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Is health care a right… or a commodity?
Episode 17
It costs too much. And it’s too complicated. According to a great many voters in 2020, that is the only way to describe our modern health care system…
6 years ago
The President called while I was in the shower
Episode 16
The Jasons take a road trip to Austin to pour a pint with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. They chose Shiner, of course. And you have likely neve…
6 years ago
Registering to vote by photo booth
Episode 15
The Latino community in Texas has long been described as a sleeping giant, an electorate with the potential to swing our politics and policies. But b…
6 years, 1 month ago
I still don’t know who won Iowa. Does it matter now?
Episode 14
SYNOPSIS:
Election 2020 is already off to a wild start. The Iowa Democratic Party couldn’t report an accurate count of vote totals on caucus night. S…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Expensive Silence
Episode 13
Under-counting the census by 1% could cost Texas $300 million a year. In Rio Grande City, former Mayor Reuben Villareal estimates the 2010 census was…
6 years, 1 month ago
The U-Haul full of hemp
Episode 12
What happened outside Amarillo made national news, turned out to be a little embarrassing for the state and highlighted a problem facing law enforcem…
6 years, 1 month ago
Frenemy of the state: Saudi Arabia’s role in US-Iran clash
Episode 11
He calls himself the Desert Diplomat. Few Texans have as clear of an understanding of what’s happening in the Middle East as Robert Jordan. The SMU p…
6 years, 2 months ago
Living in fear: The people who don’t report crimes in Texas.
Episode 10
A small-town Texas police chief said something recently that caught the attention of the Jasons. Immigration rhetoric is making our communities less …
6 years, 2 months ago
Emergency Podcast: Yes, the U.S./Iran conflict affects your money. Here’s how
Episode 9
Dallas is more than 7,200 miles away from the Baghdad airport where a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Those miles disappear w…
6 years, 2 months ago
How the new trade deal will benefit Texas big time
Episode 8
The president promised to replace NAFTA. Democrats finally got what they wanted and this new deal is now called the USMCA – or United States Mexico C…
6 years, 2 months ago