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- 0:08There's still a few hours left to
- 0:10vote. Early ahead of Tuesday's Texas
- 0:12Party primaries, what you need to
- 0:14know before heading to the polls to
- 0:15vote today or Tuesday,
- 0:17and a closer look at races for two
- 0:19Travis County Commissioner seats.
- 0:20And what exactly is it that Travis
- 0:22County Commissioners do?
- 0:24And the federal government is now
- 0:26challenging a court order to
- 0:27repatriate a college student
- 0:29deported after trying to fly to
- 0:31Austin last year.
- 0:32More about those stories on today's
- 0:34show.
- 0:34The Austin Signal is
- 0:36a production of KUT News,
- 0:38hosted by Jennifer Stayton.
- 0:40A group of jazz musicians with fresh
- 0:42roots on the east side of Austin has
- 0:44already gained national recognition.
- 0:47And it's going to get loud at
- 0:48Circuit of the Americas this
- 0:49weekend. NASCAR is in
- 0:51town. That's all up next on
- 0:54Austin Signal.
- 0:55Stay with us.
- 1:05Hello, this is Austin Signal
- 1:07from KUT News.
- 1:09I'm your host today, Jennifer
- 1:10Stayton. It's February 27th.
- 1:12Thank you for making us part
- 1:14of your Friday.
- 1:162026 is a midterm
- 1:18election year, and here in Texas, it
- 1:20is primary election season.
- 1:22Early voting ends today.
- 1:24Election day is Tuesday.
- 1:26These elections determine who's on
- 1:28the ballot for this fall's
- 1:29general election.
- 1:31Turnout in Travis County is the
- 1:32highest it's been for any primary
- 1:34since 2008.
- 1:35Voter turnout is also up in Hayes
- 1:37and Williamson counties.
- 1:39So what's drawing people to these
- 1:41party primaries?
- 1:42Well for that, we've got a few folks
- 1:43from KUT News.
- 1:44First of all, Ben Philpott is KUT's
- 1:47managing editor.
- 1:48Hey Ben.
- 1:48Hello.
- 1:49All right. So Ben, first of all we
- 1:50are voting right now in the party
- 1:52primaries.
- 1:53Texas has open primaries.
- 1:55What does that mean?
- 1:56Open to the open primary question.
- 1:58So for those of you who've moved
- 1:59here from another state Texas
- 2:02does not have at least at the moment
- 2:03This is something that lawmakers are
- 2:05trying to push now But Texas does
- 2:06Not have party registration
- 2:08when you're voting in a primary So
- 2:10that means you can decide are you
- 2:12going to vote in the Republican
- 2:13primary or the Democratic primary
- 2:14when you go in?
- 2:15Now if there are runoffs you are
- 2:17tied to Whoever you
- 2:20whatever party you voted with the
- 2:21first time around in the regular
- 2:23primary election So, you voted in
- 2:25the Republican primary for maybe the
- 2:26Ken Paxton-John Cornyn race.
- 2:28If there's a runoff, you can only
- 2:30vote then in that Republican runoff.
- 2:32Right, so Ben, what are some of the
- 2:34races that people will see on the
- 2:35primary ballot?
- 2:36Yeah, the biggest stuff is
- 2:38Senate race in Texas here
- 2:40with John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, the
- 2:42two top candidates on the Republican
- 2:43side, two top candidates of the
- 2:45Democratic side, Jasmine Crockett
- 2:47and James Talerico.
- 2:49But you also have
- 2:51people running for governor,
- 2:53lieutenant governor, attorney
- 2:55general, land commissioner,
- 2:57agriculture commissioner, all
- 2:59of the U.S.
- 3:00Congressional House races, all
- 3:03of the state house races and
- 3:06then some you know depending on
- 3:07where you live a state Senate race
- 3:09and then all the local county things
- 3:10as well
- 3:11All right, so Ben, you mentioned
- 3:12runoffs. If no one gets 50%
- 3:14of the vote, what happens?
- 3:16Yeah, you're going to have a runoff.
- 3:18You've got to get 50%
- 3:20plus one, I believe.
- 3:2150% plus one vote.
- 3:23That gets you a win.
- 3:25Because we have the domino effect
- 3:27of things like the attorney general
- 3:29deciding to run for Senate,
- 3:31that means that a half
- 3:33dozen people are running for
- 3:34attorney general. That means that
- 3:36another 12 are running in
- 3:38the Republican primary side for the
- 3:39seat. It's just all
- 3:41over the place.
- 3:42A lot of these races are going to go
- 3:44to And we're just gonna have to wait
- 3:45and see what happens
- 3:45All right, so Ben.
- 3:46Where can people vote?
- 3:48If you live in Hayes County,
- 3:50anywhere that you see a voting, that
- 3:52you a polling location, if you live
- 3:53Travis County, anywhere that see
- 3:55a polling vocation, that's both
- 3:56early voting and on primary
- 3:58day.
- 3:59Williamson County is different this
- 4:00year. Right now during, well, you
- 4:02know, you got a few hours left to
- 4:04vote wherever you want in Williamson
- 4:05county for early voting.
- 4:08On primary day, you have to
- 4:10go to your assigned
- 4:12precinct.
- 4:13So figure out where that is, look it
- 4:15up, and you have go to that.
- 4:18If you live and work on opposite
- 4:19sides of the county, you cannot go
- 4:21to work and think you're gonna vote
- 4:22near your work that day.
- 4:24All right, Ben, where can people
- 4:25find more information about the
- 4:27candidates, what's on the ballot,
- 4:28and how to vote?
- 4:29Well, obviously, go to KUT.org.
- 4:32We've got county guides for
- 4:34Hayes County, Travis County,
- 4:36Williamson County.
- 4:37We also have a What's On My Ballot
- 4:39little app within those
- 4:41web posts, and you'll be
- 4:43able to see exactly what you might
- 4:45be voting for.
- 4:45And of course, primary night, we'll
- 4:47have election coverage starting at 7
- 4:49on KUT.
- 4:51KUT's managing editor, Ben Philpott,
- 4:53thanks so much, Ben.
- 4:54Thank you.
- 4:55Now a decent chunk of Democratic
- 4:57Party primary voters will be
- 4:58electing a pair of candidates to
- 5:00take seats on the Travis County
- 5:01Commissioner's Court.
- 5:03No Republicans are running in those
- 5:04races, so whoever wins now will
- 5:06likely win this fall.
- 5:07With more on these candidates,
- 5:09here's KUTs Katie McAfee, our Travis
- 5:11County reporter.
- 5:12Hey, Katie.
- 5:12Hey Jennifer.
- 5:13Alright, so first of all, what did
- 5:15Travis County Commissioners do and
- 5:17how long is their term?
- 5:19Great question.
- 5:20The commissioner's court sets the
- 5:21county's tax rate and manages
- 5:23spending of right now a roughly
- 5:25$2.2 billion budget.
- 5:28The county's biggest land item
- 5:29expense is the jail, but they also
- 5:31fund roads and parks and
- 5:33healthcare services, housing and
- 5:36other services.
- 5:37Terms are four years and there are
- 5:39no term limits.
- 5:41All right, so Katie, let's start
- 5:42with Bree St. Four.
- 5:43There's no incumbent because
- 5:44Margaret Gomez is retiring after
- 5:46three decades in office.
- 5:47So tell us about the four candidates
- 5:49in this race.
- 5:50Yeah, so first on the ballot is
- 5:51Susana Ledesma-Woody, a little
- 5:53bit about her.
- 5:54This is her third time running for
- 5:56this position, and she's been
- 5:58on the Dell Valley ISD School Board
- 5:59since 2011.
- 6:01Next we have Ophelia Maldondo
- 6:03Zapata.
- 6:04She used to be on the Austin ISD
- 6:06school board, and she calls herself
- 6:08a community organizer.
- 6:09She's been in leadership roles in a
- 6:11bunch of different nonprofit and
- 6:13religious organizations.
- 6:15Then there's George Morales.
- 6:17He was the Travis County Constable
- 6:19in precinct four for
- 6:21over a decade since 2016.
- 6:23And last on the ballot is Gavino
- 6:25Fernandez Jr.
- 6:26He's an activist and he
- 6:28served on the Travis county
- 6:29commissioner precinct for staff
- 6:31for one term back in
- 6:33the nineties.
- 6:34So Katie, you spoke with all four
- 6:35candidates. Do they share some goals
- 6:37for what they would do if they get
- 6:38the job?
- 6:39Yeah, so they all grew up in
- 6:41precinct 4, so they're all really
- 6:43familiar with the issues that
- 6:45this area faces.
- 6:46Ledezma Woody and Morales have both
- 6:48campaigned on building more and
- 6:50better infrastructure in East
- 6:52Austin, fixing roads, finishing
- 6:54construction projects that have
- 6:55dragged on forever.
- 6:56Ledezima Woody specifically has
- 6:58talked about building equitable
- 6:59infrastructure, getting running
- 7:01water and reliable electricity to
- 7:03folks who still don't have that.
- 7:04And I think they all share
- 7:06a common goal of keeping the
- 7:08district affordable.
- 7:09Or at least ensuring it doesn't
- 7:11become.
- 7:12Unaffordable.
- 7:13So Katie, now in precinct 2,
- 7:15Commissioner Brigid Shea is running
- 7:16to keep the seat that she's had for
- 7:18more than a decade now.
- 7:20Who are the candidates who want that
- 7:21job?
- 7:22Yes. So there are three
- 7:24non-incumbent candidates.
- 7:26First on the ballot is Rick
- 7:27Astry-Canada.
- 7:28He has over a decade of experience
- 7:30in government consulting and he has
- 7:32a PhD in public affairs.
- 7:35Then we have Armanda Marzullo.
- 7:37She's been a civil rights attorney
- 7:39for 16 years.
- 7:40And lastly, we have Reese Ricci
- 7:42Armstrong.
- 7:43He is a senior at McCallum High
- 7:44School and he is a student
- 7:46organizer.
- 7:47And Katie, tell us what are some of
- 7:48the priorities of these candidates,
- 7:50both the incumbents and the
- 7:51incumbent and the challengers.
- 7:53Yeah, you know, affordable housing
- 7:55was a big topic that came up
- 7:56for every candidate, including
- 7:58Brigid Shea.
- 8:00Marzula specifically said she would
- 8:01prioritize building affordable
- 8:02housing within city limits
- 8:04or at least closer to where more
- 8:06city services like public transit
- 8:08exists.
- 8:09Other than that, people's top
- 8:11priorities are kind of all over the
- 8:12place.
- 8:13Estre Canada said he wants to
- 8:15prioritize access to affordable
- 8:16healthcare.
- 8:17Brigid Shay told me she wants to
- 8:19continue working on clean energy
- 8:20initiatives that she's been working
- 8:21on in office.
- 8:23Marzullo says she wants to use her
- 8:25experience with the legal system
- 8:27to protect folks from ICE right
- 8:29now.
- 8:30And a priority for Armstrong is
- 8:31making ambulance rides free.
- 8:33All right, KUT's Katie
- 8:35McAfee, our Travis County reporter,
- 8:37will have a link to her voter guide
- 8:39in today's podcast show
- 8:41notes. Katie, thank you so much.
- 8:43Thanks for having me on, Jennifer.
- 8:56The Trump administration's
- 8:57immigration policy has been front
- 8:59and center in this midterm
- 9:01election year, and there's been a
- 9:04development in an immigration case
- 9:05involving someone with ties to
- 9:07Austin.
- 9:08For the latest on this, here's KUT's
- 9:10government accountability reporter,
- 9:12Andrew Weber.
- 9:13Thanks for coming in, Andrew.
- 9:15Thanks, man. Thank you for having me,
- 9:15Jim.
- 9:16Andrew, so this case is about Ani
- 9:18Lopez Belloza.
- 9:19First of all, Andrew, remind us who
- 9:21she is and what happened to her
- 9:22last year.
- 9:23Yes ma'am, Ani Lopez-Pellosa was
- 9:26born in Honduras, but she
- 9:28came to the U.S.
- 9:29When she was eight years old and
- 9:31she was raised in Austin.
- 9:33And she currently is
- 9:35a student at Babson College
- 9:37up in Boston.
- 9:38She's studying business up there.
- 9:40And over, well, right before
- 9:42Thanksgiving last year, she
- 9:44was trying to board a flight from
- 9:46Boston to Austin because
- 9:48she wanted to come see her folks.
- 9:49And she was sort of pulled
- 9:51aside. By immigration authorities
- 9:53and she was detained and
- 9:55deported.
- 9:56And where was she deported to?
- 9:57She was deported back to Honduras.
- 9:59Right, Andrew, so then what happened
- 10:01in her case?
- 10:02Well, she was
- 10:04sort of connected with an attorney
- 10:06and that attorney basically,
- 10:08you know, filed a
- 10:11sort of writ of habeas corpus, which
- 10:13is legal speak, but basically
- 10:14said that she wasn't given due
- 10:16process. She wasn't allowed
- 10:18to appear before a judge,
- 10:20before an immigration judge.
- 10:22Before she was deported back to
- 10:23Honduras.
- 10:24And ultimately, a federal judge up
- 10:26in Massachusetts agreed with her
- 10:27attorney, said, okay,
- 10:29the feds needed to sort of rectify
- 10:32this and explain,
- 10:33at least at the very least explain,
- 10:35why they deported her when they did.
- 10:38So the Trump-
- 10:38administration admitted that she was
- 10:40wrongly deported and
- 10:42the government was supposed to lay
- 10:43out a plan to bring her back to the
- 10:44U.S. And the deadline for that was
- 10:46supposed to be today.
- 10:48What happened?
- 10:49Yeah, that's basically
- 10:51the feds were given two weeks to
- 10:53bring her back or at least provide
- 10:54a plan to bring her back.
- 10:57And yesterday they filed a motion
- 10:59to basically throw the case
- 11:01out. They said that this judge in
- 11:02Massachusetts didn't
- 11:04have a right to even
- 11:07preside over the case and
- 11:09that, you know, if
- 11:11they were going to bring her back,
- 11:13they were going to immediately
- 11:14deport her anyway.
- 11:16I just got off of a call.
- 11:17It was a press call.
- 11:19With Ani Lopez Beosas' attorney.
- 11:22He said that, and I haven't
- 11:24checked with ICE on this, but he
- 11:25said that his client, Ani,
- 11:27was offered a flight back
- 11:29today. It was supposed to leave at 1
- 11:31p.m.
- 11:32And that she would
- 11:34have essentially come to Texas and
- 11:35then would have been immediately
- 11:36deported back to Honduras.
- 11:38Her attorney, Todd Pomerlo, said,
- 11:40the government's basically trying to
- 11:42skirt this court order.
- 11:44And bring her back and also block
- 11:46her ability to get a temporary visa.
- 11:48Because while this was playing out
- 11:48in court, he applied for that.
- 11:51All they have to do is let her in
- 11:52and leave her alone.
- 11:53She has a green card application
- 11:54pending, and yet they want to
- 11:55continue to torment her.
- 11:57They want to fly her back here
- 11:58to engage in a charade to then
- 12:00separate her from her loved ones
- 12:02again.
- 12:02All right, so Andrew, what
- 12:03justification has a federal
- 12:05government given for this change
- 12:07that we're hearing about today?
- 12:09They said that she was here
- 12:10unlawfully. She wasn't aware of
- 12:12that, neither was her mother.
- 12:13She was under the impression that
- 12:14she was a dreamer, she was, you
- 12:16know, here under DACA.
- 12:18And as far as what comes next
- 12:20in the case, that's not immediately
- 12:21clear either.
- 12:22Pomerlo, her attorney, said that
- 12:23he's gonna fight this, he's prepared
- 12:25to take it to the Supreme Court if
- 12:26he wants to.
- 12:28But, you now, this, Ani Lopez
- 12:30Belloza is, she said she was
- 12:32angry, that she just wants to go
- 12:34back to school, to Babson College,
- 12:36and, you I hope.
- 12:37She just wants all of this to sort
- 12:39of be done and at least have some
- 12:40resolution.
- 12:41I'm asking to be treated like a
- 12:43human with rights and whose life
- 12:45matters and to be allowed to
- 12:47care building the life I have worked
- 12:49so hard for in the United
- 12:51States.
- 12:52So this was on a Lopez Belloza
- 12:54speaking just a little bit earlier
- 12:55this morning on the call.
- 12:56Did she have anything else to say?
- 12:57She didn't really say a whole bunch
- 12:59else. She just, you know, wants to
- 13:00come back. She knows that there's a
- 13:02lot of eyes on this case.
- 13:03There were, you now, New York Times
- 13:04reporters on PBC,
- 13:06PBS NewsHour.
- 13:07A lot of folks are going to be
- 13:08paying attention to this as it goes
- 13:10forward, but right now there's no
- 13:12clear, real answers.
- 13:13I know you'll be following it.
- 13:15KUT's Accountability Reporter,
- 13:16Andrew Weber, with an update on the
- 13:17case of Ani Lopez Belloza.
- 13:19Andrew, thank you.
- 13:20Yes, ma'am. Thank you, Jen.
- 13:25And coming up, the Houston Tillotson
- 13:28University Jazz Orchestra is barely
- 13:30four years old, but they are already
- 13:31helping define the next era of
- 13:33jazz in Austin and across the
- 13:35country. With their high-energy
- 13:37performances rooted in traditional
- 13:38jazz and driven by groove,
- 13:41swing and expressive improvisation,
- 13:43we're going to hear about them just
- 13:45ahead on Austin Signal.
- 13:46Stay tuned.
- 13:56This is Austin Signal,
- 13:58welcome back.
- 14:00February is almost over,
- 14:02just one day left.
- 14:03So we are capping off our series of
- 14:05Black History Month music profiles
- 14:06from our sister station, KUTX.
- 14:09Today, host Miles Blockson tells us
- 14:11about a group of jazz players with
- 14:13fresh roots on the East side of
- 14:15Austin who have already gained
- 14:16national recognition.
- 14:19Listen, we came all the way from
- 14:20Texas.
- 14:22You deserve a big round of applause.
- 14:24February is Black History Month and
- 14:26all month long we'll be highlighting
- 14:28black artists, innovators, and
- 14:30places that helped shape the Austin
- 14:32music scene.
- 14:39The Euston Tillerson Jazz Orchestra
- 14:41formed in 2022 as
- 14:43Eustin Tillerson University's
- 14:45premier student jazz ensemble.
- 14:47Led by Dr. Jeremy George,
- 14:49Director of Jazz Studies, the
- 14:51orchestra delivers high energy
- 14:52performances rooted in traditional
- 14:54jazz, driven by groove,
- 14:56swing, and expressive improvisation.
- 14:59It is early, but it's not too early
- 15:00to swing, right?
- 15:02Yes, sir.
- 15:03Before we get started, I want to say
- 15:05first thing what song we're doing.
- 15:06We're doing Dig by Miles Davis.
- 15:08And secondly, it is orchestrated
- 15:10by our professor of trumpet,
- 15:13Sparky Lee Thomas.
- 15:15Woo! Thank you. Please enjoy Dig by
- 15:16miles Davis.
- 15:25The ensemble was founded at Austin's
- 15:27oldest institution of higher
- 15:28learning, and the city's only
- 15:30historically black university.
- 15:32Established in 1875,
- 15:34Houston-Tillerson was created
- 15:35through the merger of Samuel Houston
- 15:37College and Tillerson College,
- 15:39two schools founded after the Civil
- 15:41War to educate formerly enslaved
- 15:43people, supported by the United
- 15:45Methodist Church and the American
- 15:47Missionary Association.
- 15:48The university became a cornerstone
- 15:50of black higher education in
- 15:52central Texas.
- 15:53Serving generations of students
- 15:55through segregation and beyond.
- 16:05While the university carries 150
- 16:07years of history and legacy,
- 16:09the HT Jazz Orchestra is still
- 16:11young and already building a
- 16:13national resume.
- 16:15The group has performed multiple
- 16:16times at the Austin City Limits
- 16:17Music Festival and earned top
- 16:19placements in jazz competitions.
- 16:22In 2025, out of more than a hundred
- 16:24historically black colleges and
- 16:26universities nationwide,
- 16:28Houston Tillerson was one of 12
- 16:29selected for a residency in Norfolk
- 16:31with Wynton Marsalis.
- 16:48In 2026, the orchestra took
- 16:50the national stage at Jazz at
- 16:52Lincoln Center in New York,
- 16:54placing third in the National
- 16:55Collegiate Jazz Championship and
- 16:57walking away with more than 10
- 16:59individual and sectional awards,
- 17:02placing them among the top
- 17:03collegiate jazz ensembles in the
- 17:05nation.
- 17:06Rooted in 150 years of black
- 17:08excellence, empowered by the next
- 17:10generation of musicians, the Houston
- 17:12Telison Jazz Orchestra is
- 17:14helping define the next era of jazz
- 17:16in Austin.
- 17:17And across the nation.
- 17:27To learn more about the Euston
- 17:28Tillerson Jazz Orchestra, visit
- 17:30KUTX.org.
- 17:32You're listening to Austin Signal.
- 17:34I'm Miles Bloxson.
- 17:51For the fifth year in
- 17:53a row NASCAR returns to
- 17:55Circuit of the Americas this weekend
- 17:57And it wouldn't be NASCAR without
- 17:59a lot of sponsors.
- 18:00All right, so here we go Let's see
- 18:01if I can get it the Cup Series
- 18:03Duramax Texas Grand Prix
- 18:05powered by Relledyne
- 18:07will be run on Sunday
- 18:09KUT's Juan Diego Garcia is
- 18:11out at Cota this afternoon.
- 18:13Hey Juan Hey Jen
- 18:16Sounds like it's already getting
- 18:17loud out there, so I know the big
- 18:19event will be at the end of the
- 18:20weekend But what's happening in the
- 18:22lead-up to Sunday?
- 18:24Quite a bit, there's actually two
- 18:26other racing series that are
- 18:28supporting the race on Sunday
- 18:30at Circuit of the Americas.
- 18:32What you're hearing right now is the
- 18:34IMSA Sports Car Challenge
- 18:36cars going around in a practice
- 18:38session.
- 18:39That's one of the series that's
- 18:40gonna be supporting the main
- 18:42cup series.
- 18:44You'll also see the cars from the
- 18:45feeder series for NASCAR,
- 18:47the O'Reilly Auto Parts series.
- 18:50They'll be racing tomorrow.
- 18:52And I'm actually watching the cars
- 18:53go by right in front of me as they
- 18:55get scrutineered to make sure
- 18:56nobody's cheating.
- 18:58So Juan, I'm a little bit of
- 19:00a NASCAR novice.
- 19:01Most of what I know comes from, you
- 19:02know, the Will Ferrell movie,
- 19:04Talladega Nights.
- 19:05But I do know most of the time,
- 19:07all the drivers have to do is turn
- 19:09left.
- 19:10But now this is a road course, of
- 19:11course, out at COTA for Formula One.
- 19:13So is there something they have to
- 19:15do differently for this
- 19:17race?
- 19:18Yes actually, they have to turn
- 19:20right.
- 19:22NASCAR goes to a few
- 19:24road courses throughout the year and
- 19:26some drivers actually specialize in
- 19:28those specific types of circuits.
- 19:30Circuit of the Americas is one of
- 19:32those road courses and
- 19:34you'll be seeing them sort of
- 19:35peppered throughout the calendar,
- 19:37breaking up some stretches of really
- 19:39big ovals, really small ovals.
- 19:41There's quite a bit of a variety of
- 19:43tracks they actually go to
- 19:44throughout the years.
- 19:45All right, so Juan, for non-race
- 19:47fans, what are some of the stories
- 19:49that we should know about for this
- 19:51weekend's action?
- 19:53I think the most exciting thing
- 19:54across the year is going to be
- 19:56the return of what's called the
- 19:58chase.
- 19:59NASCAR has been experimenting since
- 20:00about 2013 with various different
- 20:03playoff formats to try to crown a
- 20:04champion.
- 20:05This year they're going back to an
- 20:07older system.
- 20:08For the first 26 races, drivers
- 20:10will accumulate points and the final
- 20:1210 races will be
- 20:14the chase for the cup.
- 20:16The top 16 drivers in the point
- 20:17standings all have a chance to win
- 20:19the title. The higher you place the
- 20:21higher the higher you start and
- 20:23it's a 10 race sprint to the title.
- 20:26And Juan, can you tell us about some
- 20:27of the drivers that are that are
- 20:29out there for this weekend's action?
- 20:32Some of the folks we should
- 20:32know about?
- 20:34Absolutely. I think the biggest name
- 20:36to keep an eye on is Tyler
- 20:38Reddick.
- 20:38He started the year with two
- 20:40straight wins and no one has ever
- 20:42won three straight to start
- 20:44a year.
- 20:45And he has some good form here at
- 20:47Circuit of the Americas.
- 20:48He won the race in 2023
- 20:50and last year he was on
- 20:52pole position and finished in third
- 20:54place.
- 20:55So there's every chance Tyler Redick
- 20:57could be walking out of here making
- 20:58history.
- 21:00On the question I've been dying to
- 21:01ask. So when you go to the website
- 21:02and look at the sort of introductory
- 21:04video for this weekend's action,
- 21:06part of the video is dancing storm
- 21:07troopers, you know, from Star Wars.
- 21:10Have you seen the dancing
- 21:11stormtroopers yet?
- 21:13You know, Jen, I.
- 21:13Have not this is a little bit news
- 21:15to me and now I'm a little
- 21:17disappointed that I have not seen
- 21:19them I'm gonna go hunting for some
- 21:20stormtroopers here in a bit okay
- 21:22Well, it's early.
- 21:22It's just Friday afternoon, so maybe
- 21:24you'll still see them sometime over
- 21:26the weekend.
- 21:27So all of this is building up to the
- 21:29Texas Grand Prix.
- 21:30It starts Sunday afternoon at 2.30.
- 21:33KUT's Juan Diego Garcia out at
- 21:35Circuit of the Americas this
- 21:37afternoon.
- 21:37Wanda, thanks so much.
- 21:38Have a great time.
- 21:40Thanks, Jen. Always a pleasure.
- 22:03And that is it for today
- 22:05on Austin Signal.
- 22:06We'll have more about the stories
- 22:08and conversations we shared with you
- 22:10today in the podcast show
- 22:12notes. And you can find more from us
- 22:14anytime at kut.org
- 22:16slash signal couple reminders
- 22:18about some of the stories you heard
- 22:20today early voting does end
- 22:22tonight for party primary
- 22:24elections.
- 22:25Election day is this coming Tuesday.
- 22:28You can find voter guides and all
- 22:30kinds of information about the
- 22:31election.
- 22:32At kut.org and
- 22:34be sure to join us for
- 22:36live election night coverage primary
- 22:38night Tuesday night starting at
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- 22:43Rayna Sevilla is our technical
- 22:45director on Austin Signal.
- 22:46Jerry Quijano has been producing
- 22:48Austin Signal this week.
- 22:49I'm your host Jennifer Stayton and
- 22:51thanks so much for being with us
- 22:52today and I hope you have a
- 22:55great weekend.