Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMATT HOUSTON: "Eminent Domain Purgatory"
Episode 316
From crops to the tap, Texas is running out of water. In northeast Texas, one proposed solution is the Marvin Nichols reservoir. But it’s led to a ye…
1 year, 4 months ago
Speaker Burrows. Does Anything Change in Texas?
Episode 315
49 Democrats in the Texas House just helped elect a Republican Speaker, their leader says without any political horse-trading. Seen as a setback to t…
1 year, 5 months ago
Freshmen Texas Lawmakers Ready to Battle over Abortion, Education... even the Lottery
Episode 314
They don't even have the keys to their Capitol offices yet, or access to the computer system to file bills. But two incoming Texas Representatives ha…
1 year, 5 months ago
Judge Tim O’Hare: Not ‘The Green Eyed Monster’ Some Expected
Episode 313
Tim O’Hare, the unapologetic conservative leader of Tarrant County, has cut $58M from the budget without any layoffs during the first half of his ter…
1 year, 5 months ago
SPECIAL EPISODE: “I’ve done all I possibly could as a human being.” The Jimmy Carter interview.
Episode 270
He was the first president ever born in a hospital. With pride, Jimmy Carter recounts how the U.S. military never fired a bullet, dropped a bomb or l…
1 year, 5 months ago
DR. MICHAEL MURPHY: Texas Eliminates Vehicle Safety Exams, but not the Fees
Episode 312
In 2025, most Texans will no longer have to have their vehicles inspected. But in a development that surprises exactly no one, Texans will still pay …
1 year, 5 months ago
Y’all-itics “Cheers & Jeers” Episode
Episode 311
It is the episode you’ve been waiting for, when the Y’all-itics team discusses the best and worst of politics in 2024. Who gets a cheer? Who gets a j…
1 year, 6 months ago
Scot More: This Court has Clients, not Defendants, and it’s Easing Homelessness
Episode 310
It’s been open for nearly two decades, with thousands passing through its doors. Though you’ve likely never heard of it, this small courtroom in Hous…
1 year, 6 months ago
JOE RHODES: Politics Looks Different to This Texan on a 3-Year Cruise
Episode 309
A cruise sounds like the perfect getaway, right? How about for 3 years? It could be the perfect escape from American politics. Texan Joe Rhodes did j…
1 year, 6 months ago
Dr. Ray Perryman: Trump's Tariffs Would Be "Somewhere Between Bad and Ugly" for Texas
Episode 308
President-elect Trump is proposing steep tariffs on our North America trading partners. Those extra levies would be passed onto consumers in the form…
1 year, 6 months ago