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An illustration of a fly at a press conference about the New World screwworm in Kerrville on June 8, 2026.

TribCast: How big of a threat is screwworm?

by Matthew Watkins June 9, 2026

In this week’s episode, the TribCast team talks to Phillip Kaufman, head of Texas A&M’s entomology department, and Josh Winegarner from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association about the arrival of screwworm in Texas.

A biker rides past the CapMetro Red Line train at the Downtown Station during the South by Southwest festival on March 13, 2026.

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TribCast: Can Austin’s Project Connect get back on track?

by Eleanor Klibanoff June 2, 2026

What Texans can learn from the past and future of Austin’s multi-billion dollar public transit overhaul.

TribCast Live: Breaking down the 2026 Runoffs

by Texas Tribune Events Staff May 27, 2026

The TribCast team unpacks this week’s raucous runoffs

A student walks down the hallway at Cactus Elementary School in Cactus on Jan. 28, 2020.

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TribCast: Where have all the school kids gone?

by Eleanor Klibanoff May 19, 2026

Our podcast looks into declining public school enrollment and other impacts of the federal immigration crackdown.

Then-state Rep. Barbara Jordan, D-Houston, at her desk in Washington on April 7, 1976.

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TribCast: The past and future of the Voting Rights Act in Texas

by Eleanor Klibanoff May 5, 2026

The Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. What does that mean for Texas?

A pickup on U.S. 277 North passes the glow coming from the Lancium Clean Campus, the home of the Abilene DC1 Stargate Project data center Tuesday April 21, 2026. The data center is scheduled to be complete by 2028.

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TribCast: Texas’ looming data center fight

by Eleanor Klibanoff April 28, 2026

As Texas lawmakers prepare to tackle the thorny data center issue next session, what can we learn from Virginia’s experience?

Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a campaign event in Houston on Feb. 11, 2026.

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TribCast: Greg Abbott battles cities over working with ICE

by Matthew Watkins April 23, 2026

TribCast takes a deeper look at Gov. Greg Abbott’s battle with Houston, Dallas and Austin over the cities’ relationship with federal immigration enforcement.

The Cactus Islamic Center in Cactus on Jan. 29, 2020. Cactus is about 60 miles north of Amarillo.

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TribCast: Anti-Muslim rhetoric in Texas politics

by Eleanor Klibanoff April 7, 2026

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: Assessing the rollout of Texas school vouchers

by Matthew Watkins March 31, 2026

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.