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here in Austin, especially after the

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city council made funding cuts for

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homeless services in their latest

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budget. One way they're thinking of

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lending a helping hand, giving cash

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to Austinites who need it most.

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We're gonna hear the story of one

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person who said that money helped

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her at a critical time.

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That's coming up on Austin Signal.

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We're glad you're spending part of

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the day here with us.

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The Austin Signal is a production of

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K U T News, hosted by Jerry

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Plus, out in Williamson County,

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folks are looking into where its

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cities get their water from and how

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they could better work together.

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And 'tis the season for some

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end-of-year traditions.

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Today we're talking holiday tunes

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and unwrapping my favorite present,

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the Males.

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Those stories are coming up next,

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and they're right here on Austin

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Howdy out there, and thank you for

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It is Monday, December 8th,

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So let's jump right in.

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Nonprofits looking to get

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people off the street in Austin are

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looking for new ideas as the city

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cuts funding to homeless services.

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One way to do that giving

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cash directly to people who need

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KUT's Andrew Weber brings

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us the story of one Austinite

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who says that assistance helped

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Over the last year, Bri Belcher

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has learned to be her own safety

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net. She aged out of the foster care

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system, managed to find an

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apartment, but was still struggling.

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I wasn't prepared at all.

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I got into debt with the apartment

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complex, you know, behind on rent,

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behind on utilities and I

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was at risk of being homeless

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I was nervous, I was angry, I

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targeted housing assistance program

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through the Austin Nonprofit

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Belcher is one of nearly three dozen

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Austinites who avoided homelessness

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in the year-long cash assistance

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pilot program, one that could be a

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model for nonprofits amid cuts to

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homeless services in Austin.

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Lifeworks program helped Belcher pay

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off debt, save up money, and

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get a new apartment.

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For me personally, I got to a

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spot where I was like, Okay,

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grateful for that help.

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chance to do that.

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says Belcher wasn't alone.

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received thirty five hundred dollars

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on average stayed off the streets.

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Schoenfeld says it's cheap

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and effective, something especially

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important amid cuts to homeless

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services at City Hall.

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All service providers are being

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called upon to think differently and

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to act differently and

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to try new models

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where we could potentially get

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further, faster with less money.

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how we in our community

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are trying to innovate

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homeless youth in Austin has

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quadrupled in the last five years,

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which led to LifeWorks partnering

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with Point Source Youth, a national

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nonprofit on the Cash Assistance

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Pilot. Point Service CEO Larry

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similar successes with homeless

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youth in cities like Tucson,

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Seattle, and Los Angeles.

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way less than other more

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traditionally funded programs like

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shelters that tackle homelessness

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homeless experience cost tens of

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thousands of dollars.

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So, like, why not spend three to

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save thirty?

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I would say, to everybody.

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but it felt more like a hand up than

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a hand out.

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management she got through LifeWorks

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not only helped her get stable

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housing, it also helped her secure

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a job.

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I'm still young, I still have things

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to learn, life is

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still life in.

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been a challenge, but it

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people with similar experiences take

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advantage of these kinds of programs

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if they have the opportunity.

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I'm Andrew Weber in Austin.

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This is Austin Signal.

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Water is becoming an ever more

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precious resource here in Central

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Texas, and that's why officials in

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Williamson County are banding

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together to form a coalition of

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local and regional water providers.

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Their first task will be to explore

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the long-term water supply needs for

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the fast growing area.

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The newly formed Williamson County

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Water Group includes representatives

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from the county, from Cedar Park,

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Leander, Round Rock, Georgetown,

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and the Brazos River Authority.

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Williamson County Judge Steve Snells

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says the group will help oversee the

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county's upcoming five hundred

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thousand dollar study, which aims

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to better understand the area's

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water and infrastructure needs and

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identify new water sources.

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We can't do anything without water.

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Our citizens need it.

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We need to protect it.

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It's limited.

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We have aging water infrastructure

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in several of our cities and

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we all need to work together and use

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our expertise.

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Cedar Park Mayor Jim Pennerman Morin

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says it's important now, more than

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ever, that communities work together

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to ensure everyone has enough water

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for the future.

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For us to achieve our long term

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goals as a community, particularly

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economic development, you know, all

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our neighbors have to thrive as

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well. There is no version of Cedar

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Park as successful as it should

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be without all our neighbors being

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equally successful.

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Georgetown resident Jonathan Moore

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agrees, a self described vegetable

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gardener. Moore says he's always

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looking for better and more

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efficient ways to use water, but

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he's also afraid officials are

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putting too much pressure on

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consumers to fix the water supply

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issue. He says he hopes the study

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will provide some alternative

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conservation strategies, especially

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the governmental level to

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acknowledge that the consumer, while

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they do have some sway over these

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things, they're not them they're not

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this new Williamson County Water

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and the group will start assessing

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those needs early next year when

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they pick an engineering firm to

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This is Austin Signal.

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Welcome back. Tamales are at the

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heart of comfort food here in Texas.

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Eating one or two

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or a dozen can turn a terrible

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day right back around.

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Trust me. Now, Chef Rick Martinez,

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who grew up here in Austin, says you

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can absolutely make tamales by

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yourself for yourself, but

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there's something magical about a

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tamalada when a group of people

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get together to make this home

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cooking. It's why Chef Martinez

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teamed up with Austin Brand Siete

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to host a community tamalada,

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and Austin Signal was there.

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And then you fold the ends of mine.

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And these things are like big.

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It's Rick Martinez.

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You know, there were Christmas

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parties, but to me, I actually

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enjoyed the tamaladas butter

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because I mean it was it was just a

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part of Christmas, right?

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It like it was just fun.

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It was everyone getting together and

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you had a mission and

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you know, there was still the

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laughing, the cheese meh,

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the the drinking, but

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you know, it started at 9 a.m.

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breakfast tacos and bandulce.

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family gathering, you know, you're

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just sitting around eating and

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talking. At a tamalada,

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you know, you're working.

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like a combined mission and a

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so that you can enjoy the food

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at the end and take it home

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with you. And so there's

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something so tasty

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it you know, a group of fifty people

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cooking together, eating together,

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and then taking it home with them.

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And that to me is just beautiful.

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And that's that's what I wanted to

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That is too small.

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My name is Anna Amesqua.

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Well, I am attempting to spread

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masa on these oca

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Hi, my name is Liz Garcia.

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So the the masa was spreading

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the masa was one of my assignments

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as a kid.

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So that actually happened for

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more it was like muscle memory.

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Yeah.

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I use the spoon like he was talking

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about. So I've got my filling

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going and about to wrap my first

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tamala. Alright, I'm struggling.

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Let me know if you want me to help.

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So is it better to do it while like

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the masa is warm?

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Does that make it more appliable?

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My preferred technique is

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how my grandma had showed me and

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she would always have a small glass

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of water and she would dip the spoon

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in and then get a little bit of masa

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and then you know put it onto the

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husk and spread

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it evenly.

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My name is Al Lomboria.

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I'm making some tamales.

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We're doing

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the corn with

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we've got green chile with

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chicken and we're

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just showing everybody how to make

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some traditional tamales and

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this is the the corn husk and then

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we've got the banana leaf as

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well.

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Great job guys, thank

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you.

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Oh, Keely Gray.

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The I really like the idea of,

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you know, you don't have to do what

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I guess we think of the traditional

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where it's the masa and then the

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filling, that you can mix it all

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up. So that's to me is the

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great thing about tamales, is that

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you like you was saying, you can

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throw a little bit of anything in

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there, but you know, as long as it

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tends to go more meat, of course,

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and if it has a little spice and

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gets your nose running a little bit,

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that's always good too.

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Yeah.

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My name is Scarlett Aguilar and I'm

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executive chef of Brandet Siete.

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Tamales are really, it's not

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just a holiday food.

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Tamales are a

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Sunday morning kind of thing, right?

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Where you go, you have you have

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barbacoa and you have tamales

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with it, right?

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It's like more of a new tradition

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that we call it a tamalada,

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which I feel like I've I

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heard it as my as an adult,

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but as a child being around an

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actual tamalada

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at the house. We never called it

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that, right? It was just like we're

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just making tamales, like we're

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gonna whatever that's what we're

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gonna have for dinner.

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But it was never this like big

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thing. It's just you just know that

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if they're making tamales, oh, it's

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gonna require everybody and

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everybody's gonna take part of it.

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My name is Richard Martinez

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and I'm Rick Martinez's

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father.

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Well my Aunt Lucy

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lived on 2nd Street

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and she and my mother

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got together and made tamales

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and chicharrones and

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we always use a hog head

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because of the skin and the

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you put everything into it, yeah.

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But that's what we we made the

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tamales.

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Then of course when we got

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married, my wife Gloria,

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she she was a good cook

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and we

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made tamales by ourselves

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and we used our recipe, you know.

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And we didn't have a recipe for a

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long time. I mean we just threw it

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together, but then when they were

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growing up, we decided we better

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write it down.

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The last time we did it, it was

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Right.

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Twelve years ago.

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Part of part of the reason why I

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think we don't do the tamales

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tamaladas anymore is because you

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know the and

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people are getting so old.

395
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You know, I think it's it's I think

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it's important now for the

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older cousins or the

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the grandkids who are now old

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that are getting married and have

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kids, that they are the ones that

401
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need to carry on the tradition.

402
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Um, 'cause like, you know, he's one

403
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you were one of eight children

404
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and now there's only three left,

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you know, and they're all in their

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upper eighties and nineties.

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And so I think it's

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I think it's important that we keep

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it going, you know, and that that's

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that's another reason why this

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is so important to me.

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That story was produced by Austin

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Signals managing producer Kristen

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Cabrera.

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And hey, if you or your family or

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your friends have your own

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tamaladas, we want to hear from you

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and we want to crash your tamalada.

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Let us know. Email us AustinSignal

420
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at K U T.org.

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And in case you forget, we're going

422
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to have that email in our show

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notes.

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Austin Senior Songwriter Melissa

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Carper is out with a new Christmas

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album titled Simply Enough A

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Very Carper Christmas.

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She talked with Texas Standard about

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her new holiday record.

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Here's the Standards, David Brown.

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You hear some version of this

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question every year, when is it

433
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time to break out the Christmas

434
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music?

435
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Oh hurry up and plug in the

436
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tree It's November

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twenty three and I can't

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wait to

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plug in the tree

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Well, Austin singer-songwriter

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Melissa Carper's probably had

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that on her mind much longer than

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most of us.

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For a while now, she's been working

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on her latest album, a collection of

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holiday tunes featuring her own

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songs and a few covers too.

448
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It's called A Very Carper

449
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Christmas. And Melissa Carper,

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welcome to the Texas Standard.

451
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Thank you, David.

452
00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,119
Congratulations on the new record.

453
00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:20,480
Why why a Christmas album?

454
00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,599
Well, actually a friend

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of mine, who's who's

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a manager and and he'd been

457
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giving me some advice on on what

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he thought I I should do with my

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career, I asked him and he

460
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said, I think you should make a

461
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Christmas album and I'd

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I'd never thought of the idea before

463
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and and actually at first I was

464
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like, I don't know about that.

465
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That sounds kinda cheesy.

466
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Like I don't I gotta know if

467
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I could pull that off and

468
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and I for some reason I was

469
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imagining myself trying to cover

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the standards that had been covered

471
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over and over kinda too many

472
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times and then then I thought

473
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well what if I r read an entire

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album of original songs

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And so then it kinda became a

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challenge for me, like can I

477
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actually do this?

478
00:15:09,130 --> 00:15:10,130
Shley.

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Crouch the word

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in just one day.

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And I have a lot of co-writes

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on the album because I

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asked my good friend Gina Galena

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if she would want to get together

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and try to write Christmas songs.

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And and so we have eight co-writes

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together on there and and she

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came up with a lot of the song ideas

489
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so I did not do this on my own at

490
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all. It's a big collaboration.

491
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When you were thinking about

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you know, how you would write songs

493
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for your own Christmas album,

494
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how were you thinking about

495
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Christmas music?

496
00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:49,399
Well, I've always loved Christmas

497
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music.

498
00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:50,649
Really?

499
00:15:50,650 --> 00:15:52,649
Yes, you know, Frank Sinatra,

500
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Nat King Cole, and I I

501
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I have them in their names

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in one of my songs on the album.

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Smok.

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Memories

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singing songs so

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joyfully

507
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Franks and Natra

508
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and Ecking Coke

509
00:16:15,189 --> 00:16:17,659
Fue His glowing

510
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us.

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What we ended up doing, me and Gina

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just coming up with sort of a

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more a slightly more modern

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day take on our own

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experiences from Christmases.

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And so I think this album has

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since Gina and I grew up in like

518
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the seventies and eighties, it kinda

519
00:16:34,620 --> 00:16:36,139
has that feel to it to me.

520
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Like you can picture Christmases

521
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from that era.

522
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Yeah.

523
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As you're listening to these songs.

524
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You cover a lot of moods too.

525
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You got a a kid's excitement for

526
00:16:44,339 --> 00:16:46,499
the season, wistful

527
00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:48,099
sadness, even homelessness.

528
00:16:49,350 --> 00:16:50,948
You know, yeah, I I feel like the

529
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album starts out with with that

530
00:16:52,630 --> 00:16:55,109
feeling of what it's like to have

531
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what Christmas is like for a

532
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lot of kids, you know.

533
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I have really good memories

534
00:17:00,230 --> 00:17:01,828
of my Christmases, luckily.

535
00:17:01,829 --> 00:17:03,828
Like w I had a I had a great family

536
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and and we would always

537
00:17:05,670 --> 00:17:07,669
have a, you know, Christmas

538
00:17:07,670 --> 00:17:09,669
all together and then

539
00:17:09,670 --> 00:17:11,348
kinda moves into, you know, there's

540
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some some nostalgic stuff

541
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looking back and then some romantic

542
00:17:15,829 --> 00:17:17,909
stuff and and then getting

543
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into like I wrote a song

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00:17:19,829 --> 00:17:21,429
about Christmas in New Orleans which

545
00:17:21,430 --> 00:17:23,429
was actually the first Christmas

546
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that I spent away from

547
00:17:25,349 --> 00:17:26,779
home. Yeah, we should

548
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Yeah.

549
00:17:27,919 --> 00:17:29,999
All Jimmy Rogers

550
00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,999
songs And we drank

551
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from a cheap box of

552
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wine

553
00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,158
We open the presents

554
00:17:38,159 --> 00:17:40,398
we got from my mom

555
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Can we show her the good

556
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Christmas time

557
00:17:45,129 --> 00:17:46,249
So then that's kinda like a

558
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progression in life where you stop

559
00:17:47,770 --> 00:17:49,209
going home.

560
00:17:49,210 --> 00:17:50,719
Christmas changes.

561
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Right.

562
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And then I have a couple of songs

563
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about about spending Christmas

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alone which I've experienced

565
00:17:57,419 --> 00:17:59,418
that myself and I know of course

566
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a lot of people that have.

567
00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:03,418
And I I think

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that probably there's more

569
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probably more people out there that

570
00:18:08,220 --> 00:18:10,919
that don't have good Christmases, so

571
00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:11,869
Yeah.

572
00:18:11,870 --> 00:18:12,870
Just one.

573
00:18:15,290 --> 00:18:17,609
And one broken candy

574
00:18:17,610 --> 00:18:19,770
cane alone on Christmas.

575
00:18:22,399 --> 00:18:23,679
One dollar too much.

576
00:18:25,350 --> 00:18:26,829
Do you have a a favorite on the

577
00:18:26,830 --> 00:18:27,830
album?

578
00:18:29,110 --> 00:18:31,189
I've got a I've got a few I mean I

579
00:18:31,190 --> 00:18:33,109
there's different moods I'd say like

580
00:18:33,110 --> 00:18:34,869
my favorite sad one is just one

581
00:18:34,870 --> 00:18:35,870
stocking.

582
00:18:36,430 --> 00:18:38,269
And then I'm finding that a lot

583
00:18:38,270 --> 00:18:40,189
of people like the

584
00:18:40,190 --> 00:18:42,509
the cult classic could perhaps

585
00:18:42,510 --> 00:18:44,269
be Oh cheese ball.

586
00:18:44,270 --> 00:18:45,289
Oh

587
00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:47,289
Who will bring the cheese

588
00:18:47,290 --> 00:18:49,129
ball and center it

589
00:18:49,130 --> 00:18:51,129
on the table

590
00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:53,769
adorn it with crackers

591
00:18:53,770 --> 00:18:55,929
as we all gather

592
00:18:55,930 --> 00:18:57,929
round Oh beautiful

593
00:18:57,930 --> 00:18:59,849
delicious cheese ball you're

594
00:18:59,850 --> 00:19:00,159
in?

595
00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:01,999
My my mom would always have a

596
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,439
have some cheese balls, just the

597
00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:04,719
kind you would buy from the grocery

598
00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:05,679
store, you know, she didn't make

599
00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:07,519
homemade cheese balls, but I just

600
00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,679
remember it was always a part of

601
00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:10,559
the holidays.

602
00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,319
And then I noticed my sister putting

603
00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,159
them out too and I'm like, Oh,

604
00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,239
she's carrying on the cheese bowl

605
00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,239
tradition and then and then Gina,

606
00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:19,599
my friend who I wrote a bunch of

607
00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,039
these songs with, she was like, You

608
00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:22,319
know, a couple of the Christmas

609
00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:23,599
parties I've had you've always

610
00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:24,639
brought the cheese ball.

611
00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:26,960
Jesus,

612
00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,719
the little baby

613
00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,359
Jesus lying

614
00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:37,360
in the net.

615
00:19:39,980 --> 00:19:41,499
There's a I guess the first single

616
00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:43,339
from the album is Made with Love.

617
00:19:43,340 --> 00:19:44,719
Tell us about that song.

618
00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:46,239
Yeah, made with love.

619
00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:48,159
So it doesn't mention, you know,

620
00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:49,359
the holidays at all.

621
00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:51,599
It just talks about making gifts

622
00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,679
and food with love and

623
00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:55,839
how those are always the best.

624
00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:57,839
And yeah, actually inspiration for

625
00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:59,919
that song came with

626
00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:01,999
my my friend Brennan Lee

627
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,999
and and Kevin Skurla.

628
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,759
They they showed up with a homemade

629
00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,759
jar of granola and it said made

630
00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,119
with love on it.

631
00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:11,039
And and I was like, Well, I gotta

632
00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:12,229
write that song.

633
00:20:12,230 --> 00:20:13,350
Yeah, that's perfect.

634
00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:15,659
Joy bring

635
00:20:17,180 --> 00:20:19,020
to make the same,

636
00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:22,299
then make your love

637
00:20:22,300 --> 00:20:24,619
once smile

638
00:20:24,620 --> 00:20:25,739
grow strong.

639
00:20:26,790 --> 00:20:27,908
Brennan Lee.

640
00:20:27,909 --> 00:20:29,989
She's such a wonderful singer

641
00:20:29,990 --> 00:20:30,329
songer.

642
00:20:30,330 --> 00:20:31,849
Yeah, and we we've got a song on

643
00:20:31,850 --> 00:20:32,889
here that we wrote together.

644
00:20:32,890 --> 00:20:34,809
It was her her idea, she said

645
00:20:34,810 --> 00:20:36,489
she always wanted us to write a song

646
00:20:36,490 --> 00:20:37,769
called I Want a Dog for

647
00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:39,289
Christmas 'cause she always wanted a

648
00:20:39,290 --> 00:20:40,429
dog for Christmas.

649
00:20:40,430 --> 00:20:41,629
Did she ever get her dog for

650
00:20:41,630 --> 00:20:42,158
Christmas?

651
00:20:42,159 --> 00:20:43,519
I believe she did get a dog when she

652
00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:44,520
was young yea

653
00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:46,300
I'm sing

654
00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:50,019
all my praise

655
00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:53,138
for what I want

656
00:20:53,139 --> 00:20:54,419
most of all.

657
00:20:55,700 --> 00:20:57,699
I want a dog for

658
00:20:57,700 --> 00:20:59,459
Christmas.

659
00:20:59,460 --> 00:21:01,299
Please, mom and

660
00:21:01,300 --> 00:21:02,499
dad.

661
00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:04,499
I want a dog for

662
00:21:04,500 --> 00:21:06,980
Christmas obey.

663
00:21:08,870 --> 00:21:10,389
Looking back, I mean, this started

664
00:21:10,390 --> 00:21:12,469
as as a challenge of sorts,

665
00:21:12,470 --> 00:21:14,709
right? Given your experience

666
00:21:14,710 --> 00:21:16,629
putting this together, would you do

667
00:21:16,630 --> 00:21:18,629
it again? Did you enjoy doing the

668
00:21:18,630 --> 00:21:20,549
the the Christmas album or or

669
00:21:20,550 --> 00:21:22,059
was it especially you did.

670
00:21:22,060 --> 00:21:24,138
Oh yeah. I I I'm expecting

671
00:21:24,139 --> 00:21:26,138
volume two to show up one

672
00:21:26,139 --> 00:21:27,499
of these days.

673
00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:29,499
I it was so much fun and

674
00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:31,499
we had extra ideas.

675
00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:33,019
We didn't even get to write all the

676
00:21:33,020 --> 00:21:34,859
songs. I mean, it I

677
00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:36,699
feel like m this could turn

678
00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:38,539
into my entire career at this

679
00:21:38,540 --> 00:21:39,540
point.

680
00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:41,099
I love it.

681
00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:42,100
I love it.

682
00:21:43,070 --> 00:21:45,388
I'll admit I love the bustle

683
00:21:45,389 --> 00:21:47,229
of the holidays when pretty

684
00:21:47,230 --> 00:21:49,229
lights and candy cane slime

685
00:21:49,230 --> 00:21:50,230
the streets.

686
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:52,679
Melissa Carper's new album, A Very

687
00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,759
Carper Christmas, and she's

688
00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,199
starting a new tradition with it

689
00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:57,239
too.

690
00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,319
Melissa, thanks so much and

691
00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:00,680
a very Merry Christmas.

692
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,999
You too David, thank you so much.

693
00:22:06,270 --> 00:22:08,189
I just wanna sit

694
00:22:08,190 --> 00:22:09,789
by fire with you.

695
00:22:11,629 --> 00:22:13,549
We've been so cordially

696
00:22:13,550 --> 00:22:15,869
invited to attend

697
00:22:15,870 --> 00:22:17,869
a few parties and they sound

698
00:22:17,870 --> 00:22:18,819
like

699
00:22:18,820 --> 00:22:20,979
And that's it for today's episode

700
00:22:20,980 --> 00:22:22,499
of Austin Signal.

701
00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:23,699
Thanks for being with us.

702
00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:25,779
And thanks to KUT's Andrew Weber,

703
00:22:25,780 --> 00:22:27,459
Kailey Hunt, and Texas Standards

704
00:22:27,460 --> 00:22:29,299
Leah Scarpelli for their help with

705
00:22:29,300 --> 00:22:30,419
today's episode.

706
00:22:30,420 --> 00:22:32,339
Rayna Sevilla is our technical

707
00:22:32,340 --> 00:22:34,179
director. Kristen Cabrera is our

708
00:22:34,180 --> 00:22:35,699
managing producer, and thanks to her

709
00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:37,619
for reporting on the Tamalada.

710
00:22:37,620 --> 00:22:38,819
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711
00:22:38,820 --> 00:22:40,899
Talmalada soon, tell us, invite

712
00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:43,219
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713
00:22:43,220 --> 00:22:44,979
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714
00:22:44,980 --> 00:22:46,339
We're gonna have more in our show

715
00:22:46,340 --> 00:22:48,579
notes at K U T.org

716
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slash signal.

717
00:22:49,860 --> 00:22:51,619
I'm your host, Jerry Quijano.

718
00:22:51,620 --> 00:22:53,219
Austin Signal will be back on the

719
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air tomorrow.

720
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We'll talk to you then.