Episode Transcript
Hi, it's Katie Vine. I'm a writer here at Texas Monthly,
and I want to tell you about something new with
the magazine. You've got a new podcast series just for
Texas Monthly Audio subscribers that'll bring you even closer to
the stories in the latest issue. The show is called
TM out Loud. Every other week, you'll hear new conversations
with writers and editors about their work, immersive audio from
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our reporting, and expanded interviews with people at the center
of Texas Monthly coverage. In the first episodes, you'll hear
longtime Texas Monthly restaurant critic Pat Sharp, looking back on
fifty years with the magazine.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
My timing was perfect, it turned out, because the Texas
dining scene was taking off. It wasn't long before a
group of charismatic young chefs in Dallas, Houston, and San
Antonio were in on the act. The creative spirit that
started with the pioneering shifts of Southwestern cuisine forty years
ago is just getting stronger. Kitchens are sending out astonishing
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dishes every day, and I'll miss being one of the
lucky few to try them. All. We human beings are
hardwired to break red together whether that happens in a
dining room, a tacoia, a cafe, or a picnic table
beside a food truck.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
A dispatch from an ultra marathon in a state park
surrounded by alligators.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Yeah, there's just so much preparation that goes into this,
both physical and mental. There is some fear with alligators,
not on purpose, but gotten pretty close to them, just
running around a blind corner and coming around to see one,
and you know you can go around either end of
them and stay safe, prefer the tail.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
And a behind the scenes look at Texas Monthly's list
of the state's top fifty barbecue spots and the latest
trends in Texas barbecue.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
I think we had such distinct styles, such distinct regional
styles and microregional styles, because all these different pitmasters were
learning from the same people, are the same group of people,
and now we have the ability to share information in
a way that makes those styles spread rapidly.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
These stories are just for Texas Monthly Audio subscribers. Another
benefit to subscribing, along with early access to our other
podcasts and special bonus episodes of our other shows, visit
Texasmonthly dot com slash audio to subscribe and sign up
for TM out Loud,
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