Texas Tribune TribCast
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Hosted by the Tribune's Alexa Ura and featuring a rotating cast of Tribune reporters, editors and special guests, the TribCast is an informal and, with luck, amusing discussion of Texas politics and policy. New episodes post each week.
Texas Tribune TribCast
7M ago
The Texas Tribune put this podcast on hiatus in August 2023 due to staffing changes in the newsroom. The TribCast was The Texas Tribune's weekly political podcast, hosted by Matthew Watkins and featuring a rotating cast of editors, reporters and other guests ..read more
Texas Tribune TribCast
7M ago
In this week’s episode, we discuss the changes at Houston ISD after a state takeover in June ..read more
Texas Tribune TribCast
8M ago
In this week’s episode, we discuss two cases at Texas A&M University that raised questions of academic freedom — and the fallout that ensued ..read more
Texas Tribune TribCast
8M ago
In this week’s episode, we discuss the half-million people booted from Texas’ Medicaid rolls and the state’s deployment of razor wire and buoys along the border in Eagle Pass ..read more
Texas Tribune TribCast
9M ago
In this week’s episode, we discuss the winners and losers — politically and financially — after lawmakers approved an $18 billion tax cut bill ..read more
Texas Tribune TribCast
9M ago
In this week’s episode, we speak with The Texas Tribune’s climate reporter Erin Douglas about why it’s been so hot in Texas and examine the long-term implications as climate change shifts the entire range of Texas heat upward ..read more
Texas Tribune TribCast
9M ago
In this week’s two-topic TribCast, we discuss the U.S. Supreme Court blocking the consideration of race in college admissions and the dangerous heat inside Texas prisons this summer ..read more
Texas Tribune TribCast
9M ago
In this week’s episode, energy expert Doug Lewin discusses how wind and solar power are supplying an increasing amount of power in Texas whether state leaders like it or not ..read more
Texas Tribune TribCast
10M ago
In this week’s episode we check in with radio host Mark Davis and politics reporter Patrick Svitek about the GOP intraparty fighting over property taxes and Ken Paxton’s impeachment ..read more
Texas Tribune TribCast
10M ago
In this week’s episode, we discuss the arrest of Austin developer Nate Paul, what it might say about Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial and whether it makes Paxton more vulnerable to criminal prosecution ..read more