've gotten older, our work isn't quite as similar. We're a little more different than we used to be. But there's still enough there that, you know, you can see a lot of the same people admiring or liking it.   But I was remembering that first time that we met, you playing pool. And we were, so we were like at a bar and you were like, and you were playing pool, and you had like just had a book out with FSG, I think, or something. I don't know if I even had—   Lucy: FC2. Very different.   Deb: FC2. That's right. FC2. And the FC2 editor was there. And I don't think I even had a book out. I don't remember what year this was. But I don't think I had any kind of book out. All I had was I had nothing, you know. And I was just so in awe of FC2 and the editor there, and you there, and like you could play pool, and I can't play pool at all. And it was just, it was—   Annie: Lucy's so cool. Yeah, she was cool. She was cool. And Shelly Jackson was cool. And it was like all the cool people were there and I got to be there, and it was great.   And then, yeah, and then I think how it continued, I don't know how it continued, we just kind of kept running into each other and just slowly it built up into a really deep friendship. Like at some point you would come through town and stay with me.   (29:25.782) And we moved, we both moved around a lot. So for a while there, so we kind of kept running into each other in different places. We've never lived in the same place.   Lucy: No, never.   Lito: How have you managed that then? Is it always phone or is it texting, phone calls?   Lucy: Well, we'll go through a spate of  texting.   Deb: Yeah, we do both. I think I like to talk on the phone.   Lucy: Yeah, I will talk on the phone for Deb.   Annie: The mark of a true friendship.   Lito: (30:01) Time for a break.   Annie Lito (30:12.43) We're talking with Lucy Corin and Deb Olin Unferth.   Lito: How has literature shaped your friendship then? Despite being cool. What kind of books, movies, art do you love to discuss? You can name names. What do you love talking about?   Deb: Well, I remember the moment with Donald Barthelme.   Lucy: That was what I was gonna say.   Deb: No, you go ahead.   Lucy: Well, why don't?   Deb: Oh, okay, you can tell it.   Lucy: I mean, I'll tell part and then you can tell part. It's not that elaborate, but we were, one of the things that Deb and I do is find a pretty place, rent a space, and go work together. And one time we were doing that in Mendocino and Deb was in the late stages of drafting Barn 8 and really thinking about the ancient chickens and the chickens in an ancient space. And we went for a walk in one of those very ferny forests, and Deb was thinking about the chickens and among the giant ferns. And I don't know how it happened, but Deb said something with a rhythm. And we both said to each other the exact line from Donald Barthelme's "The School" that has that rhythm.   (31:34) Is that how you remember it though? You have to tell me if that's how you remember it.   Deb: That's exactly how I remember it. Yeah. And then we like said a few more lines. Like we knew even...    Lito: You remember the line now?   Lucy: I mean, I don't... You do. If you said it, I could do it. I'm just... I was thinking before this, I'm like, oh God, I should go look up the line because I'm not going to get it right, like under pressure. It was just in the moment. It came so naturally.   Deb: It was one of those lines that goes... (32:03) Da da da-da da, da da da-da-da. There's a little parenthetical, it's not really in parentheses in the story, but it might be a little dash mark. But it has, it's something like, "I told them that they should not be afraid, although I am often afraid." I think it was that one.   Deb: I am often afraid. Yeah. And then it was like, we just both remembered a whole bunch of lines like from the end, because the ending of that story is so amazing. And it's, so the fact that we had both unconsciously memorized it and could just like.   And it was something about just like walking under those giant trees and having this weekend together. And like we're like marching along, like calling out lines from Donald Barthelme. And it just felt really like pure and deep.   Annie: It's I mean, I can't imagine anything sounding more like true love than spontaneously reciting a line in unison from Barthelme. And, you know, you both are talking about how your work really converged at the start and that there are some new divergences and I think of you both as so distinct you know on and off the page. There's like the ferociousness of the pros and an eye towards cultural criticism and I always think of you as writing ahead of your time. So I'm just wondering how would you describe your lit friends work to someone, and is there something even after all this time that surprises you about their writing or their voice?   Lucy: I mean, what surprised me recently about Deb's voice is its elasticity. I came to love the work through the short stories and the micros. And those have such a distinct, wry kind of distance. They sort of float a little separate from the world, and they float a little separate from the page.   (34:10) And they have a kind of, they have a very distinct attitude and tone, even if the pieces are different from each other, like as a unit. And that's just really different than the voice that you get in a book like Barn 8 that moves through a lot of different narrators, but that also has just a softer relationship with the world. Like it's a little more blends with the world as you know, it doesn't stay as distant. And I didn't know that until later.   Vacation is also really stark and sort of like has that distinctiveness from the world. And so watching Deb move into, you know, in some ways like just more realistic, more realistic writing that's still voice-centered and that still is music centered was a recent surprising thing for me.   But I'm also really excited about what I've read in the book that in the new book because I think that new book is sort of the pieces that the bits that I've read from it are they're marking a territory that's sort of right down the middle of the aesthetic poles that Deb's work has already hit I mean the other thing is that you know Deb does all the genres. All of the prose genres. Every book sort of is taking on it is taking on a genre And the next one is doing that too, but with content in a way that others have been taking on new genres and form. And so...    Lito: I love that. And I like that it's related to the music of the pros and sound. I feel like musicians do that a lot, right? There's some musicians that every album is a new genre or totally different sound. And then there's artists who do the same thing over and over again. We love both those things. Sorry, so Deb...   Deb: So I love how complicated Lucy can get with just an image or an idea. I just feel like no one can do it the way that she can do it. And my like her last in her last book, which I love so much, we're just brought through all these different places and each one is sort of (36:31.29) dragging behind it, everything that came before, so that you can just feel all of this like, pressure of like the past and of the situations and like even like a word will resonate. Like you'll bring like, there's like a word on maybe page like 82 that you encountered on like page 20 that like the word meant so much on page 20 that it like really, you can really feel its power when it comes on page 80.   And you feel the constant like shifting of meaning and just like the way that the prose is bringing so much more and like it's like reinterpreting that word again and again and again, just like the deeper that you go, like whatever the word is be it you know house or home or stair or um you know sex, whatever it is, it's like constantly shifting. (37:40.952) And that's just part of like who Lucy is, is this like worrying of a problem or worrying of a word and like carrying it forward. And so yeah, so like in that last book, it just was such a big accomplishment. And I felt like it was like her best work yet.   Lucy: So I will say, try and say something a little bit more specific, then. (38:09) Like I guess in the sort of 10 stories that I teach as often as possible in part because I get bored so easily that I need to teach stories that I can return to that often and still feel like I'm reading something that is new to me is the title story from Wait Till You See Me Dance and that story is a really amazing combination of methodical in its execution, which sounds really dull.   But what it does is sort of toss one ball in the air and then toss another ball in the air and then toss another ball in the air. And then, you know, the balls move, but you know, the balls are brightly colored and they're handled by a master juggler. So it's methodical, but it's joyful and hilarious. And then, and then, and you don't   And the other thing is that Deb's narrators are wicked and like they're wicked in the way that like… They are, they're willing to do and say the things that you secretly wish somebody would do and say. That's the same way that like, you know, in the great existential novels, you love and also worry about the protagonists, right? They're troubled, but their trouble allows them to speak truthfully because they can't help it. Or they can't help it when they're in the space of the short story. It's that like, you know, the stories are able to access—a story like this one and like many of Deb's—are able to access that really special space of narrator, of narration, where you get to speak, you get to speak in a whisper.   Annie: You get to speak in a whisper. That's beautiful, Lucy. You get to speak in a whisper.   Lito: We'll be right back.   Lito: (40:15) Welcome back.   Annie: I'm wondering about what this means, you know, how this crosses over to your own personal lives, right? Because of course, literary friendships, we're thinking about the work all of the time. But we're also, you know, when I think of my literary friendship with Lito, I think of him as like a compatriot and somebody who's really carrying me through the world sometimes. I'm wondering if there was for either of you, a hard time that you went through personally, professionally, you know, whether it's about publishing or just getting words on the page or something, you know, um, you know, family related or whatever, where you, um, you know, what it meant to have a literary friend nearby at that time.   Lucy: I mean that's the heart of it.   Deb: Yeah, I mean for sure.   Lucy: One happened last week and I'm sort of still in the middle of it where you know my literary mentor is aging and struggling and so that's painful for me and who gets that? Deb gets that.   The other one, the other big one for me was that the release of my last novel was really complicated. And it brought up a lot of, it intersected with a lot of the things going on in my family that are challenging and a lot of things that are going on in the literary world that are challenging. There were parts of that release that were really satisfying and joyful, and there were parts of it that were just devastatingly painful for me.   And, you know, Deb really helped me find my way through that. And it was a lot, like it was a lot of emotional contact and a lot of thinking through things really hard and a lot of being like, "wait, why do we do this? But remember, why do we do this?" And Deb was the person who could say, "no, you're a novelist." Like things that like I was doubting, Deb could tell me. And the other thing is that I would come closer to being able to believe those things because she could tell them to me.   Annie: Lucy, can you talk a little more about that? Like what did that? (42:27.126) What did that look like, right? Like you talked about resistance to phone calls, and you're not in the same place.   Lucy: It was phone. Right, it would be phone or it would be Zoom or it would be texting. And then, you know, when we would see each other that would be, we would reflect on those times in person even though that wasn't those immediate moments of support and coaching and, you know, wisdom.   Annie:  And that requires a kind of vulnerability, I think, that is hard to do in this industry, right? And I'm just wondering if that was new for you or if that was special to this friendship, right? Or like what allowed for that kind of openness on your part to be able to connect with Deb in that way?   Lucy: I mean, I think I was just really lucky that we've had, like even though we have really, I think, only noticed that we were close since that Morocco trip. Like that was a little bit of a leap of faith. Like, "oh my gosh, how well do I know this person and we're gonna travel together in like circumstances, and do we really know each other this way?" But the combination of the years that we've known each other in more of a warm acquaintance, occasional, great conversation kind of way towards being somebody that you, that you trust and believe and that you have that stuff built in.   And, you know, that over the years you've seen the choices that they've made in the literary world, the choices they've made in their career, when they, you know, everything from, you know, supporting, you know, being a small, being small press identified and championing certain kinds of books over other kinds of books. And like those, just like watching a person make choices for art that you think are in line with the writer that, watching her make choices in art that are in line with the writer that I wanna be in the world makes it so that when you come to something that is frightening, that's the kind of person you wanna talk to because she's done that thinking.   Deb: Yeah, I mean, I feel like there are like so many things that I could say about that. Like one thing is that the kind of time that I spend with Lucy is really different from the kind of time that I spend with most people. Like most people, (44:51) they come to town and I have dinner with them. Or I go to like AWP or whatever and we go out for dinner. Or maybe I spend like one night at their house like with their partner and kid or something, you know. But Lucy and I, we get together and we spend like four days or something all alone, just the two of us, you know, or a month or whatever. And we don't spend a ton of time with other people. And so there's, but then we also do that, but just like not very much.   And so there is something that just creates, like that's a really good mode for me. It's a, that's like the way that I make really deep friendships that are kind of like forever-people in my life. And I've always been like that. And so, but not a lot of people are willing to sort of do that with me. Like, I have so many acquaintances, I've got like a million, I feel like I could have dinner with someone just about any night, as long as it's only like once every few months or something, you know, but I don't have people who are willing to be this close to me, like spend that kind of time with me one-on-one. And the fact is like, they're not that many people that I really feel like doing that with.   And you know, every time Lucy and I do one of these, I just come away feeling like I thought about some really important things and I talked about some really important things and I saw some beautiful things because Lucy always makes sure that we're somewhere where we can see a lot of beauty. And so that just means so much to me. And it's like, and so for me it creates like a space where, Yeah, I can be honest and vulnerable, and I can also tell her, if I can tell her things that I don't tell other people, or I can be really honest with her if I feel like, if I'm giving her advice about something, I can just be honest about it. And so it's really, really nice.   (47:07) I mean, the other thing is like, we're so similar. Like we've made so many similar life choices. And we've talked about that. Lucy and I have talked about that. Like, you know, we both chose not to have kids. We live pretty, like we're both like kind of loners, even though we have partners. Like I think our partners are more like, they just kind of would, they would prefer that we.   I don't know, I shouldn't probably say anything, but I know that Matt would prefer if I was not quite as much of a loner as I am. Yeah, so I look at Lucy and I see the kind of person that I am, the kind of person I wanna be, so if I have a question, I mean, it happens.   Lucy mentioned a couple of things. I have... You know, she's had some pretty major, major things. I have like little things that happen all the time, and they just like bring me to tears.   Like there was this one moment during the pandemic when I was like driving across the country by myself. I was like in Marfa, and I was trying to get to California and I had like a toilet in the back seat. Remember when we were all doing that kind of thing?   Lucy: It was really amazing.   Deb: It was so crazy.   Lucy: But Deb, not everybody had a toilet in their back seat.   Annie: I know. I need that now.   Deb: It still comes in handy.   Annie: I'm sure.   Deb: (48:43) And I was in, and yeah, Lucy is amazing. She'll talk to me on the phone, but Lucy will do because I love to talk on the phone and I love to Zoom. Lucy does not. So she'll tell me in advance, okay, I will talk to you, but it's gonna be for like 20 minutes or I'm gonna have to get off like pretty soon.   But she Zoomed with me and Marfa and I just didn't realize how upset I was about this one rejection that I'd gotten. And it was a really small rejection, I don't know why it bothered me so much, but I just like started crying and like I was like way out in like so many miles from any so many hours from anyone I knew and you know the world was going to shit, and I'd gotten this like tiny rejection from a magazine like a little like I had it was the page was it was like a piece that was like a page long or something, and Lucy just like knew exactly why I I was so upset, and just was able to talk to me about what that meant to me. And just refocus me to like, "look, you don't have to write those. You don't have to be that writer. You don't have to do that." And it was so freeing to know that I didn't always have to be, I don't even know how to describe it, but it was meant a lot. And things like that happen all the time.   Annie: (50:15.265) That's such a wonderful model of mutual support.   Lucy: We'll be right back.   Annie: Hi Lit Fam. We hope you're enjoying our conversation with Lucy Corin and Deb Olin Unferth, and their love for the word, the world, and each other. If you love what we're doing here at LitFriends, please take a moment now  to follow, subscribe, rate, and review our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Just a few minutes of your time will help us so much to continue to bring you great conversations like this week after week.  Thank you for listening. Back to a conversation with Lucy Corin and Deb Olin Unferth.     Annie: I'm also aware that we're working in an industry that's a zero-sum construct. And, you know, Lucy, you were sort of joking earlier about... Deb winning all of the awards that you later got. But I am curious, like, what about competition between literary friends when we're living in a world with basically shrinking resources?   Lucy: I feel competition, but I don't really feel it with my literary friends. Does that make sense? Like, I'll feel it with my idea of somebody that I don't really know except for their literary profile, right? But when someone like Deb gets something, it makes the world seem right and true, right? And so that's not hard to bear, right? That's just a sign of a good thing in a world that you're afraid isn't so good.   Deb: I guess I feel like if Lucy gets something, then that raises the chances that I'm gonna get something. I'm gonna get the same thing. Because if we're kind of in the same, like we both published with Grey Wolf, we both have the same editor, so we've multiple times that we've been on these trips, we've both been working on books that were supposed to come out with Graywolf with Ethan. (52:16.3) You know, so I feel like if Lucy gets something, then the chances go up.   Like there was just, something just happened recently where Lucy was telling me that she had a little, like a column coming out with The Believer. And I was like, "oh my God, I didn't even know that they were back." I'm like, "man, I really wanna be in The Believer. Like, I can't believe like, you know, they're back and I'm not in them. I gotta be in it. I said that to Lucy on the phone. And then, like the very next day, Rita wrote me and said, "Hey, do you want to write something?"   And so I wrote to Lucy immediately. I was like, did you write to Rita? And she was like, "no, I really didn't." So it's like, we're in the same— Did you, Lucy?   Lucy: No, I didn't! Rita did that all by herself.   Lito: You put it out into the universe, Deb.   Annie: Lucy did it. Hot cut, Lucy did it!   Deb:  So we're like, we're like in the same, I feel a lot of the time like we're kind of in the same lane and so that really helps because like, I do have writer friends who are not in the same lane as me and maybe. Like I'm not as close, but maybe that would be, but if I was as close, maybe that would cause me more confusion. Like I would be like, you know, "geez, how can I get that too? Or it's hopeless, I'll never get that, you know? So I just don't do that thing," or something. So that's really comforting.   Lito: What are your obsessions?   Lucy: Well, I mean-   Lito: How do they show up on the page?   Lucy: I feel like it's so obvious with Deb that like, you know, Deb got obsessed with chickens, and there was a whole bunch of stuff about chickens. First there was a really smart, brilliant Harper's essay where she learned her stuff. And then there was the novel where she, you know, imagined out the chickens (54:19) to touch on everything, right?   Annie: Then there was a chicken a thousand years in advance.   Lucy: Right, and then there's a beautiful chicken art in the house, and there's, you know. And I'm sure that she's gotten way more chicken gifts than she knows what to do with. But then the Sahara, like, you know, she was obsessed with the Sahara and you'll see it in the next book. It's gonna be— It's not gonna be in a literal way, right? But it'll be like, you'll feel the sand, you'll feel that landscape.   So I don't know, like I feel like the obsessions show up in the books. I mean, are there, I mean, this is a question like, Deb, do you think you have obsessions that don't show up in your work? We both have really cute little black dogs.   Deb: (55:07) Oh, not really. I mean, but I do get obsessed. Like I just get so, so like obsessed in an unhealthy way. And then I just have to wait it out. I just have to like wait until I'm not obsessed anymore. And it's like an ongoing just I'm like, OK, here it comes. It's like sleeping over me. Like how many years of my life is going to be are going to be gone as a result of this?   So I'm always like so relieved when I'm not in that space. Like Lucy's obsession comes down to that, with her language, that she's like exploring one idea, like she'll take an idea and she like worries that over the course of a whole book and that she'll just it's like almost like a cubist approach. She'll be like approaching it from so many different standpoints. And that is like, I mean, Lucy is so smart and the way that she does that is just so genius. And so I feel like that's the thing that really keeps drawing me to her obsessions, that keeps bringing me back to that page to read her work again and again. And yeah, and that's how she is in person too.   Lito: Why do you write? What does it do for the world, if anything?   Lucy: (56:37) I know I had a little tiny throat clear, but I think it was because I'm still trying to figure it out because I feel like the answer is different in this world order than it was in earlier world orders. Like when I first answered those questions for myself when I was deciding to make these big life choices and say, "you know, fuck everything except for writing," like I was answering, I was answering that question a different way than I would now, but I don't quite have it to spit out right now, except that I do think it has something to do with a place where the world can be saved. Like, writing now is a place of respite from the rest of the world where you can still have all of these things that I always assumed were widely valued, that feel more and more narrowly valued. And so I write to be able to have that in my life and to be able to connect with the other people who share those kinds of values that are about careful thinking, that are about the glory of the imagination, that are about the sanctity of people having made things.   Annie: Lucy, I need that on my wall. I just need to hear that every day.   Deb: I mean, I feel like if I can think about it in terms of my reading life, that like art changes my mind all the time. Like that's the thing that teaches me. Like I remember when I was a kid, and I lived right near the Art Institute of Chicago, and I remember going in, and they had the Jacob Lawrence immigration panels, migration panels up there that was like a traveling exhibition. And I had none of that information. I did not know about the Great Migration. I just didn't know any of that. So I just remember walking from panel to panel and reading and studying it, (58:47.952) reading it and studying it and just like getting like just getting just it was like a It was such a revelation and I just learned so much and like changed my mind about so many things just in that moment that it was like I'll never forget that.   And I feel like I, I totally agree with Lucy that the reasons that I write now and the reasons that I read now are very different than they were like before, say 2015, or something. But that, that maybe it has its roots in that sort of Jacob Lawrence moment where, you know, just I read these things and it's, I like, I love sinking deep into books that are really changing my mind and like teaching me about the world in ways that I never could have imagined, and I love that so much and I… I don't know if I have that to offer, but I really try hard, you know. Like I tried that with the chicken book. I'm kind of trying that, I hope, in this book that I'm trying to finish and— ha finish!—that I'm trying to get through. And so I think that that's why I think that art is so important.   I don't know if that's truly why I write though. I feel like why I write is that I've always written, and it's like I love it so much. Like I just, sometimes I hate it, sometimes I hate it for like a whole year or whatever, but it's just, it's so much a core of who I am. (01:00:39) And I just, I can't imagine my life any other way. It's just it's just absolutely urgent to me.   Annie: Yeah, urgent. Yeah. I think we all feel that in some way.   Annie:(01:01:04.374) Thank you both for talking to us a little bit about your friendship and getting to know a little bit more about how you started and where you're at now. We're going to move into the lightning round.   Lito: Ooooo Lightning round.   Annie: (01:01:16) Deb, who were you in seventh grade? Who was I in seventh grade? In one sentence, oh my God, the pressure is on. I was unpopular and looked, my hair was exactly the same as it is now. And I wore very similar clothes.   Lucy: (01:01:44) I was a peer counselor, and so I was like the Don who held everybody's secrets.   Lito: Beautiful. Lucy.   Lucy: It saved me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had a place in that world.   Annie: Makes so much sense.   Lito: Wow. Who or what broke your heart first, deepest?   Lucy: I mean, I would just say my mom.   Deb: I guess, then I have to say my dad.   Annie: Okay, which book is a good lit friend to you?   Deb: Can I say two? The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein and The Known World by Edward P. Jones.   Annie: Excellent.   Lucy: My go-to is White Noise. Still. Sorry.   Lito: No need to apologize.   Lucy: Yep.   Annie Lito (01:02:27) Who would you want to be lit friends with from any point in history?   Lucy: For me it's Jane Bowles.   Deb: Oh, whoa. Good one. She would be maybe a little difficult. I was gonna say Gertrude Stein, then I was like, actually, she'd be a little difficult.   Lucy: What a jerk!   Deb: I think Zora Neale Hurston would be fun.   Lucy: Well, yeah, of course. For sure.   Annie: We were gonna ask who your lit frenemy from any time might be, but maybe you've already said.   Lucy: Oh, right. I accidentally said my lit frenemy instead of my lit friend.   Annie: Yeah.   Lucy: Mm-hmm.   Deb: (01:03:08) A frenemy from any time?   Annie: Any time. Yeah, it doesn't have to be Jonathan Franzen. I feel like most people will just be like Jonathan Franzen. But it could be any time in history.   Deb: I mean, if you're gonna go that route, then it would probably be, um, like...   Lito: Kierkegaard.   Deb: I don't know, maybe Nietzsche? If you're gonna go that route, if you're gonna go like, like existential philosophers.   Annie: (01:03:34) That's great.   Lito: That could be a podcast too.   Annie: Just like epic frenemy. The most epic frenemy.   Lito: (01:03:35)  Well, that's our show.   Annie & Lito: Thanks for listening.   Annie: We'll be back next week with our guests Melissa Febos and Donika Kelly.    Lito: Find us on all your socials @LitFriendspodcasts   Annie: And tell us about an adventure you've had with your Lit bestie. I'm Annie Liontas.   Lito: And I'm Lito Velazquez.   Annie: Thanks to our production squad. Our show was edited by Justin Hamilton.   Lito: Our logo was designed by Sam Schlenker.   Annie: Lisette Saldaña is our Marketing Director.   Lito: Our theme song was written and produced by Roberto Moresca.   Annie: And special thanks to our show producer Toula Nuñez.   Lito: This was Lit Friends, Episode 2.

When a rural fire in Brooks County, Texas engulfed 6,500 acres of land, the Falfurrias Fire Department faced significant communication and coordination challenges due to the remote location of the fire. FirstNet provided a solution to this problem with the deployment of a SatCOLT, a vehicle with its own cell site non-reliant on commercial power supplies, that provided crucial connectivity and support to over 40 agencies and public safety personnel. This subsequently enabled efficient mapping of the location, real-time weather updates, and seamless communication among first responders.

Did you know that SpaceX owes its life to the former head of In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm? In this episode, Naomi and Michele explore Elon Musk's rocket ambitions and the imperialist origins of SpaceX's satellite business. They also discuss the destructive effects of SpaceX's recent 4/20 Starship rocket launch in Southern Texas.

In today's episode WJ and KJ, deliver another podcast of high strangeness. In crypids in the news and other oddities, KJ reviews the legend of Leshy. Bill covers a creepy encounter with from some wild hog hunters in Southern Texas. And some great listener mail. Please join us!Thank you for listening!www.bigfootterrorinthewoods.comProduced by: "Bigfoot Terror in the Woods L.L.C."

In today's episode WJ and KJ, deliver another podcast of high strangeness. In crypids in the news and other oddities, KJ reviews the legend of Leshy. Bill covers a creepy encounter with from some wild hog hunters in Southern Texas. And some great listener mail. Please join us! Thank you for listening! www.bigfootterrorinthewoods.com Produced by: "Bigfoot Terror in the Woods L.L.C."

San Antonio, already the seventh-largest city in the U.S., is on a population and development boom that has seen the recent opening of 10 hotels and approximately 70 restaurants in the last two years, along with a $2.5 billion expansion of San Antonio International Airport that will include a new terminal and a resulting spike in air lift. Meetings Today checked in with Tyler Orwig, vice president of association and tradeshow sales for Visit San Antonio, to discover what's new in the meetings and events world and beyond in this always-popular Texas destination. Always a draw because of its epic history, San Antonio will make you remember it for much more than the Alamo.

We talk with Paul Levy, 40th President of the PGA of America, about his career as a club professional and in club operations and development, and his experiences in the Southern Texas and Southern California PGA Sections as well as at the national level of the PGA where he served as Secretary, Vice President and ultimately President.  We discuss his role in moving the PGA headquarters to Texas from Florida and also his experiences with the Ryder Cup Task Force.

Under the Trump Era “Zero-Tolerance” Immigration Policy, thousands of children were separated from their parents by ICE agents. As a human rights lawyer in Southern Texas, Efrén C. Olivares represented […] The post My Boy Will Die of Sorrow by Efrén C. Olivares appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

In this episode of Fly the Coop, the host, Carrie Anne Carter, interviews John Smaby who has been in the real estate business for almost 40 years. John shares his story about his journey as National Association of Realtors' first vice-president and later, president. He explains the significance of traveling and building a strong culture in the real estate office to help it succeed. He also shares his personal experience of making a major transition in his business and how the new office welcomed him with “open arms”. We hope you enjoy today's episode!Topics Discussed and Key Points:●Introducing John and the evolution of his business.●The true measure of success in Real Estate is by how much you give back●How the Real Estate market has grown and shifted.●New Real Estate agents will need to hone their craft and understand the nuances to compete.●The National Association of Realtors Code of Ethics●The large influx of new realtors during COVID-19.Timestamps[00:06:26] Real estate requires passion and grit.[00:08:37] Real estate entrepreneurs give back.[00:17:00] Train for success in real estate.[00:27:48] Collaboration is key to success.[00:29:08] Find a mentor and learn.[00:38:40] Work hard, have fun.Notable Quotes“I hope you love the greatest business in the world. If you love it, you will be successful. And the true measure of your success will be how much you give back to the greatest business in the world. That's something that I've lived with my whole life.”“Find a mentor. You don't have to be a mentor. You have to get to know your inventory, religiously. Inside and out.”“In real estate people are the same, whether they're in Hawaii, Alaska, Southern Florida, Southern Texas, or the Northeast. They typically are great entrepreneurs. They're truly individuals. I think that that's so important. And they give back and they work their tails off. The workload is a real thing. And you see that they are willing to pitch in and help in so many different ways. It's just part of their nature.”“We had maybe too many people get into the real estate business. And not that it's an open business get, get in it, but maybe not always for the right reasons. And I think that now what we're going to see is that it's the pros will survive, the people that put a lot into their craft, that work with a coach and are constantly trying to learn new things and getting better. That's what I see coming out of this year is that the oldest individuals will make a bigger difference in markets all across the country.”“A lot of people jumped into the pot of Real Estate thinking it was an easy go of it over the last couple of years, not really understanding the complexity and the knowledge need to really do this business well and really help people. Really understanding when it comes to any kind of Real Estate, whether it's residential investment, cross border moving, multi ownership where we've got clients that are owning multiple homes in multiple areas investing. You can't be a novice in this work. You really got to understand the nuances, if you will, and the complexity of it.”Resources● Fly The Coop PodcastConnect with John Smaby-LinkedInConnect with Carrie Ann Carter●YouTube●Facebook●WebsiteCall to ActionIf you enjoyed this podcast and want to support us, please subscribe on the platform you listen to podcasts from, leave a review and share with your friends. We'd greatly appreciate it!

The guest for this episode is one of the leading voices in LinkedIn on all things healthcare recruitment and she has some strong opinions about today's hiring market and what both sides need to do to succeed. Krista Whiting is the Vice President of Healthcare Recruitment for Parkwood International, where she specializes in acute care leadership in Southern Texas. Krista and Dan talk about what candidates can do to stand in the hiring process, including those with non-traditional backgrounds, the skill she's seeing more and more hospitals look for and her advice to hiring managers on how to get talent in the door faster. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Our guest for this episode is one of the leading voices in LinkedIn on all things healthcare recruitment and she has some strong opinions about today's hiring market and what both sides need to do to succeed. Krista Whiting is the Vice President of Healthcare Recruitment for Parkwood International, where she specializes in acute care leadership in Southern Texas. Today she and Dan talk about what candidates can do to stand in the hiring process, including those with non-traditional backgrounds, the skill she's seeing more and more hospitals look for and her advice to hiring managers on how to get talent in the door faster.  Links to recommended reading:  Karaoke for a Cause Understanding & Addressing Nurse Turnover A Look into Retaining Your Nursing Workforce Forecasting Hospital Hiring Needs    The full transcript for this episode can be found here: works.trustedhealth.com/handoff/krista-whiting-healthcare-recruiting

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This week co-founder Matt Teifke has a great talk with entrepreneur and expert in a variety of real estate areas, Logan Fullmer. He shares his journey through the industry and how his expertise has helped him and his clients to resolve problems that arise during the real estate business. A must-listen if you encounter yourself with seller-buyer issues. Logan Fullmer is a successful real estate investor from San Antonio who has built a vastly diverse business. He has been in real estate for ten years. His non-traditional deals include curative title work, rezoning, subdividing, dispute resolution, undivided interest transactions, trustee services, and construction. Before real estate, he managed oil and gas and construction projects in Southern Texas. Currently, he is the Director and Managing Partner of his company, Asset Resolution Partners, where he manages the business, transaction, and litigation management of its deals. Learn more: https://www.loganfullmer.com/

Authorities are investigating the deaths of dozens of migrants discovered inside a big rig in Southern Texas. Gov. Ige says he will veto a bail reform measure that would let judges release certain nonviolent defendants until their trial. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At age 22, Andi picked up an old acoustic guitar after she had her son so she could write her own songs and sing to her new born.  Even though she had been singing her whole life, singing while playing the guitar quickly went from a hobby to a passion.  Andi wrote and wrote and then wrote some more.   As the music and lyrics poured out of her,  she performed across Southern Texas in festivals and fairs.  Spending some time as a musician in the few years following, it never became full time.  Her life as a single mom, raising her son and  working full time kept her very busy.  It was the life she wanted and loved with no regrets.Andi was born and raised in the Houston area.  Her Texas roots run deep.  The love she has for the Texas Hill Country started at the age of 6 when she took her first trip to the Frio River.  Although Andi has traveled and lived in other places throughout her adulthood, her goal was to get back to Texas and play her music!  In 2015, Andi moved back to Texas!  After a quick trip to New Braunfels from North Dakota, where she lived at the time, she decided that New Braunfels needed to be her new home.  And after a visit to Gruene Hall where she watched local singer/songwriters perform, she knew without a doubt, she could come to Texas and perform her music again, only in big ways this time.Today, this Texas native is now performing originals and covers full time across the central Texas and surrounding areas.   She is making up for lost time and making a name for herself in big ways as her journey continues!  Throughout 2021 and 2022, Andi has performed at the San Antonio rodeo, performed a set at Gruene Hall and has opened for amazing Texas recording artists like Courtney Patton and Zac Wilkerson (and more booked in the near future).  She is currently in the studio recording with seasoned producer Keith Davis and other talented Texas musicians.  She, along with 3 talented girls (Alli Mattice, Kelany Brent and Kayla Jane) started a new female quartet known as The Billie Jeans.   Andi performs full time as a Solo, duo, trio or full band, depending on venue needs.  Hire her for a big stage, a small acoustic stage or a private party!  This girl is going places and doesn't plan on quitting anytime soon!  Follow her on all social media platforms to see where her journey leads.  http://andihollemanmusic.com/https://open.spotify.com/track/2yGn7ZCpJk7TJsW1g2rX5J?si=sdFsJ0cDQ5WLxIWnpYmyig&context=spotify%3Asearch%3Aandi%2Bhohttps://www.facebook.com/Andi-Holleman-Music-106005471959959/https://www.instagram.com/andihollemanmusic/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQ6bBKPO1D7DXymNIDFuTw

This week, Christie chats with Nicole Tang and Kevin Chu about their work with Meals for Unity, a nonprofit uniting communities by working with local chefs, businesses, and volunteers to provide meals to the elderly AAPI community in NYC's Chinatown. In response to the rise of anti-Asian violence, Nicole and Kevin discuss building relationships with the community, despite language and technological barriers, to overcome food insecurity and poverty levels and express love through food.Kevin Chu (he/him) is a Southern Texas kid living in the Big Apple trying to break the Asian Model Minority stereotypes on a corporate and community level. Connect with Kevin at kevin@mealsforunity.orgNicole Tang (she/her) is a tech girly, music enthusiast, world traveler, dog lover, and a marathon runner. When she's not doing any of the above, she's raising awareness in the AAPI community as the Director of External Relations and Director of Ecommerce at Meals for Unity. Connect with Nicole at nicole@mealsforunity.orgMentioned in this episode:A closer look at a Meals for Unity Meal Distribution EventFollow Meals For Unity on Instagram @mealsforunity and learn more about volunteering hereBridges Mental Health is a stigma-free hub for Asians, Pacific Islanders, and South Asian Americans (APISA) to discuss, navigate, and seek mental health care in NYC.Write to us with comments & questions, we'd love to hear from you.@bridgesmentalhealthbridgesmentalhealthnyc@gmail.comCover photo by Janice ChungTheme music by Will Marshall

A Southern Texas school district canceled classes Thursday and Friday after police said a possible attack was thwarted.Officials with Donna Independent School District said in a message Wednesday that it received "a credible threat of violence".https://TheWrants.comFollow The Wrants ShowTwitter: https://Twitter.com/TheWrantsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewrantsInstagram: https://Instagram.com/TheWrantsShow YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC67j5A9ErgsTOP8fpxeZ3WgLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in as Smith interview Superstar rapper Jay Real from the Valley in Southern Texas as he talks about what he got going on and what's next to come and so much more you dnt want to miss it Fr fr --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/weareaod/support

You will be excited to hear revival is breaking out when you listen to this report from Pastor Mike Fehlauer of New Life Church in Corpus, Christi, Texas. He shares stories of what is happening among high school and college students in his area that reminds him of the Jesus Movement during the 1970's.

On today's episode of The Nasty Guard Podcast, we bring back a good friend of the show @ass______up. We discuss 29 palms, Marine Corps Boot Camp, Iraq deployment's, and UEO in Africa. We also take a look at the Texas National Guards' newest mission. These boys are living like they are in Afghanistan, in Southern Texas. Lastly, we introduce a new section of the Podcast called Leadership Monday, where we discuss important leadership skills for military and civilians alike.  As always, check out our newest merch at www.thenastyguard.com !Thank you for all the support! 

They said it would never see the light of day, they told you it wasn't meant to be consumed by human ears, they said it was an episode too pure to be consumed by the casual listener, they said no one would want to hear jokes made literally a year ago about current events! They were wrong, and we're going to prove it to them.This week on Rounding Down we reach into the Rounding Down archives for a forbidden episode, THE WELD CUT.Join your host @CHIDSPIN and co-host @SIGHFIERI as we welcome on a friend and early adopter of Rounding Down @CurtisWenis to discuss William Floyd Weld an American attorney, businessman, author, and politician who served as the 68th Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997.We also discuss soda, the mid-west, when Curtis Wenis met Chid in person, and spam emails.PLUS the much anticipated wait is finally over, we get to hear the Synonym Song Singer sing his hit song "We Didn't Begin the Inferno."Don't forget to:Follow Curtis Wenis on twitterhttps://twitter.com/curtiswenisDonate to Sigh's Holiday Fundraiser (for Planned Parenthood of Southern Texas)https://www.gofundme.com/f/sighs-holiday-fundraiser-for-planned-parenthood?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customerSupport the show (https://cash.app/$roundingdown)

PLUG Gallery Solid Poetry: Andrew McilvaineAndrew Mcilvaine is an interdisciplinary artist originally from Southern Texas and later relocated to Missouri. Mcilvaine makes work that explores notions such as the displacement and replacement of culture through settler colonialism, identity, trauma, memory, and longing. Currently Mcilvaine's practice is based in Kansas City, Missouri and he holds a visiting assistant professor position in the Foundation department at KCAI. https://www.andrewmcilvaine.com/Instagram @andrewmcilvaine    Seasoned and fresh-faced artists (of every genre) discuss how to make creativity work within the complexities and challenges of adult life. Confessing Animals podcast co-hosts Jen Harris + Vanessa Aricco, both working writers, unveil the secrets and struggles of creative living in a rapid fire capitalist society. One guest at a time, Jen + Vanessa ask, How Does Your Life Translate to Art?Intro & music provided by Ashley Raines www.ashleyrainesmusic.comFollow us on Instagram @confessinganimalspodcastListen, Love & Support Us!https://www.patreon.com/confessinganimalspodcastSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/confessinganimalspodcast)

And in this corner weighing in at a combined weight of what would be considered proportionate for 3 men talking about wrestling on the internet, it's Benoit Balls (@Benoit_ballss) Chid "WISHBONE" Spin, and Sigh "Carmen San Francisco" Fieriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. And in the other corner, the one the only fuck machineeeeeeeeeee Stewart Copelanddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd.This week we had our good friend Benoit Balls on to talk wrestling, specifically AEW and what a great product they're producing from week to week. We discuss what entrance music we'd choose, compare AEW to other wrestling outfits that have competed with the WWE, and talk to young Chid and young Benoit Balls about not giving up on wrestling in high school so girls will like them! We even get visits from the Kangaroo King all the way from Jupiter Florida and the Sherbert Pervert!Don't forget to:Follow Benoit Balls on twitterhttps://twitter.com/Benoit_BallssDonate to Sigh's Holiday Fundraiser (for Planned Parenthood of Southern Texas)https://www.gofundme.com/f/sighs-holiday-fundraiser-for-planned-parenthood?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customerSupport the show (https://cash.app/$roundingdown)

Today, The Two Mikes again had the good fortune of speaking with Nelson Balido, the President of the Border, Commercial, and Security Council. It has been about eight weeks since we spoke with Mr. Balido, and he explained that the situation on our southern border has only gotten worse. The Two Mikes would like to once again, thank its listeners for their support. The level of which has attracted several companies to offer to sponsor on our podcast.  We introduced Our Gold Guy (Contact: http://www.ourgoldguy.com) on 26 July 2021. Today we would like to announce that we also will be sponsored by My Pillow (promo code: TWOMIKES at http://mypillow.com) and by the Freedom Phone (promo code: TWOMIKES at http://freedomphone.com). Both Mikes, want to thank these three companies, but most of all they thank our listeners, whose support is giving us the means to stay on the air.

If you take an evening stroll around the banks of the Frio River in Southern Texas, you may notice the fog moves a little differently down that way. It moves in a whisper and you can't quite hear what it's trying to tell you. You frantically rub your eyes to help you see better as the fog gets thicker, and when you open them again, there she is. The ghostly figure of a woman dressed in white. Her name is Maria Juarez, and hers is a story of love and betrayal. --Watch the show on Youtube HERE--Today's episode is brought to you by Omio--Want ad free episodes? Listen HEREShop Southern Haunts Merch HERE--IG: @SouthernhauntpodcastFB: Southern Haunts PodcastTwitter: @s_hauntspodcast--Subscribe to Oh! That's A Scary Movie--Music in this episode:https://uppbeat.io/t/kisnou/name-of-the-nighthttps://uppbeat.io/t/ak/midnight-stroll License code: WNT8HKI1FBYUZJMGhttps://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/friendly-ghost License code: HXQWQMBPM7FB232F"The Haunting Of Lake" originally composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek" https://youtu.be/32B0WU0Y7fsSupport the show (http://www.patreon.com/southernhauntspodcast)

Bridget and Sydney are joined by Lisa Gilbert and Guinevere Gartland from MatchDog Rescue, a New Jersey based rescue whose mission is to match the right dog with the right family and the right family to the right dog.Topics Include:Transporting dogs from Southern Texas and abroad. The nuts and bolts of developing a transport program. Tips for effectively leveraging social media and growing your online presence as a rescue. Authenticity and honesty in rescue. Building a network of volunteers. Creating volunteer opportunities for children and families. And other topics... Resources Mentioned:https://www.matchdogrescue.org/CUDDLY Blog: https://bit.ly/2T2NEN3Want to connect with us? Follow us on social media!Email – podcast@cuddly.comInstagram @welovecuddlyTwitter @welovecuddlyFacebook @welovecuddlyhttps://cuddly.com/

On today’s podcast, Chelsea is joined by two beautiful souls, her sister Brooke and her mother, Karen, on Mother’s Day. This family chat hits everything life and growing up in Southern Texas. Hearing stories from Chelsea’s childhood and seeing how she came to be is an amazing listen for anyone, like how she worked in her mother’s small town coffee shop. Then, towards the end, find out what everyone is curious about and what wisdom they have for you.   More From Chelsea: Course: https://chelsea-holden-llc.mykajabi.com/offers/jaszHNik/checkout 1:1 Call: https://calendly.com/thechelseaholden/curiosity-call High Vibes Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5x2XEqXWYFktCHKKTuAiJG?si=THoeLKdKTJ-AhgpSwd1PWg&dl_branch=1   Facebook: www.facebook.com/thechelseaholden Instagram: www.instagram.com/thechelseaholden

Join Richard Boyd and Alex Guidry in a special report on "Suicide. " Deadly Thoughts. Suicide is one of the few deaths that can be 100% avoided. With all that is happening with the global pandemic, suicide is still one of the top leading losses of life in the world. Every year more than a million people die due to suicide. And that's the ones we know off, but suicide remains a deadly threat to men and their loved ones. What can we do to help others and ourselves, especially men, not fall to the deadly thoughts and actions of suicide?About the host.Several years back Richard Boyd and his wife Nellie were asked to speak on a radio program. This would be a first for them to talk live on the radio. Recently relocating from New York City they found themselves living at the time in Central Texas.Early that morning they nervously shared from their hearts, how they were truly transformed by the love of God. Upon completion of the thirty-minute broadcast, the station immediately received a call from a local businessman contemplating suicide. He was deeply moved by the sincerity of their words and resolved not to take his life. He then decided to place his trust in God and allow himself to be restored to proper mental health.That became the beginning of more than four decades of ministry to the hurting, along with radio appearances around Central and Southern Texas. Today with the rise of modern technology, Richard has been hosting Podcasts, that now communicate to many people around the world.Manlikeradio was birthed to help Christain men navigate through the times we live in. When Godly men understand the times they gain a greater influence on changing world they live in.More @ www.manlikeradio.com

Earl Johnson was a founding member of Canadian classic rockers "Moxy" along with the late Buzz Shearman (r.i.p.) . He is now the last man standing but he continues to carry the torch & was still touring with the current lineup of Moxy until the pandemic hit. He remains enthusiastic & has learned to play for the love of the music as time rolls on. Earl got started in his professional career playing guitar with the legendary King Biscuit Boy. While touring with Biscuit, he met Buzz Shearman & they would eventually play together with the Leigh Ashford band before forming Moxy. The ride wasn't always easy but they had some momentous times recording & touring together until Buzz eventually had to quit singing because of throat issues & Earl was left trying to figure it out from there. During the height of their touring days, a young AC/DC would open for Moxy in Southern Texas where Moxy reigned supreme. Earl describes having to physically eject a drunken Bon Scott from his hotel room & a whole lot more in this episode.I think you're gonna like it!

PURPOSE, FOCUS, TIMEEvery man has a purpose on this earth. Join Richard Boyd as he speaks on three key elements needed for true success in a man's life. When men implement these important areas of their life, they excel not only for themselves but for others. We all can benefit from Godly wisdom and understanding, and men who attain this wisdom become successful in their purpose.About the host.Several years back Richard Boyd and his wife Nellie were asked to speak on a radio program. This would be a first for them to talk live on the radio. Recently relocating from New York City they found themselves living at the time in Central Texas.Early that morning they nervously shared from their hearts, how they were truly transformed by the love of God. Upon completion of the thirty-minute broadcast, the station immediately received a call from a local businessman contemplating suicide. He was deeply moved by the sincerity of their words and resolved not to take his life. He then decided to place his trust in God and allow himself to be restored to proper mental health.That became the beginning of more than four decades of ministry to the hurting, along with radio appearances around Central and Southern Texas. Today with the rise of modern technology, Richard has been hosting Podcasts, that now communicate to many people around the world.Manlikeradio was birthed to help Christain men navigate through the times we live in. When Godly men understand the times they gain a greater influence on changing world they live in.More @ www.manlikeradio.com

2010 graduate Thomas Hutton is this week's guest on the Downback Drop. Thomas talks about his journey to Methodist University and his current role in the Southern Texas PGA Section. Thomas discusses why he believes Methodist is the best PGM Program in the Country and why students should attend Methodist. Thomas was also the student government president while a student at Methodist. PGM information: https://www.methodist.edu/pgm/questionnaire/ coevers@methodist.edu 910.630.7278

Keegan discusses a recent case of arson in Louisiana, and an urban legend from Southern Texas. This episode features a brief clip of the song "A Fine Day To Die" by Bathory. All other music is by Last Known Images. Twitter: @hhkeegan Facebook Group: Down Home Fear Podcast Website: hhkeegan.com

Is the place where you’d like to retire on the Top 15 list? On this episode, we’ll review the US News & World Report’s top 15 retirement locations and share stories of past clients who made the decision to move somewhere else for retirement and what went into those decisions from an emotional and financial standpoint. Important Links Website: http://www.yourplanningpros.com Call: 844-707-7381 ----more---- Transcript Of Today's Show:   Speaker 1: Hey, everybody. Welcome in to this week's edition of Plan With the Tax Man with Tony Mauro and myself. We appreciate your time as we talk investing, finance and retirement here on the podcast. It is early November here. This is our day after the election by podcast and of course, we as expected, we don't have an idea. We have no clue who's the president. How you doing, my friend? You doing okay?   Tony Mauro: We're doing good. Fall's [crosstalk 00:00:24] upon us here in the Midwest and right now, this week, it's actually very warm, so it's almost golf weather, really.   Speaker 1: It's been wacky here in my neck of the woods. We've had some pretty big 30 and 40 degree swings, but it looks like we're going to be in the mid to upper 70s the rest of the week.   Tony Mauro: Same here. It's great.   Speaker 1: I'll take it. It's November. It's not hot, so it's comfortable. It's nice.   Tony Mauro: Exactly.   Speaker 1: So that's always good. Speaking of weather and niceness, that's actually our topic this week. We're actually going to talk about a review of the top places to retire as of the U.S. News & World Report's top 15 locations, just kind of fun here, do something a little bit different and kind of keep it light and airy, if you will, but we'll talk about a few of the metrics that went into it. If you see some things like that similarly in conversations you have with clients or potentially, so I don't know if we'll go through all 15 or just kind of lump it together here. So what I'll say is of the 15, let's see, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight of the 15 are all in one state. Care to take a guess?   Tony Mauro: All in one state. It's fitting because when we're taping this the day after an election, everybody's kind of, well, probably had enough of that for a while. It's interesting when they have all the maps up the night before and you're paying attention to the states, sometimes you don't. But it's interesting in this report that out of the top 15, eight are in Florida and although Florida's always a popular spot, but there's some others in here as well, some in the Midwest that most people don't think of. Then, of course, some in the desert. But it's interesting, my client base, for the most part, doesn't really talk about Florida all that much, but probably nationally, that's the place. If you look at their demographics and how many retirees are down there, a lot of people migrate that way.   Speaker 1: Now Florida's always kind of that given, so again, it's not a surprise that people do that. So we'll hop around just on this topic. Do you have some folks that do the snowbird thing, that they split their time?   Tony Mauro: We have clients that split their time. A lot of our clients tend to want to go to Southern Texas down by the Mexican border and then of course out to Arizona, some Palm Springs. I'm of the same opinion, personally, is as much as I love Florida, I think down there, the snowbird thing could be hit and miss from year to year. It, depending on the weather and a lot of our clients want to go where they pretty much or know that it's going to be sunny and not a lot of rain.   Speaker 1: Right. Of course, there's different advantages to some states, obviously, when you think about income tax or I think weather and a few other things are why people consider Florida.   Tony Mauro: I think weather is the big one and I think the fact that probably for most parts of the country, it's easy to get to. It's interesting because a lot of people, if they really are going to start having serious conversations about retiring somewhere else or splitting time, I think they need to take a look at, not only the state tax rates, but just the affordability, the population and how easy it is or hard is it to get around, the quality of the health care and some other things that-   Speaker 1: Good point.   Tony Mauro: ... after weather, people should take a look at if they're going to spend meaningful time somewhere. I think sometimes after we get done with them, they hadn't thought about a lot of that.   Speaker 1: Right.   Tony Mauro: For example, a couple of spots in this list, just for the listeners, number seven's Ann Arbor, Michigan [crosstalk 00:04:17] North Carolina.   Speaker 1: Let's talk about some of the those. Yes. Ann Arbor, Michigan is seven, to your point, and Manchester, New Hampshire is 14. They seem like odd choices.   Tony Mauro: Odd choices and Nashville, but Nashville is becoming more popular [crosstalk 00:04:31] number 12. But a lot of people are taking a little bit alternative routes, if you will, and saying, "Well, weather it's not my number one goal, it's other things." It could be cost of living, which I'm assuming, and especially in Michigan, is more towards the Midwest. New Hampshire would seem to me a little higher cost of living, but maybe it's the East Coasters that are wanting to get out of the bigger cities and maybe that's lower for them.   Speaker 1: Like if people live in New York City or something like that. Actually number five is Lancaster, PA. [crosstalk 00:05:06] That's even weirder to me.   Tony Mauro: Yes.   Speaker 1: No offense, Lancasters.   Tony Mauro: That's right. Hopefully, you're not offending anybody by just listing it. Of course, Des Moines, Iowa is nowhere to be found, so we're out.   Speaker 1: We counted wrong. I think there's actually Miami didn't have the Florida next to it, so there's actually nine of the 15 are Florida. So basically just throw a dart at Florida and it's on this list more than likely.   Tony Mauro: It is. But I think with Florida, going back to it, it's a wonderful place. The weather is generally pretty good, but to me, when I've been down there, the cost of living is a little higher. Their tax rates are a little different, of course they get a ton of money from tourism and whatnot. But to me, I think Florida, it's a little too crowded for me. I'm not at retirement age, but I don't like all the traffic, especially down in Southern Florida around the Miami area and whatnot, but everybody's different. I think if people are seriously looking about splitting time, they should at least develop a list and kind of come up and look at some of these reports and some of what goes into them, its pros and cons of each location to make a well-informed decision.   Speaker 1: Yeah, no, definitely. So what financial or emotional considerations, maybe that's another thought to have a conversation around this on, Tony, is to consider if you're thinking about retiring in a different state or a different region. Sometimes it's kid-based, sometimes grandkid-based things of that nature, how do you go about advising that when people start having those conversations?   Tony Mauro: I advise them if they're actually physically going to pick up and move and plant the seed in a different state on a full-time basis. First thing we have them do, and we generally will help them on the tax side, is to let them know what the state's tax rates are, what income is taxed, how and from there, then we go to the sales tax rates, property tax rates, things like that, if they're going to own property there so they can kind of get some numbers without having to do a lot of digging to get some of that in their head. Then from there, basically, we get into more of the non-financial things, affordability, healthcare, things like that. But I think it's big, taxes are big. We're right after the election. We don't know anything on that, but state taxes are big in some states compared to others and I think that's got to be a consideration if you're on a fixed income, for sure.   Speaker 1: Well, at the time we're taping this podcast, it's so close you can't really call it. But one of the things that could be on the docket is higher taxes. Biden has made that conversation, so that might be the case. Obviously, we won't know anything until later on, but that's something to definitely consider and I think that's always been the case. People have always kind of looked to retirement as, "Well, let's retire someplace where there's no income tax or sales tax," or whatever. There are various different things kind of lead that charge. Now what about yourself? Do you have a dream retirement location? Is it right there where you're at? I know you're a big fan of the Napa area and all that kind of stuff, but living there and just visiting there are two different things.   Tony Mauro: Two different things, yes. I'll answer that, but the other thing's back on taxes. This is just, again, my own two cents. I have no basis for this, but if you think about it, with what we've gone through this year with the COVID and the pandemic and these states not collecting as much tax and whatnot, eventually they may have to come in and say, "We're low on money and the only thing we've got left is to raise taxes." Now it may not always be an income tax. They try to do it in kind of what I call sneaky ways, take this deduction away or that, so they don't call it that. But a lot of times, again, you go into a new state, you better find out not only what their rates are, but how they tax you, but...   Speaker 1: Change to a gas tax or property tax or [crosstalk 00:09:07]   Tony Mauro: They got to get it from somewhere. It's just not all free. But in answering the question, a couple of tops on my list, I would probably split time once I get to retirement. I don't see me just moving, but you never know with children and things like that, but one of my favorite places outside of Napa, that would be one. Although, again, looking at cost of living there and income taxes and stuff, that could be a detriment. But I love the Phoenix-Scottsdale area. I love Palm Springs. I'm a desert guy, even though I love the water, but I like to go to the water and have my visits-   Speaker 1: Now surprisingly enough, those aren't on there, which I found that kind of surprising. On that top 15, there's no place in Arizona.   Tony Mauro: No, No place in Arizona-   Speaker 1: Maybe too hot.   Tony Mauro: So but in the split time, with the true snowbirds, it's almost always sunny and in the 70s. Obviously, the Caribbean would be nice, but that's a little more of a jaunt every year if you were going to try to do something like that, but those would be my top spots to probably split time would be something like that. As I think now, and I think a lot of people do this too, is they think of their retirement spots kind of like they think of vacations right now, where you're going for an experience and excitement and what are we going to do? I think when you retire there or even split time it's more of daily life-   Speaker 1: Right. True.   Tony Mauro: I'm getting up. I'm doing my activities-   Speaker 1: Going to the donut shop [crosstalk 00:00:10:39].   Tony Mauro: ... grocery shopping. So it's not the same as when you're in your 30s, 40s, 50s on vacations. When you're retired there or spending at least six months there.   Speaker 1: Very true. As someone who's been doing this for 20 plus years, I'm sure you see a lot of different things. Sometimes when people want to do that split time, or they even want to relocate, it doesn't necessarily mean you have to stop working with your advisor, depending on the situation. If they're licensed, there'll be able to help you and no matter where you are, but you just have to check into all of that stuff as well. Correct?   Tony Mauro: I would check into it. I would visit with your financial advisor. I would solicit some other opinions as well and obviously friends, family and people that you know that may have already gone there, [crosstalk 00:11:22] that particular location, is always helpful. They can always give you the goods and bads and at least you've got the ammo to make a good decision from that.   Speaker 1: So factor some of those things in folks, if you're thinking about, as you get closer to retirement, factor in local resident stuff, the happiness there, tax rates, housing affordability, quality of health, healthcare, some of the things Tony mentioned already, the emotional side. Are you good being maybe away from family or friends that you've known? Things of that nature. Again, we were talking the top 15 places, in 2020 anyway, from U.S. News & World Report on retirement locations. It looks like nine of the 15 were in Florida, so again, pick a dart, you could throw them.   Speaker 1: But just the other ones, just to kind of catch you up, was Lancaster, PA, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Asheville, North Carolina, Myrtle beach, South Carolina, which we didn't talk about, which is way too touristy for me. I'm not that far from Myrtle Beach and [crosstalk 00:12:19] It's just way too touristy for me and Nashville, Tennessee and the same thing. I feel like Nashville, go on the outskirts, I suppose, like any town you go to the outskirts and you don't have to see the touristy stuff, but either way, so that's the 15, oh, and Manchester, New Hampshire. I almost forgot about that one.   Tony Mauro: That little crazy one there.   Speaker 1: A little odd. The PA and the Michigan, I just really surprised by the three colder weather states, really am. I've lived near Ann Arbor, Michigan, beautiful place, absolutely lovely there, but just surprised by the colder places because I know most of us like to run from the snow as we age.   Tony Mauro: We don't see any of the top ski resort places, even though that is cold [crosstalk 00:13:03] nobody, of course, older, it's probably designed a little bit more for younger, active [crosstalk 00:13:10] and all that, but-   Speaker 1: Well, I think [crosstalk 00:13:12] missing this of stuff in Arizona or even Texas, I think that kind of shows us that this report really was around things other than just weather. Florida is definitely on there, probably could become of the weather, but I think a lot of this really was about the affordability, the tax rates and things of that nature, so there you go. So that's something to ponder, for sure. All right. Well, I think that's going to do it this week. Pretty simple and easy, a simple conversation away from all the regular stuff that we've been inundated with and we'll get back to that, I'm sure, here pretty soon, but we thought we'd deviate just a little bit this week on Plan With the Tax Man. So there you go. Have a great week, stay safe and sane, folks. Take care of yourself and Tony, my friend, I will talk to you in a week or two.   Tony Mauro: All right. Sounds good. Take care.   Speaker 1: We'll see you next time, folks. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on whatever app you're using, Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart, Stitcher, so on and so forth. You can simply type Plan With the Tax Man in the search box of any of those apps if they're on your phone already and you use one of those that you like in particular. Just type that in, you'll find it, or just go to yourplanningpros.com, Tony's website, a lot of good tools, tips and resources to be found there. You can also subscribe to the website and check us out,thatway@yourplanningpros.com. As always, if you need any help before you take action to always check with a qualified professional like Tony Mauro. He's an EA and a certified financial planner. Call him at 844-707-7381. Again, 844-707-7381 at Tax Doctor, Inc.. We'll see you next time here on the podcast.

For some reason people are looking for 12% returns when they seek entry into the real estate investing game. So enamored are they with this “magic number” that they pass over perfectly good deals at 7%-8%? This is just one of the many interesting topics that Jason Bible and Robert Orfino tackle for this episode. They also give their take on people’s apparent obsession with the stock market and why it is never a solid way to make money compared to running a business or investing in real estate. In a couple of tangents, they also talk about their opinions about the documentary, Social Dilemma, as well as some reflections on the current political atmosphere as the presidential elections are fast approaching. Plus, Mr. Texas Real Estate Mastermind is coming soon to Southern Texas. Stay tuned in to learn where you can sign up.

This episode explains a traditional building from Southern Texas, it's technique and materials.

A section of the Texas coast already reeling from thousands of coronavirus cases will continue to feel the effects of the storm, which was the first hurricane of the season.

Everything is bigger in Texas including the ghost stories! We cover southern Texas in this bonus bite where we found a haunted pirate house, a man eating cryptid, a spirit filled hotel and a lighthouse with a mysterious secret. Our eatery shout-out goes to Gaido's Seafood in Galveston. Music for this episode was provided by Folk Festival Massacre with their song " Texas" used under CC License 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

Naomi Shihab Nye talks with Paul Holdengräber about how poetry is an important tool for both thought and action. Naomi reflects on her upbringing in Ferguson, MO., where she experienced segregation, and in Southern Texas, where she experienced the local Mexican culture. Naomi and Paul also talk about a range of music from new Palestinian recording artists and old favorites.Naomi Shihab Nye is the Young People's Poet Laureate (Poetry Foundation), the Poetry Editor for the New York Times Magazine, on faculty at Texas State University, and author or editor of more than 30 books. She was selected by the National Book Critics Circle to receive the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, 2020. Naomi Shihab Nye | Brocade The Arabs used to say, When a stranger appears at your door, feed him for three days before asking who he is, where he’s come from, where he’s headed. That way, he’ll have strength enough to answer. Or, by then you’ll be such good friends you don’t care. Let’s go back to that. Rice? Pine nuts? Here, take the red brocade pillow. My child will serve water to your horse. No, I was not busy when you came! I was not preparing to be busy. That’s the armor everyone put on to pretend they had a purpose in the world. I refuse to be claimed. Your plate is waiting. We will snip fresh mint into your tea.

Ask Win is a podcast where you are a VIP. It’s a friend, family, and international show. Win wants to focus and teach people more and Cerebral Palsy. You’re welcome to ask questions about anything that you want. CP questions but mainly life questions on how to deal with CP or not. Win can ask you base questions if you want. Please let us know or there will be no base questions. If you have any questions for Win please email her at askingwkelly@gmail.com. Ask Win Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/ask-win-22507. Please donate to Ask Win by going to https://www.paypal.me/WCharles. Patron Checkout: https://www.patreon.com/join/Askwin?. Simplecast's Brand Ambassador Program: http://refer.smplc.st/rtTvG. Check out Win's books at https://www.amazon.com/Win-Kelly-Charles/e/B009VNJEKE/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1538951782&sr=1-2-ent. To buy Win’s new book, Smile with Dictation, go to https://books2read.com/Win. I, Win: http://books2read.com/Iwin. I, Win audiobook in iBooks: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/i-win-hope-and-life/id1476934916. I, Win audiobook in Google Pay: https://play.google.com/store/books/category/audiobooks?hl=en. I, Win audiobook in kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/i-win-5. I, Win audiobook in Nook: https://www.nookaudiobooks.com/audiobook/1005661/i-win. I, Win audiobook in Scibd: https://www.scribd.com/book/275801773/I-Win. I, Win audiobook in Beek: https://www.beek.io/libros/i-win. Check out Danielle's books at https://www.amazon.com/Danielle-Coulter/e/B00OFIOY3C/ref=as_li_ss_tl?qid=1483655853&sr=8-2&linkCode=sl2&tag=paradimarket-20&linkId=8490a064c62cededb762ed5b949ed144. Check out Win’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGN0mfJdlpKG8IdJTBjKTow. Please read Outsource Your Book to a Wall Street Journal Bestselling Press: https://leaderspress.com. Born with Cerebral Palsy author of I,Win | podcaster| by win charles: https://www.podchaser.com/creators/win-charles-107a4S3520. 5 Secrets for a Successful Podcast: https://youtu.be/eUTXwrx2ZIc. Apple Podcast on Amazon Smart Speaker: https://apps.apple.com/us/story/id1491094491. Podcast voice coaching: https://www.fiverr.com/share/kLrbLw.   On Ask Win today (Sunday, April 5, 2020), Best-Selling Author, Win C welcomes Giampiero Scattolon. Giampiero was born in Lima, Peru on September 22, 1976, moved to the United States on December 28, 1990, and graduated from Highs School in 1995/ Giampiero grew up in a religious / Mormon home. Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints. From 1996-1998, Giampiero served a two-year missionary service mission in Southern Texas. Married for the first time in 2002, Giampiero have 3 beautiful Children from my first marriage. Hs children are 16, 15, and 12 years old.  Joined the US Army February of 2009, deployed to combat in Afghanistan December of 2009 to September 2010, separated / divorced 2011, re-married in Denmark to my current wife in January 10th, 2013, and diagnosed with PTSD in 2014. Giampiero have been doing a lot of self-work and studying since. Giampiero is happily married and he speak to others about the possibility of change and transformation by means of self-work, therapy when possible and genuine conversations. To learn more about Giampiero email him at giampiero@scattolon.com.

Kurt interviews friend and seasoned veteran Police Officer, Anthony Flores. Anthony works in the Rio Grande Valley in Southern Texas and currently oversees security for a school district. He also runs a LE support non profit group called Blue Line Running. They talk about injuries, tactics, weather, logistics, gear, SWAT, trucks, weapons, food and COVID 19.

Alternate Current Radio Presents: BOILER ROOM - Uninterruptible Talk Radio with HESHER on ACR.This special extra BOILER ROOM broadcast sees host, HESHER, joined by MARK ANDERSON from STOP THE PRESSES to discuss the latest developments at the Trilateral Commission and at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in our ongoing Globalist Watch Conversations. Mark closes the show out with an update on the physical border wall construction happening in Southern Texas and some exclusive reporting on how some Texas border towns are supporting globalist entities that promote open borders. Is this a conflict of interests, a case of intentional cultural engineering orchestrated with international think tanks, big business, politicians, NGOs and think tanks... You be the judge! Enjoy the show.

Alternate Current Radio Presents: BOILER ROOM - Uninterruptible Talk Radio with HESHER on ACR.This special extra BOILER ROOM broadcast sees host, HESHER, joined by MARK ANDERSON from STOP THE PRESSES to discuss the latest developments at the Trilateral Commission and at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in our ongoing Globalist Watch Conversations. Mark closes the show out with an update on the physical border wall construction happening in Southern Texas and some exclusive reporting on how some Texas border towns are supporting globalist entities that promote open borders. Is this a conflict of interests, a case of intentional cultural engineering orchestrated with international think tanks, big business, politicians, NGOs and think tanks... You be the judge! Enjoy the show.

Anthrax outbreaks in a few Southern Texas counties have killed hundreds of deer, exotics and livestock. Texas Parks and Wildlife head veterinarian Bob Dittmar joins the discussion this week to shed light on a disease I knew vary little about. How is Anthrax contracted? How does it spread? Possible vaccines or is it always fatal? [...]

Anthrax outbreaks in a few Southern Texas counties have killed hundreds of deer, exotics and livestock. Texas Parks and Wildlife head veterinarian Bob Dittmar joins the discussion this week to shed light on a disease I knew vary little about. How is Anthrax contracted? How does it spread? Possible vaccines or is it always fatal? [...]

The San Antonio Film Festival (SAFilm) is celebrating 25 years of Southern Texas and Latin heritage in the cities contribution to filmmaking history. For those that might not know, the 1927 silent film classic Wings, was filmed on location above the city and is the first ever aviation film made about the World War I (WWI) Flyboys. School teacher and film enthusiast, Adam Rocha founded the SAFilm, 25 years ago, with a one-day festival and a couple of kegs of beer and has now blown it up to an entire week long event, with this year's honorees including Cybill Shepherd, Jackie Earle Haley, Cheech Marin and Kevin Alejandro. The festival will also host the world premiere of the documentary I am Patrick Swayze with special guests in attendance, C. Thomas Howell and Patrick's widow Lisa Niemi Swayze. The San Antonio Film Festival runs from Tuesday, July 30 to Sunday, August 4, 2019. More information can be found at www.safilm.com and Instagram @safilm. #SAFilm #SanAntonio #Texas, #PatrickSwayze #CThomasHowell #CheechMarin #KevinAlejandro #Texas #SAFilm25 #CybillShepherd #JackieEarleHaley

On this episode...I revisit "The Hate Project" episode 32 which originally aired on July 29, 2013. Interview with a former member of a white nationalist group who still holds many of the beliefs in the movement. Other topics check the time stamps below! *00:00 - Intro to Episode.  Topics include:-Never Again Action direct protest of ICE detention centers: https://www.neveragainaction.com-The ecosystem that sustains white supremacists -how well-meaning liberals maintain racial stereotypes and hierarchies -the futility of winning over bigoted hearts and minds *18:29 - Hate Project Ep. 32 begins-guest host Carlos Danger, abstinence-only educator*18:29 - Discussion of Derek Black leaving the white nationalist movement and debunking many of the movement's beliefs.  -Discussion/Debate of white privilege with people in the chat room, including the Peggy McIntosh white privilege essay.*51:00 - "Kennewick Man" calls in – former member of the National Alliance Neo-nazi group. Left the group but still maintains the beliefs. -KM left the group only because he felt betrayed by leadership…and he was dating an Asian woman. -I challenge the hypocrisy of dating an Asian woman while he would not be happy with an Asian man dating a white woman. -KM reveals that he writes financial articles, at the time of this interview he was writing an article for someone who is possibly well known, didn’t want to reveal who.  -Even though no longer in the white nationalist movement, KM still believes in separation of races -KM explains that he became a neo-Nazi because he felt alienated from the Mexicans around him growing up in Southern Texas, and wanted to connect to his German heritage. I share that I was picked on by white people because of my skin, and I didn’t join a hate group.  -Discussion of what is "white".-I challenge KM's white nationalist alignment and how it conflicts with him living in Asia. -KM describes having a difficult time living in Taiwan, demonstrates an inappropriately and unearned super-entitled attitude about it, brags about getting a free ride in China and Korea.  I challenge him by saying a lot of immigrants in America are going through what he went through, and worse.  *1:51:00 - "Non-Member" calls in, possibly meant to be a prank call, asks Kennewick's advice on dating Asian women.  *1:57:04 - Outro Email: paradoxofcivility@gmail.comTwitter: @civilpodcastFacebook:  https://www.facebook.com/paradoxofcivility/ References from episode:Never Again Action: https://www.neveragainaction.comDerek Black: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/24/651052970/how-a-rising-star-of-white-nationalism-broke-free-from-the-movement Peggy McIntosh, white privilege: https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf Marcus Epstein, white nationalist who writes for WSJ, Forbes: https://boingboing.net/2019/06/18/ex-gop-staffer-who-wrote-for-w.html Katie McHugh, former Alt-righter: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/katie-mchugh Music:  Gnossienne no. 1 by International Surrealist Bulletinis licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.Remedy for Melancholy by Kai Engel is licensed under a Attribution License. 

Show Sponsor: https://www.delifreshdesign.com/ Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/80 I had the pleasure of sitting down with Riverhorse Nakadate to talk about largemouth bass, redfish and southern Texas Fly Fishing. Riverhorse goes deep to share his story and how he's made a life as a writer, surfer, musician and fly fisherman.  Get ready for a little bass yoga, comedy and stories about Willie, Stevie Ray and Love. Show SponsorsDeli Fresh:  https://www.delifreshdesign.com/  (use coupon wfs20 for 20% off) Wet Fly Swing Members Society: https://membership.wetflyswing.com/ Show Notes with Riverhorse Oliver White was on the podcast in episode 69 where we covered bonefish, the bahamas and how he went all in after the hedge fund position. Here is the link to the movie - Love & Water as supported by the Flyfish Journal and Patagonia.  You can see the area that Riverhorse call home in southern Texas. A Southern Wish is one piece about his mother passing away and really resonated with a lot of people in the community. 23andme.com is a good site that will show you your genetics. Willie Nelson and Stevie Ray Vaugn The dixie wiggler fly is a good one. We Write to know that we're not alone. Shiner beer is the goto beverage after fishing. The John Gierach episode was a milestone event for me. the favorite books and resources from Riverhorse.  All noted here. Here is the Brian O'keefe podcast episode who Riverhorse noted as one of his favorite people.You can reach Riverhorse here. Videos Noted in the Show Love & Water: Riding Shotgun with Riverhorse from Funny Feelings on Vimeo.the Almond Brothers and Twisted Sister - We're not going to take it. Conclusion with Riverhorse We covered Willie Nelson to Stevie Ray Vauhn, over to Texas and Patagonia then back again.  Riverhorse is all about love and laughter.  I will listen to this one again and again because of the passion. Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/80  

In October of 2017 Sam drove down to Southern Texas to serve those who were affected by Hurricane Harvey. After spending one month tarping roofs, cleaning debris, and tending to logistic needs within the Volunteer Reception Center (First Baptist Church of Rockport) while camping in a "tent city" with many survivors he was granted permission to stay at the VRC. There, he met George and many others who encouraged him by prayer, wise words, and just good ole small talk. Though, George did little small talk; he spoke of the Bible as a necessary tool in order to live a fruitful life. George also taught Sam the importance of loving his father and mother. Please subscribe and consider supporting us through PayPal - https://bit.ly/2WLSiLe Thank you for listening Watch: https://youtu.be/Qtzd2AHiTmA

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. In 2005, the novel NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, written by Cormac McCarthy, was released. Oddly, the novel received mixed reviews since it was a departure from the author’s usual prose. Unlike his other works, this one had originally been written as a potential screenplay prior being turned into a novel. Almost immediately the Coen brothers took the property, writing the screenplay and adapted it into the 2007 film. Llewelyn Moss, while hunting pronghorn in the desert of Southern Texas, stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong. When he leaves the scene with a million dollars of drug money, he soon has a group of cartel men and bounty hunters after him, including the peculiar Anton Chigurh. Sheriff Bell is soon piecing together what has happened and is on a journey to save Llewelyn before he lands up dead. The cast includes Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, and Javier Bardem in leading roles. Considered by many to be one of the greatest thrillers of all time, the movie went on to win a number of awards. Now considered a classic, the movie continues to be listed on “best of” lists. Dark Discussions takes a look at this amazing film and gives their thoughts. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Welcome to another edition of Urban Legends. This go around Texas gets the spotlight as we talk about El Muerto, the headless horsemen of Southern Texas. We learn of an actual cattle rustler going toe to toe with a group of Texas Rangers and the gruesome conclusion to this battle. Settle in close tonight, make sure you have your six shooter and spurs, cause this one's gonna get rough. Stay Toasty!  We got Merch! Check out the link below for all your Campfire needs: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/creepy-campfire-podcast Thank you to everyone for the continued support of the show! If you would like to get in touch with Ryan and Jordan you can email us at creepycampfirepodcast@gmail.com. We would be honored to hear personal stories from our listeners. Whether it's alien abduction, ghost encounters, fights with cryptids, or visits from the Men in Black we want to hear about it. Seriously. No matter how big or small we want to hear your story. If you give us the permission we would even love to include it in the show! It could be in the form of us simply reading your email, or even an interview on the show with us. Thanks again for listening everyone, and don't forget to share us on your social media, rate, subscribe, and tell a friend!

Jay and I met at First Baptist Church of Rockport in Texas right after Hurricane Harvey hit Southern Texas in 2017. We have been friends since then and he taught me that nobody knows what will happen tomorrow, "so why worry about 6 months from now?" Watch: https://youtu.be/drWqjeUHUYM

The creators of the new Hit Series Pride Wives stop by and we have the privilege to get to knowTracy and Angela Chester.Pride Wives of Dallas is a reality TV Series on the ON Channel Network that premiered in December 2018.Tracy tells us about her upbringing in Santa Monica, California where she went to school with Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Holly Robinson Pete,Robert Downey Jr, Rob and Chad Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Dean Cain and many more.Tracy was a program director and worked with homeless families for many years with the goal to house those families. She thought she would always bein that industry because it was her passion but then she met Angela in Las Vegas and her whole life changed in an instant.We learn all the details about how they met and how they made a long distance relationship work successfully until Tracy moved to Texas.Tracy was very concerned how she would fit in to Southern Texas while being a free spirit from California.Angela has owned a delivery company called “Deliveries on Demand” for 11 years.Angela grew up in a Southern Baptist home and being gay was condemned. She loved to travel to see how other places treated gay people.Angela and Tracy tell their stories when they came out being gay.The difference in their stories is unbelievable.The story about when and how they got married is beyond sweet.Angela proposed to Tracy with a black diamond ring.We talk about all the judgmental people in this world.Tracy tells us about how she tried to live a straight life very young and that is how she has 2 children and today 3 grandchildren.We learn all about how sweet their family dynamic is.We end the show with Tracy telling us a funny story when she caught her son with a girl in his bedroom. Do not miss Pride Wives of Dallas on the On Channel Network. www.theonchannel.comInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/pridewives/Twitter: https://twitter.com/pridewives_dalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pridewivesToo Posh on Social Media:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tooposhpodc…Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tooposhpodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastTooInstagram Marcella: https://www.instagram.com/marcellaran…Instagram Gabrielle: https://www.instagram.com/gabi.talks/

Home is powerful word, powerful state of mind, and a sense of security for those across this United States of America fabric. In part one of this series examining the idea of home inside and outside our borders, we find ourselves in McAllen, Texas. I visited McAllen, Texas in January 2017 on a trip with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to examine and understand one of the largest cultural passages from Latin America into the United States. This is where we find Javier Perez, Director of National Missions & Humanitarian Aid for Buckner Ministries.  Javier not only serves the populations in Southern Texas, specifically children of immigrants and those who are migrating, but he is also an immigrant as well. He came to the United States from Colombia on a student visa for his education, but now has converted into a H1B visa as he works for Buckner Ministries in McAllen. He understands immigration, passage, home, and finds himself battling for his right to live in the US; as he helps those whom immigrate to this great nation to build a sustainable relationship for their future. Now his future is in jeopardy.  Check Out Links Below:Javier Perez’s LinkedIn ProfileEthics Daily Interview with Javier PerezFind Me Online:Bobby Rettew TwitterBobby Rettew Portfolio WebsiteIntersection Podcast Twitter 

Today we have our first of a new series of cyclist interviews. Abel Duran joins the show this week to discuss how he started cycling and racing. We talk about his start of cycling in Southern Texas and how that led to being on the Delta Chi Cycling team at IU. We also talk about his passion for the IU cycling club and as president of the club how he was able to organize one of the first collegiate races bloomington has seen in years. Email us: Thepocketpodcast@gmail.com Follow "So Pro" Cycling Show on Twitter: twitter.com/soprocycling Follow Thomas Torbik on Twitter: twitter.com/thomastorbik Glycogen Cycling on Youtube: www.youtube.com/glycogencycling

Alezzandra uses her music, her body, her visual talent, and her mind to deliver messages that are sophisticated, yet simple and powerful. Born and raised in Sweden with a Serbian background and now living in LA, Alezzandra is an international recording artist and a producer who  creates a  female empowerment narrative through razor sharp lyrics, hypnotic rhythms, poetry,  and provocative eroticism.   And she delivers it all with a voice that knows few equals.   Alezzandra’s music unfurls her deepest secrets and darkest fantasies, peeling painful, sensual layers away in her full video EP, The Black Rose. ? Her songs B ad Woman is a masterpiece of provocative melody and lyrics.  She is truly a Bad Girl in Heaven and A Good Girl in Hell.  Which is why she won the LA Music Critic Award for early 2018 for Best Ep, Female. Raised and rooted in Corpus Christi, Texas, producer, DJ, and nu-cumbia pioneer El Dusty translates the Southern Texas border experience into new barrio anthems. His self-taught approach, drawing from a crate digging and a turntablist tradition links Latin classics with the new generation of bass-heavy soundsystem and hip-hop cultures. Critical acclaim has hailed El Dusty as Rolling Stone’s 10 New Artists You Need to Know and a  Grammy nomination came last year.  He is in demand at venues across the country for live gigs and collaborative projects with new wave Latin artists like Ana Ba´rbara, Toy Selectah, Erick Rinco´n of 3BallMTY, MLKMN, DJ Buddha, and more.  Without a doubt, El Dusty is one of the artists who will shape the future of music.

Our founder Rev. Rudy's story! Hear about his humble start in Southern Texas to his dark years of searching for truth and his ultimate discovery of the true living God! www.mediamessengers.org/rememberingrudy  www.thinktwicetv.com/podcast "Learn the Basics of the Faith" from www.seedbed.com/confirmation and round out the episode with a insightful story from our friend Pastor Bill Leach! Produced by Media Messengers Evangelistic Association www.mediamessengers.org LIKE@ www.facebook.com/mmessengers FOLLOW@ www.twitter.com/messengers SUBSCRIBE@ www.youtube.com/mediamessengers

It's Monday's Coffee Chat at International Connection Radio and in today's show we talk about Bec's and Garry's Adult Pizza Party, World's Largest plane in Perth, AU, NZ kids tooth decay, Stupid criminals, and Bus crash in Southern Texas killing seven people. Join us weekly at 9 am NZTZ www.icradio.info

The Portland-based band Dirty Revival has gone literally from the basement to the top – the top clubs in their region – and now they are spreading the word of their “unique “soul-hop” sound across the country.  Led by the soulful vocals of Sarah Clarke, the seven-member Dirty Revival has made their mark on the Pacific Northwest music scene with original tracks and tightly arranged classics that shine on stage. Their self-titled debut album captures the excitement of their live show and is now drawing fans to performances from sunny Los Angeles to snowy Idaho.  Raised  in Corpus Christi, producer, DJ, and nu-cumbia pioneer El Dusty translates the Southern Texas border experience into barrio anthems with a sampler and chopped clips of Latin music history.  Following the success of his single “K Le Pasa,”  El Dustry released the Trapanera EP, the first of his collaborative projects since signing with Universal Records AfterCluv division.  Following the success of the record, El Dusty created PRODUCE®, a multi-disciplinary production/design house where he produced “K Le Pasa.” and houses Chicas Rock, a non-profit after school program dedicated to building girls’ self-esteem through music creation and performance. 

For those living in the Southern Texas and Northern Tamaulipas areas, I will be DJing next Friday (Xmas night) at a night club in McAllen, TX called Metropolis, 2021 Orchid Ave. I will be on at 11 PM for about an hour or so.This week's podcast features brand new tracks by Grendel, Nano Definition, Liquid Divine, I:Scintilla and XP8. Enjoy!Grendel - Chemicals & CircuitryBlind Before Dawn - StrangersLiquid Divine - Sojourner (Feat. Frank Spinath)Nano Definition - AntiseptiqXP8 - BlindI:Scintilla - Prey on You (Sebastian R. Komor Mix)Frozen Plasma - Earthlingd'Archangel - FallEurocide - VergeltungWumpscut - FuckitCamping Im Keller - InteressantInformatik - Come Together (Clubmix D)Mechanical Moth - Look Behind You

For those living in the Southern Texas and Northern Tamaulipas areas, I will be DJing on Christmas night at a night club in McAllen, TX called Metropolis, 2021 Orchid Ave. I will be on at 11 PM for about an hour or so.I have just confirmed Friday, January 15th for the next La danse noire so I hope to see a lot of you that attended the first edition there. Check out the website for more information regarding the events as well as check out the Facebook, MySpace and VampireFreaks events.This week's podcast features brand new tracks by Sonik Foundry and Velvet Acid Christ. Enjoy!KMFDM - BitchesCesium 137 - EmbersSyrian - SupernovaClan of Xymox - Emily (C.O.X. Remix)Suicide Commando - Die Motherfucker Die (Die Twice Remix By Noisuf-X)Velvet Acid Christ - Caustic DiscoBlutengel - Engelsblut (Fallen Angel Remix)Sonik Foundry - MechanizedTechnoir - Dying StarSeabound - The Promise (Club)Eisbrecher - HeiligHerzschlag - Herzschlag

All I have to say is that last Friday exceeded all of my expectations. Of course, if you're from another city where there's an already established EBM scene, the club might have seemed empty but for Ottawa, WOW! People were dancing until the very end and that was my ultimate goal. I would like to thank everyone who came out and I hope that you enjoyed what you heard.My next gig is this Christmas night at a club called Metropolis, 2021 Orchid Ave in McAllen, TX. My parents go down to Southern Texas every winter to be in the warm weather while I get to freeze my ass here in Canada. I asked the DJ who does the Friday nights there if I could do a guest DJ set and he agreed. I can't wait!!!This week's podcast features a brand new track from [:SITD:] which is essentially the title track of the album. Enjoy![:SITD:] - Rot V1.0Imperative Reaction - Minus AllEdge of Dawn - Elegance (Version)Solitary Experiments - Rise and FallBow Ever Down - Carry OnMesh - Step By StepDioarama - Kein MordInformatik - FallingElegant Machinery - MoveMarsheaux - BreakthroughState of the Union - RadiomanMind.In.A.Box - Into the Night

Chris Pfeiffer is a singer/songwriter from Southern Texas who found his career as a songwriter for the country music market interrupted by a spiritual awakening to the universal presence and blessing of God.