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- 0:08Four men accused in one of Austin's
- 0:10most infamous murders have been
- 0:11declared officially innocent.
- 0:13Two of them were convicted.
- 0:15One was sentenced to death.
- 0:1634 years later, their records and
- 0:18their names have been cleared.
- 0:20More from Thursday's exoneration
- 0:21hearing.
- 0:22And an Austin area congressional
- 0:23seat is up for grabs for the first
- 0:25time in nearly a decade.
- 0:27We're gonna hear from voters in the
- 0:2821st congressional district about
- 0:30what they want and what they don't
- 0:32want from their next representative.
- 0:33That is coming up on today's show.
- 0:35The Austin Signal is a production
- 0:37of KUT News, hosted by
- 0:39Jerry Quijano.
- 0:40Plus, Austin FC kicks off their
- 0:42new season Saturday night at Q2
- 0:44Stadium, things to look for on
- 0:46the pitch and what can expect this
- 0:48season from the team and from our
- 0:50podcast, Vamos Verde,
- 0:52those stories and more coming up
- 0:54next right here on Austin
- 0:56Signal.
- 1:07Howdy out there, this is Austin
- 1:09Signal. It's the 20th day of
- 1:11February. I'm your host, Jerry
- 1:13Quijano. Thank you for spending part
- 1:15of your Friday here with listener
- 1:16powered public radio,
- 1:18KUT News.
- 1:20Four men implicated in Austin's
- 1:22infamous yogurt shop murders were
- 1:24formally exonerated on Thursday.
- 1:26As KUT's Andrew Weber reports,
- 1:28the judge's order marks the end of a
- 1:30dark chapter in Austin history.
- 1:33On a Friday night 34 years ago,
- 1:35Austin firefighters responded to a
- 1:36blaze at the store, I can't believe
- 1:38it's yogurt.
- 1:39When they put everything out, they
- 1:40discovered a scene that's haunted
- 1:42the city ever since.
- 1:43Austin police are continuing to
- 1:45look for answers in the killings
- 1:47of four teenage girls
- 1:49The so-called Yogurt Shop murders
- 1:51became synonymous with Austin.
- 1:53It laid bare a darker side to
- 1:55the self-described slacker town
- 1:56known for its live music scene.
- 1:58That's when the lives of four young
- 2:00men, exonerated Thursday, were
- 2:02first wrapped up in this case.
- 2:03Michael Scott, Robert Springsteen,
- 2:05Maurice Pierce, and Forrest
- 2:07Wellborn. They were all questioned
- 2:08by investigators for the murders of
- 2:10four other teens, Eliza Thomas,
- 2:12Amy Ayers, and Jennifer and Sarah
- 2:14Harbison. Austin police detectives
- 2:16were convinced they were all
- 2:18involved somehow.
- 2:19But they couldn't tie them to it.
- 2:21At least, not immediately.
- 2:22The case stalled for years.
- 2:24Then, nearly eight years to the day.
- 2:27Four yogurt shop murder suspects are
- 2:29behind bars for the deaths
- 2:31of four young girls.
- 2:33Police said they'd arrested
- 2:34Springsteen, Scott, Pierce, and
- 2:36Wellborn on suspicion of murdering
- 2:38the four girls.
- 2:39Springstean and Scott told police
- 2:41they'd intended on robbing the shop.
- 2:43Things went wrong.
- 2:44Investigators say Michael Scott went
- 2:46on to describe exactly how the
- 2:47victims were left in the shop and
- 2:50other details police say only
- 2:52the killers would know.
- 2:56That information, taken after five
- 2:58days of interrogations, was enough
- 3:00to convince a Travis County jury.
- 3:02Springsteen was sentenced to death,
- 3:05Scott to life in prison.
- 3:06Maurice Pierce was held in Travis
- 3:07County jail for three years.
- 3:10Forrest Wellborn's case was never
- 3:11taken to trial.
- 3:12The cases were later thrown out,
- 3:14but the lives of all four defendants
- 3:16were shattered in one way or another
- 3:18that day, weighed down by the
- 3:19presumption of guilt.
- 3:21For years, they were harassed by
- 3:23police and were cast out because of
- 3:25their criminal history.
- 3:26Capital murder arrest on all of
- 3:28their records.
- 3:29Then, last October, police
- 3:30said they found the man they
- 3:32believed killed those four girls all
- 3:34those years ago.
- 3:35The Austin police have announced
- 3:37that a significant breakthrough has
- 3:38been made in the yogurt shop murder
- 3:40case.
- 3:42This day has been a long
- 3:44time coming.
- 3:45And in December, Travis County
- 3:46District Attorney Jose Garza
- 3:48announced he would seek to make
- 3:50amends and formally declare the
- 3:52four men innocent in court.
- 3:54Today, Judge Dana Blazey officially
- 3:56recognized their innocence.
- 3:58She said it wouldn't make up for the
- 3:59decades of pain for the families of
- 4:01the victims or the four young men
- 4:03wrongfully accused of their murders.
- 4:05The court can and
- 4:08does state without
- 4:09qualification or hesitation
- 4:12that you are
- 4:14cleared and
- 4:16that your innocence is
- 4:18affirmed.
- 4:19At the hearing today, Mike Scott
- 4:21said the police who arrested him and
- 4:23prosecutors who convinced a jury to
- 4:25give him life in prison robbed
- 4:27him of his youth, of a full life.
- 4:29For decades I have carried
- 4:31the burden
- 4:33of wrongful conviction.
- 4:37Every day I have carried the weight
- 4:39of a crime I did not commit.
- 4:44No court ruling can return the
- 4:46years and the love that were taken
- 4:47from me.
- 4:50But it can acknowledge the truth.
- 4:53I am not guilty.
- 4:54Attorney Amber Farley read a
- 4:56statement from Robert Springsteen,
- 4:58who was sentenced to death.
- 4:59I have lived every single day
- 5:02since October the 6th, 1999,
- 5:05being seen as a monster for
- 5:08something I did not do.
- 5:10I have suffered 27
- 5:13years of persecution,
- 5:15repeated harassment, and
- 5:17of trying to exist and survive
- 5:19in this world, which has been
- 5:21a constant daily struggle.
- 5:23Farley said the lives of the boys
- 5:25were cratered by their arrests
- 5:27and imprisonment.
- 5:29That impact is still there for
- 5:30three, but not for Maury's
- 5:32peers. He had a mental health
- 5:34episode in 2010 and was shot by
- 5:36an Austin police officer he
- 5:37attempted to attack with a knife.
- 5:39This case needs to change Austin.
- 5:42It needs to Change Texas.
- 5:44It is truly a miracle that we are
- 5:46here.
- 5:48A miracle that has come too late for
- 5:50Maurice Pierce and
- 5:52has been denied for too long
- 5:54for Robert Springsteen,
- 5:56Michael Scott, and Forrest Wellborn.
- 6:00In tearful testimony, Pierce's
- 6:02daughter Marissa said she will
- 6:03continue to fight for people
- 6:05wrongfully accused of crimes in
- 6:07Texas.
- 6:08She said the tunnel vision of
- 6:10police and prosecutors robbed
- 6:12him of his dignity, his mental
- 6:14health, and that he was just an
- 6:16innocent boy when he was arrested as
- 6:18a teen. Marissa said nobody
- 6:20heard him or believed
- 6:21him.
- 6:22Finally
- 6:27The man who
- 6:29made me who I am today,
- 6:32my best friend.
- 6:36My daddy.
- 6:39Daddy, you have your name back.
- 6:43The world finally hears what you
- 6:44were trying to say all along.
- 6:52After the hearing, Travis County DA
- 6:54Jose Garza apologized to
- 6:56Forest Wellborn, Mike Scott,
- 6:57Robert Springsteen, and Maurice
- 6:59Pierce.
- 7:00He said the time for healing
- 7:02had begun.
- 7:03It is my sincere hope
- 7:05that with this closure,
- 7:07we can begin to heal.
- 7:13Mike Scott, snaking through the
- 7:14media circus outside the courthouse
- 7:17entrance on his way home, smiled and
- 7:19hugged his loved ones.
- 7:20He said that time for healing was
- 7:23a very long time coming.
- 7:25I'm Andrew Weber in Austin.
- 7:37Early voting is underway in
- 7:38the Texas primaries in the 21st
- 7:41congressional district south of
- 7:42Austin. Voters are choosing a
- 7:44nominee to replace Chip Roy,
- 7:46the outgoing Republican
- 7:47representative.
- 7:48Roy has held the position since 2018
- 7:50but is leaving to run for Texas
- 7:52Attorney General.
- 7:5412 candidates are vying for the
- 7:56Republican nomination to represent
- 7:57the solidly red district.
- 8:00KUT's Leigh Walden spoke to
- 8:02some GOP voters in the district to
- 8:04hear what issues are on their mind.
- 8:05As they head to the poles.
- 8:08Congressional District 21 covers
- 8:09a diverse range of urban and rural
- 8:11life. It stretches across
- 8:1310 different counties, from Hayes
- 8:15County way out to Kerr County.
- 8:17It's solidly Republican.
- 8:19President Trump won the district by
- 8:2023 points in 2024.
- 8:22So whoever wins the GOP primary for
- 8:24the seat is favored to win a place
- 8:26in Congress.
- 8:27Mary Clarkson is a longtime resident
- 8:29of Dripping Springs.
- 8:30She's active in local Republican
- 8:32groups. And she says that
- 8:34she's voted for Chip Roy in all of
- 8:36the recent elections.
- 8:37But has grown disenchanted with him.
- 8:39Chip Roy runs hot and cold all the
- 8:41time.
- 8:42He gets on the soapbox for one
- 8:44thing and then you don't hear from
- 8:45him for a while and then he's back
- 8:46on it again.
- 8:47She's ready for someone new.
- 8:49In terms of issues, Clarkson wants
- 8:51her next member of Congress to look
- 8:52out for Texas and the U.S.
- 8:54Equally.
- 8:54Secure the border
- 8:56when we're doing that, secure the
- 8:58boarder lower taxes
- 9:01water
- 9:03is a big deal for everybody.
- 9:04You don't have water, you don't have
- 9:05much else." Dripping Springs
- 9:07is in Hayes County.
- 9:09On Monday, the county judge called
- 9:10for stricter water regulations and
- 9:12a moratorium on building permits for
- 9:14facilities that use a lot of water.
- 9:16The other side of the district,
- 9:17Kerrville, is no stranger to
- 9:19droughts and water problems.
- 9:21George Hammerline says he and other
- 9:22Republicans in the area are also
- 9:24keeping an eye on new developments
- 9:25that use lot of water.
- 9:26And I know it's probably not a very,
- 9:28what you would think, being in
- 9:30downtown Austin, a very traditional
- 9:32Republican position, but we're real
- 9:34against having desks
- 9:36or battery energy storage systems
- 9:38here or data centers
- 9:40that require a lot of
- 9:42water usage and
- 9:44electrical usage because we're
- 9:46tapped out as far as water.
- 9:47You can only put so many straws in
- 9:49the same glass.
- 9:50Hammerline says that his next
- 9:52representative needs to protect
- 9:53local water rights.
- 9:54He says that most of his other views
- 9:56fall in line with standard
- 9:57Republican talking points.
- 9:59He's pro-military, securing the
- 10:01border, and lowering taxes.
- 10:03Like Clarkson, he's got mixed
- 10:04feelings about Chip Roy.
- 10:05I do think he was made a little
- 10:07too much for Fox TV,
- 10:10you know, like, oh, let me go tell
- 10:11everyone what I don't like, what the
- 10:13president's doing, then I'll fold
- 10:15right at the end, you know, right
- 10:16before the government shut
- 10:18down or something like that.
- 10:20President Trump has endorsed Mark
- 10:22DeSherah for the GOP primary in
- 10:24District 21.
- 10:25DeSharah is a former Texas Rangers
- 10:27baseball player.
- 10:28But Trump's endorsement doesn't
- 10:29matter so much to everyone.
- 10:31Blake is a voter in Wimberley.
- 10:32He didn't want to give his last
- 10:34name, but he says he doesn't make
- 10:35voting decisions based on
- 10:37endorsements, or often even
- 10:39specific issues.
- 10:40I don't follow what he wants on
- 10:42this stuff. This is between
- 10:44what I feel is right according
- 10:46to my Bible and the best
- 10:48candidate that's going to represent
- 10:49that.
- 10:50If no candidate gets more than 50%
- 10:52of the vote, the race for the
- 10:53Republican nomination will go to a
- 10:55runoff in May.
- 10:56With 12 names on the primary ballot,
- 10:58the odds of a run off are pretty
- 11:00high. That hasn't lowered the stakes
- 11:01for the voters I talked to.
- 11:03You really have to do your homework.
- 11:05And don't just take it for granted
- 11:07what you read here or there.
- 11:09You need to go and listen.
- 11:11When they're coming near your town,
- 11:12go out and see them.
- 11:14From Hayes County, I'm Leigh Walden.
- 11:16And early voting runs through
- 11:18February 27th, primary
- 11:20election day is March 3rd.
- 11:22We have voter guides for Hayes,
- 11:24Travis, and Williamson counties at
- 11:26kut.org.
- 11:27Also there, the city of Austin
- 11:29repainted three experimental
- 11:31crosswalks this week after federal
- 11:33officials shut down a safety study
- 11:34before it was over.
- 11:36That study was looking at how
- 11:37colorful pavement like rainbow
- 11:39crosswalk's affect pedestrian
- 11:41safety.
- 11:42The crosswalks were on Morrow at
- 11:43Watson, Manor Road at Leona, and
- 11:45Pedernales at Webberville Road.
- 11:47You can read more about that story
- 11:49at KUT.org.
- 11:51More Austin Signal after this break.
- 11:59Hi, my name is Drew Martinez and
- 12:02I'm the owner of Carnivoro and
- 12:03you're listening to Austin Signal.
- 12:07Carnivoro has been operating since
- 12:09about 2011.
- 12:11It was a sideline business for a
- 12:12long time because I'm actually a
- 12:13tech guy that just has been
- 12:15passionate about these plants for
- 12:16like 30 years.
- 12:18So it was always the dream to have a
- 12:19nursery like this.
- 12:21And so we moved to Austin, let's
- 12:23see, in 2015.
- 12:25Austin's weird, right?
- 12:26Like, keep Austin weird.
- 12:27Like, what's a better fit than weird
- 12:28plants?
- 12:32So we are looking at an African
- 12:34corpse flower.
- 12:35The scientific name is
- 12:37Pseudohydrosamine gabouense.
- 12:39This is native to
- 12:41Gaboon and other areas in West
- 12:43Africa, and it is an
- 12:45endangered corpse flower and
- 12:47they have evolved to produce very
- 12:49large flowers that are very
- 12:51stinky.
- 12:52And that's because they rely on
- 12:55flies and other insects that are
- 12:56attracted to carrion or dead animals
- 12:58to pollinate them.
- 13:01And they need to be stinky to
- 13:03be able to attract those flies from
- 13:04miles away because it's actually a
- 13:05pretty rare plant.
- 13:06Wow, this is a very endangered
- 13:07plant.
- 13:08So we've grown this plant from
- 13:10seed for the last decade and
- 13:13it has finally bloomed this year.
- 13:17So the structure of this plant,
- 13:19let's see, well, first you'll notice
- 13:20the, it's kind of like a fleshy
- 13:22kind of color to it, right?
- 13:24That's, that is by evolution.
- 13:26It's trying to attract things that
- 13:27are attracted to flesh.
- 13:29And so it's large, right, you notice
- 13:31the shape, right. Well, I mean, what
- 13:32better kind of a, like a,
- 13:35an exhaust pipe, I guess, for
- 13:38a, for, for smell that it needs to
- 13:39produce. The inside of it is
- 13:41actually, it just like a little
- 13:42stick. It is called a, And
- 13:44the little stick is, it's
- 13:46got male and female parts to the
- 13:47flower. So it's both
- 13:49shedding and also like
- 13:51receptive so it can get pollinated
- 13:53and produce seed
- 13:57They generate bloom for not
- 13:59very long, so like 24,
- 14:0248, maybe 72 hours, and then
- 14:04they'll go down. That's pretty
- 14:05ubiquitous with the corpse flowers.
- 14:10We actually have been in contact
- 14:11with other botanical gardens who
- 14:13have pollen and who have
- 14:15flowered these before, and we're
- 14:16actually collaborating with them to
- 14:17try to create seed here so we can
- 14:19distribute them across
- 14:21more botanically gardens and
- 14:24other greenhouses.
- 14:25Just genetic diversity is key for
- 14:27endangered species.
- 14:30My name is Drew Martinez.
- 14:31I'm the owner of Carnivoro and this
- 14:33is Austin Signal.
- 14:35And if you missed the window to get
- 14:36out and smell the corpse flower,
- 14:38there are other weird plants to
- 14:39catch at carnivoro out in
- 14:42far west Austin.
- 14:43We're going to have a link to more
- 14:44in the story by KUT's digital
- 14:46producer, Chelsea Zhu in the
- 14:48podcast show notes.
- 14:55The Major League Soccer season kicks
- 14:57off this weekend here in Austin with
- 14:59the Verde and Black opening the 2026
- 15:01campaign in front of their home
- 15:03fans Saturday night out at Q2
- 15:05Stadium.
- 15:06Along with the new season of Action,
- 15:08there's a new season at Vamos Verde.
- 15:10That's the podcast from KUT, KUTX
- 15:12Studios.
- 15:13That is all about Austin FC.
- 15:16Joining us now to talk about the
- 15:17season of the show and the season
- 15:19football up ahead is KUT's
- 15:21Juan Diego Garcia.
- 15:22He's one of the co-hosts of Vamos
- 15:24Verde Juan. Thanks for being here.
- 15:26So let's talk Austin FC,
- 15:29we are on the precipice of a new
- 15:30season, which means anything is
- 15:33possible right now.
- 15:34What's got you most excited ahead
- 15:36of the start of this particular
- 15:37season?
- 15:38Ooh, that's tough.
- 15:39I would say the
- 15:41relative uncertainty
- 15:43that we have, given the
- 15:46fact that this is
- 15:48relatively a very
- 15:50similar squad that you saw last
- 15:51year.
- 15:52Hmm, okay.
- 15:53It's the second year under head
- 15:54coach Nico Estevez.
- 15:56A lot of the same stars are around,
- 15:57but they did change
- 15:59some things up.
- 16:01They sold one of their key players.
- 16:02They brought in a different player
- 16:04that had a lot of success in Major
- 16:05League Soccer.
- 16:06I'm talking about winger Facundo
- 16:07Torres.
- 16:09And they seem to
- 16:11go through the roster and target
- 16:13certain areas with
- 16:15upgrades.
- 16:16The thing that I noticed about it
- 16:18is...
- 16:18The team seemed to prioritize
- 16:20getting cheaper, younger,
- 16:22and more versatile.
- 16:23And that might give
- 16:26the coach a few more tools in
- 16:28the tool belt to tackle the new
- 16:30season.
- 16:31They're building off of a year where
- 16:32they made it back to the playoffs,
- 16:33got through as the sixth place team
- 16:35in the Western Conference, and they
- 16:37made a cup final.
- 16:39So like you said, this is the season
- 16:40of opportunity.
- 16:41Anything is possible at this stage
- 16:43of the season.
- 16:44Let's talk a little bit more about
- 16:45Facundo Torres.
- 16:46What number is he going to be
- 16:48wearing for Austin FC so people can
- 16:50keep an eye out for him?
- 16:52And what kind of style of play
- 16:53should they expect to see from him?
- 16:54Yeah, so Facundo Torres is going to
- 16:56be wearing the number 11,
- 16:58and the thing folks can expect
- 17:00is this dude is
- 17:02going be going for goal.
- 17:04That is the thing that he did best
- 17:05at Orlando, which was his first
- 17:07stop in Major League Soccer.
- 17:09He left there as the club's
- 17:11all-time record goal scorer,
- 17:13and he still holds that title
- 17:15over in Orlando.
- 17:17The guy scored goals for fun in
- 17:19Major League Soccer, now he's back
- 17:21and We know that
- 17:23Austin FC struggled to score goals,
- 17:25so logic would have it.
- 17:26If you've got a guy that scores them
- 17:27for fun, you're gonna score more
- 17:29goals this year than you did last
- 17:30year.
- 17:30Absolutely.
- 17:32Last year, speaking of,
- 17:34we saw that Owen Wolfe had a big
- 17:35year for Austin FC.
- 17:37Fans were very, very excited about
- 17:39that. Is there somebody that you're
- 17:41expecting to kind of have a breakout
- 17:42season for the team this year?
- 17:45That is a very
- 17:46good question.
- 17:49I am going to say I'm
- 17:52keeping an eye on Mirto
- 17:54Uzuni for a very particular reason.
- 17:56It's not necessarily that he
- 17:58has a lower
- 18:00set of expectations around the
- 18:02team. It's actually more the fact
- 18:04that there were such high
- 18:05expectations for the guy when he was
- 18:07brought in last year.
- 18:08And all of last year, he really
- 18:10struggled to get going.
- 18:11It seemed like he never could find
- 18:13his rhythm. He never could found
- 18:15himself in the right place.
- 18:16And when he did, at the right time,
- 18:19that sort of final touch
- 18:21sometimes eluded him a
- 18:23little bit.
- 18:24Now we do see a pattern in
- 18:26Major League Soccer where sometimes
- 18:27players that come in from abroad,
- 18:29it takes them at least a year,
- 18:31sometimes a little longer to really
- 18:33get settled in.
- 18:34And I know Uzuni had
- 18:35some personal struggles going on
- 18:37last year.
- 18:38His wife spent a big
- 18:40part of the year out of the country
- 18:42away from him.
- 18:44And in that time,
- 18:46she also birthed their first child.
- 18:48So that's something that would
- 18:50affect anybody.
- 18:51And it adds on to the already
- 18:53sky high expectations on a guy who,
- 18:56you know, Austin FC broke their
- 18:57transfer record for him, they
- 18:58brought him in, he was supposed to
- 18:59be this like goal scoring machine.
- 19:02And he hasn't quite lived up
- 19:03to that. So I don't know
- 19:05if he is going to
- 19:07start scoring goals for fun like his
- 19:09new teammate Facundo Torres,
- 19:11but I do think another year
- 19:13in Nico Estevez's system, another
- 19:15year gelling with his teammates,
- 19:17and just another year on the league,
- 19:19usually that does wonders to players
- 19:21who are maybe struggling when they
- 19:23first arrive in the league.
- 19:25But Jury's still out on Mirto and
- 19:27what he can do, but ultimately
- 19:29now things are in his hands to kind
- 19:31of prove to the Austin faithful that
- 19:33he was worth every any of that.
- 19:35Expensive transfer fee.
- 19:36Well, speaking of another year, we
- 19:38have another season of football, but
- 19:40we have another season, uh,
- 19:41of vamos verde. That's the podcast
- 19:43that you co-host along with Jimmy
- 19:45Moss, your first episode
- 19:47launched this week on Thursday.
- 19:49Uh, what was featured?
- 19:50Episode one.
- 19:51Yeah. So in episode one, we spoke to
- 19:53Lindsay Mackin.
- 19:54She's the front woman of the band
- 19:55Annabelle Chairlegs.
- 19:56They were just featured as a KUTX
- 19:59artist of the month.
- 20:00There was also a sneak peek
- 20:02at the new Austin FC
- 20:04shirt for 2026.
- 20:06Yeah, kind of a sneaky reveal,
- 20:08right? Yeah, yeah, it was a
- 20:10strategic leak, if you will.
- 20:12And we talked to Lindsay about
- 20:15soccer. She has a lifetime
- 20:17of enjoying and playing and
- 20:19watching soccer.
- 20:20We talked to her about her music,
- 20:22her history, her band, her
- 20:24bands, and also
- 20:27a little bit about the World Cup.
- 20:29She had a Scottish grandfather,
- 20:30so her allegiance is a little split
- 20:32heading into the World cup, and
- 20:34obviously she and I are
- 20:36very excited to see the Scottish
- 20:37national team.
- 20:38In the World Cup for the first time
- 20:40since 1998.
- 20:41It's the first they've been in the
- 20:42World Cup since before I was
- 20:44born, Jerry. Wow, that's a long
- 20:45time, holy moly.
- 20:46I mean, for a person, it's not
- 20:48that long. For a soccer team not in
- 20:50the World Cup is an eternity.
- 20:52Well, what else do y'all have coming
- 20:54up on Vodmos Better There?
- 20:55Are you going to be digging into
- 20:56more World Cup things since...
- 20:58It's happening this summer?
- 21:00Forgot to mention for the first
- 21:01episode, we also spoke to Austin
- 21:03FC club president, Andy Loughnane,
- 21:06a little bit about him, a little
- 21:07about what folks can expect in
- 21:09the new year.
- 21:10Looking ahead at the World Cup,
- 21:12we're gonna be doing bits here
- 21:14and there leading up to the World
- 21:15cup, but Jimmy and I will be
- 21:17covering the tournament on
- 21:19NPR. We'll be covering it on a
- 21:21few of the other stations around
- 21:23some of the...
- 21:25Host cities.
- 21:26Oh, that's very cool.
- 21:27Absolutely. It should be a lot of
- 21:28fun. But you'll definitely hear a
- 21:30lot of chat about the World Cup on
- 21:31the actual podcast.
- 21:32And we might dedicate an episode or
- 21:34two specifically to the tournament
- 21:36because I mean, it's it's
- 21:38the biggest deal in the world.
- 21:39It's one of the few things you can
- 21:41say is in the United States that
- 21:42might be bigger than the Super Bowl.
- 21:44So if it's bigger than The Super
- 21:45Bowl, we're gonna be there.
- 21:46We will be featuring everything
- 21:48that Vamos Verde brings to you
- 21:50right here on Austin Signal all
- 21:52season long.
- 21:53We have been speaking with Juan
- 21:54Diego Garcia.
- 21:55He is one of the hosts of the Vamos
- 21:57Verdes podcast.
- 21:59You can find that wherever
- 22:00you listen to your shows and we'll
- 22:02have a link to their latest episode
- 22:04in the show notes for today's
- 22:06episode. Juan, thank you for your
- 22:07time. Thanks for having me again,
- 22:08Jerry.
- 22:09And that is it for this week here on
- 22:11Austin Signal.
- 22:12Thank you for tuning in.
- 22:14We're gonna have links to all the
- 22:15stories featured today in the
- 22:16podcast show notes.
- 22:18And in case you missed it, it was
- 22:19another busy week of news here in
- 22:21the Austin area.
- 22:22So you can catch up on what you
- 22:23might've missed over at kut.org
- 22:26slash signal.
- 22:28Kristin Cabrera is our managing
- 22:30producer and Reyna Sevilla is
- 22:32our technical director.
- 22:33Thank you to Andrew Weber, Lee
- 22:35Walden, and Juan Diego Garcia for
- 22:37their help and a special thanks to
- 22:39Leah Scarpelli and Rene Chavez for
- 22:41their help today and for the
- 22:43carne guisada taco.
- 22:45I'm your host, Jerry Quijano.
- 22:46We will be back with you on Monday
- 22:48afternoon.
- 22:50Have a great weekend.