The Ticket was a weekly look at presidential politics from a Texas perspective in the leadup to the 2016 election. It included veteran political reporters Jay Root of The Texas Tribune and Ben Philpott of KUT News. Find it on SoundCloud and Stitcher. More in this series

The Ticket: The Donald, Jeb! and Julie Mason

This week on The Ticket: Two big name Republicans joined the 2016 primary field this week. We’ll talk about Donald Trump and Jeb Bush with SiriusXM POTUS host Julie Mason. Ben Philpott and Jay Root take a deeper dive on the Bush announcement as they break down his speech on Stump Interrupted.

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Ben Philpott is a senior reporter for KUT-FM, Austin’s National Public Radio affiliate. He has been covering state politics and dozens of other topics for the station since 2002, during which time he...

Jay Root is an award-winning journalist who reported for the Tribune from 2011 to 2020. He covered the dramatic collapse of Gov. Rick Perry’s 2012 presidential campaign and went on to write an ebook...