Caitlin Shook is the co-owner of The Annex — a bar at 312 South Chaparral in downtown Corpus Christi that doubles as a comedy venue, event space, and community gathering spot — and the host of The Bad Blonde, a live radio show on 1440 KEYS turned podcast about automotive history.

In this episode of the Corpus Christi Originals Podcast, recorded at The Annex, they talk about how Caitlin went from busing tables at 16 to opening her dream bar with her mom and sister, the Porsche 912E her dad gave her at 14 to keep her out of trouble, six years hosting a radio show she never thought she'd be on, why Corpus Christi is better than people give it credit for, chicken ship bingo, baby goat happy hour, the Ford Nucleon (Ford's nuclear-powered concept car), weed smugglers who funded their racing careers, and why birding is basically the original Pokémon Go.

Find Caitlin at The Annex — 312 South Chaparral, Corpus Christi. The Bad Blonde podcast is available wherever you listen.

Corpus Christi Originals amplifies the unheard voices in our community — the people making this city unique but not always getting the spotlight.

• (00:00:00) - The Annex
• (00:01:05) - Tina Fey on Starting a Comedy Bar
• (00:04:08) - The Only Green Restaurant In The City
• (00:07:06) - Working On A Car
• (00:08:45) - Repairing a Porsche 912E At 14
• (00:11:43) - I Had A Talk About Automotive History
• (00:15:33) - How Do You Handle Negative Comments?
• (00:18:39) - The Bar's Community
• (00:23:07) - "You Turn Into Your Own Best Friend"
• (00:23:31) - The Best Part About Auto History... The Podcast
• (00:27:03) - The History of the Automobile
• (00:31:32) - The Ford Nucleon Car
• (00:33:16) - Lowrider Cars
• (00:34:56) - Born and Raised in Corpus Christi
• (00:38:47) - Protesters voice support for oil workers
• (00:39:34) - "Let's start a club..."
• (00:39:51) - Working at the Chicken Bingo
• (00:40:06) - How do you go about hiring people for your businesses?
• (00:43:06) - Experiences Are Better Than Physical Sales
• (00:44:51) - The Little Longhorn Saloon
• (00:46:22) - College Student On Getting Kicked Out Of High School At 16
• (00:50:14) - Austin and the College Experience
• (00:50:33) - Farmworker on College Being the Play for His Life
• (00:51:55) - Working While in College
• (00:55:35) - Birds in Corpus Christi
• (00:56:49) - Let's Talk Flamingos
• (00:59:40) - Jimmy Kimmel on Birding
• (01:02:46) - Birding in the Panhandle
• (01:05:29) - Ke$ha on Pokemon Go
• (01:07:55) - Caitlin on Why She Doesn't Get Her Driver's License
• (01:09:00) - Bad Blonde on the Couch