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Questions about self-driving vehicles during emergencies · Austin Signal

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It's been almost two months since
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the deadly shooting outside a 6th
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Street bar and local officials are
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looking at the emergency response to
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the tragedy that night.
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One topic of discussion, better
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regulation of autonomous vehicles in
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these kinds of situations.
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That's after one vehicle blocked
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emergency response here in Austin.
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And here in Texas, one of the
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country's largest legal cannabis
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markets is fighting for its life.
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Exceptions allowing the sale of
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smokable hemp are slated to expire
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this week.
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We've got more about both of these
0:36
stories coming up on today's show.
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The Austin Signal is a production
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of KUT News, hosted by
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Jerry Quijano.
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Plus, there's been some changes to
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this weekend's inaugural KUT
0:47
Fest, it is still going forward
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just in a few different locations
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around town.
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Catch up on the latest, that's
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coming up next and it's right here
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on Austin Signal.
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Howdy out there, you are tuning in
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to Austin Signal.
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It is Wednesday, April 29th.
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I'm your host, Jerry Keakono.
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Thank you for spending part of the
1:15
day here with us.
1:16
This is community-powered public
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radio, KUT News.
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We'll start today's show with Austin
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Public Safety and Mobility officials
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meeting at City Hall to discuss the
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emergency response to the deadly
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shooting at Buford's back in March.
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Among those discussions, how to
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better regulate autonomous vehicle
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use during emergency situations.
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That's after a Waymo was seen
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blocking the street as first
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responders were heading to the scene
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of the Buford shooting.
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KUT City Hall reporter Luz Moreno
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Lozano was at that meeting and she
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is joining us now live from City
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Hall. Hi Luz.
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Hey Jerry, thanks for having me.
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Of course.
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So tell us what were some of the
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topics of discussion at today's
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meeting?
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Yeah, you know, the the Waymo and
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autonomous vehicle discussion was
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probably the one that they had the
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most the largest discussion about,
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you know, as you mentioned during
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the Buford shooting, we saw Waymo
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blocking in ambulance from
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responding.
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Public safety officials did say that
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didn't significantly hinder the
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response, but it did take a few
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minutes for an officer to be able to
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like, access a vehicle and
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physically or manually move it.
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There was also some other concerns
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outside of the Buford shooting, just
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about how AV vehicles
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or AVs just
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kind of respond to traffic safety
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and signals in general.
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You know, we've seen videos of
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them improperly passing school
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busses driving in the wrong
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direction.
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There was videos of the way
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most driving through
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flooded roads and
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through barricades like train
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barricade. And so there's all this
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discussion about like how these
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vehicles are.
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You know, working on the roads and
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also like balancing public safety.
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So what are some of the proposed
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solutions to the issue of autonomous
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vehicles potentially hindering
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emergency responses or other kinds
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of responses?
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Yeah, you know, I think the city and
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some of these AV companies are kind
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of working together to, um,
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improve some of these, um
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safety precautions and, and
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protocols, you know, things like
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being able to stop a
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Waymo from responding to within a
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certain radius of an emergency.
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And so, you know, that's just one of
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the things that they are working on.
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The city doesn't have a lot of,
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um power to just
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be able to regulate these, you
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know, the state is trying to get
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them to register.
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That's part of a new state law that
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just passed.
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But I think it's mostly about like,
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how can these companies in the city
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work together, especially first
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responders, so that they are paying
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attention to like hand signals, for
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example, and being cleared away
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from these emergency situations.
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Now, you and I here have been
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talking about Waymo's, and I'm sure
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Waymo was discussed much at this
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meeting, but despite that, Waymo
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was not actually represented at
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this meeting of the Austin Mobility
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and Public Safety Committee today.
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Is there a specific reason why that
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they weren't there?
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Yeah, yeah.
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I talked to a spokesperson yesterday
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who basically said that they have
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had several meetings
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with both city and state leaders
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over the last several weeks.
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And they said they felt like those
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discussions were substantive enough
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to kind of explain things and how
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that happened.
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They've also kind of detailed some
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operational improvements in these
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discussions.
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So like Waymo, for example, said
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that the be expanding their avoid
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the area zone when emergency
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alerts are coming through.
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So yeah, I think that's a little bit
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about why they didn't fully
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participate today.
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I think council members were
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disappointed to see that they didn't
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have anyone on site today,
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but that's little bit about what
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we heard from them this week.
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Yeah, from the reporting that you
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have done, what would you say is the
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pulse on public opinion when it
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comes to this?
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I mean, the video went viral and
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obviously there were lots of
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emotions during that time.
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Did the public have a chance to
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speak at this meeting today?
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They did, yeah.
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We had a couple of speakers who
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basically kind of touted this idea
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that, yes, you know, Austin has been
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a testing ground for these emerging
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technologies and we've, you know
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prided ourselves as a city on
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being able to bring
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those in, you know.
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It's not just Waymo, it's Tesla,
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it is AV.
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You know, there's other companies
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kind of operating within the Austin
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city limits.
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But I do think that there are a lot
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of public safety concerns, you know,
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being passing a school bus while
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dropping and picking up kids is a
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huge concern. And so I think the
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sentiment is we can do both,
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but how do we balance up?
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Okay, Luce, we have about 40 seconds
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left. What happens next?
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So the city council and
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public safety officials will be kind
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of working with these AV companies
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to find a middle ground.
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I think that public
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safety is a top concern and
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over the next several weeks, they'll
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be trying to figure out what that
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looks like.
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All right, that is Luz Moreno
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Lozano.
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She is KUT City Hall reporter.
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Luz, thanks for joining us live here
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on the show.
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Thanks, Jerry.
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A court fight is playing out this
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week that could determine whether
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thousands of Texans are able to
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continue buying legal
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cannabis flower and extract.
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The state has allowed the sale of
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consumable hemp products since 2019,
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but new regulations have upended the
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market, and now the Texas hemp
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industry is fighting them in court.
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KUT's Nathan Bernier has been
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following the court hearing at
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a Travis County court downtown.
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The smell of cannabis greets
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people who walk into Terp
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House, a hemp store in South Austin.
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Co-owner Reese Newland shows me
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around their small storefront.
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So this is our flower.
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We have indoor.
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We have top shelf.
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We also have pre-rolls.
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The products sold at Turp House and
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13,000 other registered retail
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locations across Texas are called
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hemp.
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Marijuana and hemp come from the
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same plant.
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The only difference in Texas law is
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hemp has low amounts of Delta-9-THC,
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the main psychoactive compound in
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cannabis.
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But hemp has many other ingredients,
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including something called THCA,
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which converts to to 9 when heated
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or smoked.
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And that's how stores in many states
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that ban recreational marijuana have
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been able to sell smokable forms of
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cannabis. But in Texas,
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that all changed a few weeks ago.
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I think the regulations personally
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were designed to kill this industry.
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Casey Newlin is Reese's brother,
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and also a co-owner of Turp House.
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The regulations he's talking about
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were adopted by the state's health
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department in March, following an
7:44
executive order by Governor Greg
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Abbott. The new rules clamped
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down on THCA, which effectively
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banned the sale of smokable hemp
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products even though possessing them
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remains legal.
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They basically took our
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highest selling products
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off the shelves.
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I can tell you our sales went
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to 5%.
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That's not even enough to cover our
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rent.
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Earlier this month, Texas hemp
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businesses sued the state.
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They argued regulators went beyond
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their authority by changing what
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counts as legal hemp and by
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imposing sharply higher fees on
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businesses.
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A state court issued a temporary
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restraining order, allowing smokable
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products back on store shelves while
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keeping those higher fees in place.
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This week, the hemp industry is
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asking for something longer-lasting,
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a temporary injunction that
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would keep some of the new rules on
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hold while the lawsuit plays out,
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which could take years.
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The court will call D1GN26002511,
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Texas Hemp Business Council.
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During court proceedings, attorneys
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for the state of Texas argued
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regulators did not rewrite the law.
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They said THCA levels have long
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been a part of how hemp is tested
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prior to harvesting.
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And so now, they say, regulators are
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just applying that total THC
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metric to consumable products.
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Zachary Berg is a lawyer with the
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Texas Attorney General's office.
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The definition of total THC
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used in the rules is consistent with
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the federal definition and
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consistent with definition of other
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states such as Colorado.
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Texas has the biggest hemp market in
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the country.
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Country, according to Robin
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Goldstein.
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He directs research at the Cannabis
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Economics Group at UC Davis.
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Goldstein says businesses nationwide
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are selling products into Texas.
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If you suddenly cut off that revenue
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stream for them, a lot of the
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producers of these products, which
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are shipping across state lines and
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which are located all across the
9:29
country, those are threatened by
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the Texas shutdown if that happens.
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Goldstein says prohibiting the sale
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of smokable hemp products could put
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thousands of mom-and-pop retailers
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out of business in Texas and
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prompt many consumers to turn to the
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illegal market.
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Well, a little bit more news here
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for you. U.S.
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Senator John Cornyn and Texas
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Attorney General Ken Paxton are in
9:53
a May 26 runoff for the
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Republican U.
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S. Senate nomination.
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Well, that part's not new, but this
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part is.
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A new poll finds that Democratic
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nominee state rep James Tallarico
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of Austin is ahead of
10:06
both of them.
10:07
The Texas public opinion research
10:08
poll of likely voters has Tallarica
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leading CornyN by three points and
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Paxton by five points.
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That poll shows Tallarico getting
10:16
more support from moderates and
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independents.
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And support from those voters is
10:20
considered key to a Democrat-winning
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Texas statewide office
10:24
for the first time since
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1994.
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We have more news on the KUT
10:31
app and online at KUT.org.
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And we have more Austin Signal
10:35
coming up after this break,
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including talking with Austin
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Film Society about their Doc Days
10:42
festival kicking off tomorrow.
10:44
And some changes to the KUT
10:46
Festival, just the locations.
10:48
We're gonna let you know about those
10:49
coming up after this.
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Thank you for being with us.
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This is Austin Signal.
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Welcome back to the show.
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This year, the Austin Film Society's
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Doc Day's Film Festival is
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highlighting the effects of SpaceX
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on the South Texas coast,
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looking at collective action by UPS
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workers, the work to return
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ancestral remains to native lands,
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and a whole lot more.
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Joining me now to talk about that is
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Holly Herrick, head of film and
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creative media at Austin Film
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Society.
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Holly, thanks for joining us.
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Thanks so much for having me.
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Of course. So we want to talk about
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the films that you're going to be
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showcasing this week, but wanted to
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ask you a little bit about the focus
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on documentary work and why
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you think that it's so special.
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Sure. So this is Austin Film
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Society's annual non-fiction film
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festival, AFS Doc Days.
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And the curatorial line is
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really looking for very
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unique, special non-fiction
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films, not the paint-by-numbers
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documentaries that you might see on
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certain streaming services, but
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films that speak to the moment,
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but are also timeless,
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that we'll look back on as
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saying something really special or
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unique about the world that we're
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living in today, but that our
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touchstones.
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So we often find that films
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that we show at Doc Days end up
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being in the end of year
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conversations around sort of best
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films of the year.
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And it is with such a small program,
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sort of a best of what's out there
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in the nonfiction community.
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The other thing that we're doing
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with the festival is celebrating the
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documentary and nonfiction film
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community that we have in Austin
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and in Texas.
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There are many great nonfiction
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filmmakers living and working here.
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And so we want it to be an
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opportunity for them to interact
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with guests from.
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The greater non-fiction community,
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and that's all happening at the AFS
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cinema during AFS Doc Days.
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Very cool. Well, one of the stories
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that focuses on Texas is a
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documentary called Shifting
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Baselines.
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Can you tell us a little bit about
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that one?
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Yes, this is
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such a unique film.
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It takes place in
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on the Texas coast,
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where the SpaceX
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operation has been set up.
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And it's pretty much an ethnography
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of the town
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where SpaceX is located,
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sort of studying how the
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town has been changed by
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SpaceX setting up there.
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And what we find are
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some really unexpected characters.
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You know, people who are sort of
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migrating, they're going on these
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almost pilgrimages to
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see SpaceX and
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to talk about the future
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of humans and space
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exploration alongside people
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like the person we're going to have
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in person at the cinema named Gage
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Dabula. He's a journalist who
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is documenting the effects of
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the residents and how
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the town is changing
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dramatically from SpaceX
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being there.
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And then the film takes a really
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interesting turn to talk about
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how humanity is
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not thinking broadly about
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our future and about the ways in
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which space exploration is gonna
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affect life on Earth.
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And it's a really fascinating
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turn and I can't really say too much
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about it. You just kind of have to
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see the movie which is also just
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stunning black and white
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cinematography, it's incredible,
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yeah.
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Okay, that's definitely a good hook,
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and Gage Davila used to report
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on public radio for Texas Public
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Radio, so that's a voice that many
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of our listeners out there might be
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familiar with. That is happening on
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Friday, correct?
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That's right, and Gage will be there
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in person talking about
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Boca Chica and his
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reporting and also appearing in
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the film and what that was like.
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So he's one of many characters that
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the filmmakers follow in Boca-Chica,
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Texas.
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Well, the movie that's gonna be
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opening the Fest is called Who Moves
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America?
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What is that about?
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Who Moves America is about
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an almost labor
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strike by UPS that
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happened about five years ago.
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And during the
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mobilization towards a
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strike, all of the workers were
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looking back on a strike that
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happened at UPS in the 90s.
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And you have to think that UPS is
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actually the biggest organized labor
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force in the United States.
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It represents more than 350,000
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workers.
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And so a strike by UPS
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basically shuts down shipping in
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the United States.
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And so what happened in the 90s was
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this massive labor strike that sort
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of gave birth to
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a generational knowledge
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about how to organize
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as workers.
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And so the film is about sort of
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looking back at past generations
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of organizers and
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thinking about organizing, labor
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organizing.
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As sort of a lineage that there are
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things to learn from the past that
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can be taken into the future.
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And it's really inspiring in that
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way. And it was just fascinating
15:37
getting the inside story of
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how a strike happens or doesn't
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happen.
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So it's a riveting film,
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also really inspiring.
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Well, there are lots of great films
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that are going to be featured during
15:48
the fest and there are lots of a
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great Q&A's that happen after a
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lot of these films. I've been able
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to host some of these and they're
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always a really good time.
15:55
The audience always asks really
15:57
great questions.
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What else do you have planned for
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this round of Dock Days?
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So eight of the nine films that
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we're showing will have filmmakers
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in attendance.
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And we also have, like you said,
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amazing moderators.
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And Jerry, I'm waiting for you to
16:10
come back this year.
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So we still have a couple of
16:13
opportunities. But we do have some
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really, really cool conversations
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set up. So Jason Head,
16:18
who's the senior editor of Texas
16:20
Monthly and has reported on
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Boca Chica and SpaceX, he'll be
16:24
talking to Gage Davula who's in the
16:25
film. So that'll be a fantastic
16:27
conversation.
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We have the producer of this
16:31
film called The Lake, which is about
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the ecological crisis
16:35
in Salt Lake City, of the drying of
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the Great Salt Lake, which is a
16:38
massive water issue.
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And we can certainly learn some
16:40
things about what's happening in
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Utah, about our community and water
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issues here.
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And the producer that film who
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made this movie over many years is
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named Fletcher Keys, and he'll be
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here in person for conversation.
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So many sort of
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great opportunities.
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We also have the producer of
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Anikubidjigan, the ancestor,
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great-grandparent, great grandchild,
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very long title, that
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Laura Rice from Texas Standard,
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also from your home station here,
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KUT, will be moderating a
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conversation with the producer that
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film, Jackie Clark.
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And that film is, of course, about
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the repatriation of ancestral
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remains to their
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tribes.
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All right, well it sounds like lots
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of great festivals, lots of
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opportunities. I'm gonna take a look
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at the list and maybe we'll see you
17:22
out there this weekend.
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We also have the KUT Fest going on,
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lots going on. We're gonna be
17:26
speaking. I'm doing a panel
17:28
called Roll Credits.
17:29
I'll be speaking with Martin Jones
17:31
from Austin Film Society as well.
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So lots of film activity going on
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this weekend, Doc Days starts
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tomorrow at the Austin Film
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society. We've been speaking with
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Holly Karick, Head of Film and
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Creative Media at Austin Film
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Society, Holly, thank you for your
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time.
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Thank you. It's a great weekend to
17:46
be in Oz tonight.
17:55
Speaking of the KUT Festival,
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you may have heard by now that late
17:58
yesterday afternoon, UT-notified
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KUT staff and KUTFest attendees
18:03
at the bulk of the festival will
18:04
be moved off-campus, and panels
18:06
slated for Friday will be move
18:08
to Saturday.
18:09
The Texas newsroom's Nina Satija
18:11
has more on that and a reported
18:13
piece at KUT.org.
18:15
We'll have that in the show notes
18:16
for today's podcast.
18:18
But ultimately, what does that mean
18:19
for festival-goers?
18:20
Well, KUT's Jennifer Staten spoke
18:22
with Matt Riley, program director
18:24
for KUTx, on the last-minute
18:26
logistical changes.
18:28
So we're talking about the KUT
18:30
Festival, which is still coming up
18:31
this weekend, Friday and Saturday.
18:33
We've done a little bit of shifting
18:35
of the venues though.
18:36
Talk a little about where we're
18:38
gonna be having the Kut Festival
18:39
now.
18:40
Yeah, so Friday night, there will
18:41
still be the keynotes address
18:43
here with CEO
18:45
of NPR, Catherine Maher.
18:47
That's happening at the LBJ
18:49
auditorium.
18:50
That is pretty much remaining the
18:52
same. There's also a dinner if
18:53
you're interested in that.
18:54
Check out the website,
18:55
ktfestival.org.
18:58
Also, we're moving
18:59
Saturday. So the
19:02
portion that was going to be all on
19:03
campus Saturday has moved to Central
19:05
Machine Works and East End Ballroom.
19:07
Now, if you look those up on a map.
19:10
You would see they're next to each
19:12
other. The addresses will look
19:13
different, but they're really just
19:14
next door to each.
19:15
So don't get stymied
19:17
by that.
19:17
So we're gonna have all
19:19
the programming moving over to East
19:21
End Ballroom and Central Machine
19:22
Works on Saturday.
19:23
So we'll have panels, we'll live
19:25
music with Shaky Graves and Black
19:26
Odyssey and Melissa Carper and
19:28
Jacuzzi and all that.
19:29
That's still happening.
19:30
You'll still get to see Yoga with
19:31
Adrienne, Noah Hawley talking TV.
19:34
And so we'll lots of panels,
19:36
everything from healthcare to film.
19:38
It's gonna be great.
19:39
Right, so the main thing is the
19:41
venue is changing as you described
19:42
to Central Machine Works and East
19:44
End Ballroom, and it is cool because
19:45
they're kind of neighbors.
19:47
So it's easy footprint to a- They're
19:48
right next door to each other.
19:49
Yeah, that's gonna be great.
19:51
Now, so Matt, the other question
19:52
will be for folks who have already
19:53
registered and had gotten passes,
19:56
the registration and the pass
19:57
situation is changing a little bit.
19:59
Walk us through what's gonna to be
20:00
different with that.
20:01
Correct. This is a free event.
20:03
This is free event now,
20:05
but you must RSVP.
20:08
And you can do that at
20:09
kutfestival.org.
20:10
You have to RSVPs in advance if
20:12
you plan on coming. I'm gonna say
20:13
that again. You have RSV
20:15
P in advance at the website,
20:18
kutfestival.or if you planned
20:20
on attending because we
20:21
need an accurate head count.
20:23
This is smaller space.
20:24
Both of them are smaller spaces.
20:26
And so we wanna make sure we get an
20:27
accurate head count and we can fit
20:28
everybody who wants to be there.
20:30
So, no just walking out.
20:32
Right. So I have a question.
20:33
Do you have to RSVP?
20:35
Yes, Jen,
20:37
you do.
20:37
You do have to RSVP, I
20:39
just want to clarify that.
20:40
Those four letters are your friends.
20:42
And you can do that at
20:44
KUTFestival.org.
20:45
And as we'll be having some listing
20:47
about the venue changes,
20:49
you'll be able to keep up with all
20:50
of that at KUTFestival dot
20:52
org. So just to kind of recap here,
20:55
Friday night, staying the same at
20:57
the LBJ Auditorium, we're
20:59
gonna hear from Maria Hosa from
21:00
Latino USA, NPR's
21:02
Domenico Montanaro and Leila Fadal.
21:05
Cory Booker's gonna be talking about
21:07
his book, Stand, in conversation
21:09
with Domenica Montanar.
21:10
All of that happening Friday night.
21:12
On the UT Austin campus till the LBJ
21:14
library. But Saturday,
21:16
kind of the centerpiece day,
21:17
everything moving to Central Machine
21:18
Works and East End Ballroom.
21:20
Your festival-ness moves
21:22
on Saturday.
21:23
So yeah, we're gonna be over at
21:25
Central Machine Works in East End
21:26
Ballroom.
21:27
It's all right there between Cesar
21:29
Chavez and Fifth Street.
21:30
So if you wanna join us, you
21:32
gotta RSVP kids and
21:34
you do it at kutfestival.org.
21:36
Hey Matt, talk a little bit about
21:37
the live music.
21:38
That's not my area of expertise
21:40
as much as yours.
21:41
What's some of the music going to
21:42
get expected here on Saturday?
21:43
So you've got
21:45
Melissa Carper, some great old-timey
21:47
sounding country.
21:49
Jacuzzi, who I can't describe
21:50
because they're insane and awesome.
21:52
Black Odyssey, who are amazing soul
21:55
and rock and they meld all the
21:57
genres.
21:57
And then Shaky Graves,
21:59
Austin's own ShakyGraves.
22:02
And so he's gonna be your headliner.
22:03
And we're gonna be wrapping this
22:04
thing up by 6 p.m.
22:05
So if you're thinking, I'm gonna go
22:06
out Saturday night and do this.
22:08
No, this is a daytime event.
22:09
We're gonna start in the morning and
22:10
we're going to end around 6 pm.
22:11
That's my kind of timing wrapping up
22:13
by 6pm.
22:14
Start early, end early.
22:15
That's what I say.
22:16
Me too. Me too, Matt Raleigh
22:18
from KUT and KUTx.
22:20
Matt, thanks so much for coming in
22:21
to a talk about the KUT Festival.
22:23
One note, the kids programming
22:25
has been eliminated
22:27
from the, it just happened in
22:29
the churn of all this.
22:30
And so unfortunately we don't have
22:32
any kids programming.
22:33
But you will be able to keep up with
22:34
changes in the venues.
22:35
We're not going to be at Central
22:36
Machine Works and East End Ballroom.
22:38
You'll be able see the schedule and
22:40
RSVP at
22:42
kutfestival.org.
22:44
Thanks so much, Matt.
22:45
Happy to do it.
22:47
And keep checking back for an
22:48
updated schedule and additional
22:50
information at KUTFestival.org.
22:53
So many great panels and
22:54
performances happening this weekend.
22:56
It's going to be a great time for
22:58
our community to come together and
22:59
we hope that you can join us.
23:01
It should be a beautiful day here in
23:03
Austin. So come hang out with
23:05
us and in case you didn't hear you
23:06
can RSVP at KUTFestival.org.
23:11
Don't forget that AFS Doc
23:13
Days kicks off tomorrow
23:15
and I am going to be
23:17
out at the cinema on Sunday.
23:20
I will be moderating a
23:22
Q&A following the film called
23:24
The Voyage Out.
23:25
It's 3 p.m.
23:26
On Sunday, we would love to see you
23:28
out there, we would like to see at
23:30
the Fest.
23:31
Wherever you are out there,
23:33
we are glad that you are tuned in
23:35
right now to Austin Signal.
23:37
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23:39
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23:40
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23:43
We have more in the podcast show
23:44
notes and at KUT.org
23:46
slash Signal.
23:48
Our team is Kristen Cabrera,
23:50
Alexandra Hart, and Rayna Sevilla.
23:52
I'm your host, Jerry Quijano.
23:53
We'll talk to you tomorrow.