This week on The Ticket: Ben Philpott and Jay Root record the podcast during the first presidential debate — and before a live audience of Future Forum members at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin. They relive some of the most memorable presidential debate moments and talk with UT-Austin pollster Jim Henson about whether or not debates matter in an election. 

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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...