This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott talk about how the recent terrorist attacks in Paris are already playing a role in the 2016 campaign.
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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.
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The Ticket: Christie, Cruz and Full-Contact Campaigning
This week on The Ticket: Ted Cruz and Chris Christie were two of the winners from the last GOP debate. What does that mean for their campaigns? We join New Jersey Public Radio’s Matt Katz and WNYC’s David Furst to find out.
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The Ticket: The First Democratic Debate
This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott talk with Evan Smith about how Texas could play a defining role in both party primaries. And Jay and Ben offer their analysis of the first Democratic presidential debate.
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The Ticket: Throwback Thursday with Bernie Sanders
This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott revisit Bernie Sanders’ years as mayor of Burlington, Vt., and talk to UT-Austin pollster Jim Henson on the Sanders surge.
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The Ticket: Religion’s Role in the 2016 Race
This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott talk religion and the 2016 race with Sarah Posner of Religion Dispatches and WPLN reporter Chas Sisk.
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The Ticket: The Second GOP Debate
This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott look back at key moments from the 2016 campaign, and they talk with Jennifer Rubin, writer of The Washington Post’s Right Turn blog, about how the GOP field is handling Donald Trump.
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Video: Watch The Ticket Podcast
Check out a live video recording of The Ticket, our 2016 presidential politics podcast, with the Tribune’s Jay Root, KUT 90.5’s Ben Philpott and special guest Jennifer Rubin, writer for the Washington Post’s Right Turn blog.
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The Ticket: Ted Cruz Returns to Texas
This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott discuss one of the only GOP presidential candidates who’s survived the Summer of Trump: Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, and they talk to Texas activist JoAnn Fleming about Cruz’s rise to prominence on the national stage.
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The Ticket: The Past, Present and Future of Campaign Finance
This week on The Ticket: The Tribune’s Jay Root and KUT’s Ben Philpott dive into the billions of dollars flowing through our campaign finance system.
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The Ticket: Donald Trump vs. the GOP
This week on The Ticket: Jay Root and Ben Philpott break down the campaign of Donald Trump and talk to Josh Hafner, who’s reporting on the Trump campaign in Iowa for the Des Moines Register.