34 episodes
Tara in the Neighborhood Tara Rios
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4.9 • 14 Ratings
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Tara in the Neighborhood is a podcast about life in Brownsville, Texas a border town along the Rio Grande. Tara will highlight the Rio Grande Valley, its people, and its culture to show a bird’s eye view of what it’s like living in a border community. Tara will sit down with up and coming innovators in the community, exciting business owners, and community activist. She will give an overview, of what’s happening in the border town of Brownsville, Texas. Tara lives on South Padre Island. She will give a unique perspective of a resort community off the coast of South Texas. Tara will share what it is like to live within two cultures, the United States and Mexico.
A few facts about Tara, she has lived in South Texas her entire life, she was born and raised in Corpus Christi and attended the University of Texas in Austin, and went on to get her Doctorate of Dental Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. She has been a community leader, an elected official both locally and at the state level. She now chooses to not talk about politics, due to the current level of divisiveness in our country. Tara has decided to highlight the fun and positive aspects of life in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Episode 33 Tara in the Neighborhood with Joe Steven
When Elon moved one of his launch sites to Brownsville his vision for space travel inspired our whole community. Joe Steven, a local composer created a composition based on the story of a human's first trip to Mars and his interpretation of how it would feel using music as his form of expression. I am not surprised Joe's new composition was inspired by space travel since Space X started their operations in Boca Chica the entire Valley began to really see our place in the World and beyond.
Joe discusses "his why". "Why" he creates his art. Is your music inspired or channeled????.....
The music in Starman has no words it is instrumental and Joe explains why he chose to let the music stand alone. We discuss the energy of music, vibration, and purpose-driven work.
We discuss extraterrestrials and Joe's take on the possibility of life in other life forms on other planets. "WE are searching for what the Truth Is"...Joe Steven
You can find Joe at
website: JoeSteven.com
@JoeStevenMusic
In the final few minutes, you can hear a small excerpt from Joe's album
Enjoy
Tara
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Tara in the Neighborhood Episode 32 - Talentless
In this episode, I finally got my youngest daughter to be a guest on my show. We discuss the concept of being “talentless”. The backdrop is a worldwide pandemic and sequestration of ourselves, a moment to have the time and space to “Be” with our humanity. I debate with Ana the very meaning of life and we debate the question, “Can you build a life based on fun?”. The concept of “being” leads to “doing” and “having” is a concept I have been playing with in my own life for the past 10 years. I love the idea of using my life as an experiment in creation.
Waking to watch the sunrise in the Gulf of Mexico on a paddleboard, surfing in a storm, questioning the existence of God, and trusting yourself to open the right door takes insight courage and grit these are qualities in Ana. I hope one day she listens to her younger self with a little more tenderness…
What does Tenderness look like?
IT is the Ocean
The ocean is never ending and salty
The ocean is strong and fierce but holds all life
IT holds human LIFE, animal LIFE
Small microbes to the largest BEINGS on the planet
Tenderness smells like flowers and fresh rain
Tenderness smells like eucalyptus and sunshine
IT is the strong hold of your hand
Which will only let go when you ask IT to
Tenderness sees all moments as perfect
Tenderness realizes there is nothing to forgive
IT makes me smile
What does Tenderness look like? -
Tara in the Neighborhood Episode 31 with Diary of a Housewife
Selena reminds us to take care in the simple acts of life. She reminds us all to take a moment and try to make it special. Selena does this with clothes but I see the bigger picture. The bigger picture is to create rituals and ceremonies in our everyday life. It could be as simple as curling your hair and choosing the perfect lipstick or reciting a poem to your loved ones. The action of enchanting everyday life is what Diary of a Housewife does with her pretty pictures and heartful encouragement to her followers. In times of evolution, humans need quiet moments to rest and I hope this podcast gives our listeners a moment to rest and be entertained by a local living a life of enchantment.......
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Tara in the Neighborhood Episode 30 with Dr. Reddy
Dr. Reddy is a Brownsville opthamologist who joins us to discuss her passion, eyes. She takes us on her journey from India to Texas and shares her story of life in deep south Texas. Dr. Reddy began mission work in early 2004 and found an outlet for her real passion helping her "extended family" see the world. Her mission work takes her across the globe from Myanmar to Ecuador. Her new project is with Stelle Middle school creating a mentoring program.
I have known Madhavi for years, we met at a Mom's group started by our mutual friend Christine Khetarpal. I have had many conversation with Madhavi over the years but I learned new details in our conversation and hope everyone enjoys the stories...... Tara in the Neighborhood
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Tara in the Neighborhood Episode 29 with Dr. Zavaleta, M.D.
In this podcast, I have a conversation with a local family practice physician, Dr. Beverly Zavaleta. We dive into her personal journey from physician to cancer patient. We discuss the dissection of separating ourselves from our professional personae. We meet both Dr. Zavaleta, the Havard trained physician and we meet Beverly, the person who has wisdom to share as she helps decipher the trials of chemotherapy.
Dr. Zavaleta's book and personal story helps the reader take a practical and calm approach to chemotherapy and offers a little help throughout the journey.
Enjoy, Tara
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Customer Reviews
This is home
As a Brownsvillian millennial that loves SPI more than any place in the world, I really enjoy this podcast! I’m always looking forward to find out who she talks to next. I recently moved out of the valley and this helps me feel close to home. So grateful for this podcast!