Texas Tribune TribCast

Texas Tribune TribCast

TribCast is a weekly political podcast hosted by Matthew Watkins and Eleanor Klibanoff, and featuring a rotating cast of editors, reporters and other guests. The TribCast is returning as a limited-run weekly series during the 2025 legislative session.

Episodes

Texas' redistricting gamble

July 15, 2025 • 47 mins
Matthew and Eleanor are joined by Kareem Crayton, from the Brennan Center for Justice, to look more closely at Texas' rare midcyle redistricting.
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Floods in the Hill Country

July 8, 2025 • 40 mins
In this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor are joined by Matt Lanza, a meteorologist from Houston, to discuss the deadly Texas floods. How did they happen? Could people have been better warned? And what can keep this region safe in the future?
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A very unusual Supreme Court term

July 1, 2025 • 35 mins
The TribCast gang is finally reunited, and joined by Georgetown Law Professor Steve Vladeck to recap the big cases and unresolved questions from the U.S. Supreme Court's recent rulings.
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A special legislative session is coming

June 23, 2025 • 27 mins
This week, we run an emergency episode to discuss Gov. Greg Abbott vetoing Texas THC ban and calling a special session. Will redistricting end up on the agenda?
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TribCast Live: North Texas and the Legislative Session

June 18, 2025 • 46 mins
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TribCast Live: Education and the Legislative Session

June 13, 2025 • 43 mins
How do Texas teachers grade the Texas Legislature's big education session? Listen to TribCast live from the Austin Central Library.
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Did lawmakers make improvements to Texas' infrastructure?

June 3, 2025 • 40 mins
Texas legislators took big strides to strengthen our water and grid systems this session. Will it be enough? Texas Tribune reporters Alejandra Martinez and Carlos Nogueras Ramos join the pod to discuss.












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Dan Patrick and Greg Abbott are getting what they want this legislative session

May 27, 2025 • 39 mins
In this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor talk with politics reporter Jasper Scherer about education funding, the effort ban THC and how conservative priorities are sailing through the legislative session in Texas this year.


















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Higher education and the battle for Texas universities

May 20, 2025 • 45 mins
Big shakeups at the top of Texas’ major universities, and major legislative changes on the way to boot. Three current and former Tribune higher ed reporters overwhelm Eleanor with information. 
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Can Texas make its housing more affordable?

May 13, 2025 • 43 mins
Urban affairs reporter Josh Fechter, and Emily Dove join the pod to talk about how the legislature is moving the needle on housing costs, zoning restrictions and property taxes.
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One month of session left and the kids are fighting

May 6, 2025 • 43 mins
As we embark on the month of May, the gang recaps the big topics so far - vouchers, water, immigration and THC, among others - and the work left to be done.
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Oceans $95 million: Inside the lottery scandals roiling Texas

April 29, 2025 • 37 mins
What the hell is happening at the Texas Lottery? Local lottery expert/Texas Tribune night reporter Ayden Runnels takes us inside.
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Get out the popcorn, it's Paxton vs. Cornyn

April 22, 2025 • 36 mins
It’s the insurgents versus the incumbents in the biggest Senate showdown in years. We dig into the details. 
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Can Texas retain and train teachers?

April 15, 2025 • 28 mins
With schools being a top issue this legislative session, we zoom in on one important constituency: teachers. How will the proposed pay raises affect them? What has the impact of hiring more uncertified teachers in recent years? And how are they feeling overall about their jobs? 
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Covering Texas' new abortion fights

April 8, 2025 • 34 mins
Legislators will attempt to clarify the abortion bans, while also further cracking down on pills. And, the first post-Dobbs arrest! 
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THC you in a special session? How the battle to ban THC in Texas could play out

April 1, 2025 • 36 mins
Current status of marijuana laws and the fight to regulate - or ban - THC products
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How long til there's a Buc-ee's on Mars?

March 25, 2025 • 37 mins
What does the space industry want from the Texas Legisature?
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Texas measles outbreak and vaccines

March 18, 2025 • 41 mins
It’s the five year anniversary of COVID, and Texas is facing measles, avian flu and increased vaccine hesitancy. What have we learned?
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Session so far

March 11, 2025 • 39 mins
Things are about to significantly speed up under the dome, but there have been no shortage of fireworks so far. We’ll recap what’s already happened and what’s to come. We’ll also bid adieu to James. 
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Texas attempts to regulate AI

March 4, 2025 • 35 mins
In this week's episode, Matthew speaks with University of Texas at Austin professor Sherri Greenberg about attempts by state lawmakers to protect Texans from the dangers of artificial intelligence and the blowback it's creating by some Republicans and people in the tech industry.
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