{"id":52,"date":"2016-05-04T01:11:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T01:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.tttkjk.com\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2016-05-04T01:11:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T01:11:17","slug":"episode-1-the-elberta-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.tttkjk.com\/?page_id=52","title":{"rendered":"Episode 1: The Elberta years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.tttkjk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rsh_podcast_image_1400x1400-300x300.png\" alt=\"Interview with Ray Hintze\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.tttkjk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rsh_podcast_image_1400x1400-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dev.tttkjk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rsh_podcast_image_1400x1400-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/dev.tttkjk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rsh_podcast_image_1400x1400-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dev.tttkjk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rsh_podcast_image_1400x1400-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/dev.tttkjk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rsh_podcast_image_1400x1400.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ray Hintze Oral History \u00b7 39:04<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/dev.tttkjk.com\/wp-content\/podcasts\/rsh\/rsh_podcast_E01.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\nHello everyone, I\u2019m Todd Williams, it\u2019s April 22, 2016 and today I\u2019m embarking on what I hope will be an interesting and informative series of podcasts about the life of my father, Ray Hintze.\r\n\r\nMy son-in-law Weston\u2019s foray into podcasting is what inspired me.\u00a0 A few months ago he started podcasting relatively short interviews with each of his parents and siblings, mainly to share life experiences and personal insight with his extended family, and I admit I caught the bug.\u00a0 So, a few weeks ago I mentioned to my dad that I wanted to interview him when he came to Texas for my daughter, Katelyn\u2019s, wedding in early April; and he agreed to the interview.\r\n\r\nTo prepare myself and him for the interview I re-read his written personal history, the one that he and mom collaborated on back in 2001 thru 2003, and I sent him a series of questions for him to think about in advance.\u00a0 Now, dad has had a long life.\u00a0 He was born in 1931 and turns 85 in July of this year.\u00a0 When I got to the point in his history when he married my mother in 1969 (which was his 3<sup>rd<\/sup> marriage, by the way), I had five pages of questions and time was running short (and we were pretty busy preparing for the wedding guests that would be descending upon us in just days).\u00a0 So I sent him those pages of questions and figured that I\u2019d just see where that got us.\r\n\r\nAs it turned out, we only had enough free time during the week he was here in Houston to capture about 3-1\/2 hours of recorded interview, and we had only covered the five pages of questions up through 1969.\u00a0 I fully expect to be able to complete the interview in the coming weeks as our schedules allow; even if it happens over the phone, or Skype, or Facetime, or whatever.\r\n\r\nNow, I\u2019m not going to make you listen to the raw 3-1\/2 hours of our interview.\u00a0 What I am going to do is break our interview down into segments that will range from about 30 to 60 minutes in length.\u00a0 I will publish those podcasts weekly over the course of a few weeks.\u00a0 Interspersed throughout the interview I intend on adding my own commentary on some of the things I learned about some of the topics we discussed.\u00a0 For example, in the interview, dad mentions the Elberta peach, which I believe he alludes received its name from the town of Elberta, where he was born and lived until he was about 5 years old.\u00a0 As it turns out, there were peach orchards in Elberta, but the town was actually named after the peach, and not the other way around.\u00a0 I researched that topic a bit and interject some commentary about that in the interview, because I thought it was interesting.\r\n\r\nAs far as I can discern, dad\u2019s memory is as sharp as ever.\u00a0 I asked him to delve back in time 60, 70, and 80+ years during this interview and, for the most part, his ability to recall events and names from so long ago was remarkable.\u00a0 So, this series of podcasts will hopefully be entertaining and informative, and give you some insight into the life of a man that many, many people call husband, father, grandpa, great-grandpa, uncle, friend, associate, and so on.\r\n\r\nI have one final comment.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a professional interviewer nor podcaster.\u00a0 I\u2019m actually an engineer, and by nature engineers are boring and drab.\u00a0 I\u2019m doing this on my home computer by myself using Apple\u2019s GarageBand software.\u00a0 Sometimes the audio and production quality isn\u2019t perfect, and I make mistakes in the interview process.\u00a0 When you hear these imperfections, please be kind.\u00a0 It\u2019s a lot harder than you think.\u00a0 If you have comments about any of the content of the interview, please contact me and share it with me.\u00a0 I\u2019d love to hear your insights and thoughts.\r\n\r\nWith that said, I hope you enjoy this series of podcasts.\u00a0 And now, my interview with my father, Ray Hintze.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ray Hintze Oral History \u00b7 39:04 Hello everyone, I\u2019m Todd Williams, it\u2019s April 22, 2016 and today I\u2019m embarking on what I hope will be an interesting and informative series of podcasts about the life of my father, Ray Hintze. 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