A candidate’s explosive past, a transportation commissioner’s multiple hats and #MeToo at the Texas Capitol (podcast)

On this week’s TribCast, Patrick talks to Alexa, Jay and Ross about a state House candidate’s pipe bomb-making history, a Texas transportation commissioner’s conflict of interest, the ongoing discussion about sexual harassment at the state Capitol and the Democratic gubernatorial primary.

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Patrick Svitek was the primary political correspondent for The Texas Tribune. Patrick covered elections, state leaders, the Legislature and political trends across the state from 2015 until 2024. He previously...

Todd Wiseman was the senior editor for video and multimedia at The Texas Tribune, where he worked from 2010 to 2023. Todd previously worked at the Austin School of Film and Synthetic Pictures and interned...