TribCast: August 18, 2021

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On this episode of The Texas Tribune’s weekly politics podcast, Matthew Watkins speaks with Karen Brooks Harper, Cassi Pollock and James Barragán about whether the current pandemic wave will turn out to be Texas’ worst and why no Texas House Democrats have been arrested since their warrants were signed last week.

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Matthew Watkins began serving as editor in chief of the Tribune in September 2024. Matthew is a Texas native, born in Houston and raised in Austin. He attended public schools and graduated from Texas A&M...

Justin Dehn was a multimedia producer, focusing on video and audio production, from 2010 to 2023. He’s been shooting and producing news for more than two decades. Justin has been behind the camera for...