Rep. Salman Bhojani, one of the first Muslim state legislators, joins TribCast to talk about the backlash his community has experienced in state government.
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TribCast is a weekly political podcast, hosted by Matthew Watkins and Eleanor Klibanoff, and featuring a rotating list of guests that includes politicians, policy experts and Texas Tribune journalists.
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TribCast: Assessing the rollout of Texas school vouchers
In this week’s episode, hosts Matthew and Eleanor talk with Tribune K-12 education reporter Jaden Edison about who in Texas applied for school vouchers and why Muslim schools were shut out of the program.
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TribCast: Inside Texas’ massive ICE detention facilities
The sprawling immigration lockups are serving as a national blueprint. What’s life like for detainees?
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TribCast: Corpus Christi’s water woes
What does Corpus’ looming water crisis mean for the rest of the state?
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TribCast: The El Paso airspace fiasco
In this week’s episode, our host talks with Robert Moore, CEO of El Paso Matters, about the federal government briefly pausing air travel into El Paso. What does it say about the federal government, border security and the lives of El Pasoans?
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TribCast: Online influencers and the 2026 Texas primaries
Our hosts are joined by Democratic strategist and content creator Olivia Julianna and political reporter Kayla Guo to unpack what all the recent social media drama means about the Democratic party.
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TribCast: Did the winter storm show our grid is fixed?
In this week’s episode of The Texas Tribune’s podcast, our hosts speak with Matt Boms about the Texas electrical grid’s strong performance during the recent winter storm. Does that mean the problems of 2021 are behind us?
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TribCast: Will Venezuela impact Texas’ oil industry?
TribCast dives into the potentially Texas-sized repercussions of President Trump’s plan to get U.S. companies to rebuild Venezuela’s oil industry.
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TribCast: Breaking down Trump’s immigration enforcement in Texas
With immigration enforcement ramping up in Texas, Texas Tribune reporter Colleen DeGuzman and immigration attorney Paul Pirela join TribCast to discuss.
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TribCast: Can Texas zero out property taxes?
TribCast digs into the dueling proposals that are teeing up a contentious property tax fight.