On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Alex about Beto O’Rourke’s disinterest in an Obama endorsement, whether the Kavanaugh confirmation process has energized GOP voters in Texas and what the Trib’s new affordable housing investigation shows.
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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: A Capitol sexting scandal; will Obama endorse O’Rourke?
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Alexa and Patrick about the sexting allegations against state Sen. Charles Schwertner, why former President Obama hasn’t endorsed Senate hopeful Beto O’Rourke, and whether O’Rourke and Sen. Ted Cruz will revisit their canceled debate.
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TribCast: Live from the Texas Tribune Festival
On the latest TribCast — recorded live at the Texas Tribune Festival — Emily talks to Ross and special guests about the Kavanaugh hearings and the U.S. Senate race that’s shaking up Texas.
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TribCast: Everything you need to know about the Texas Tribune Festival
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross, Patrick and Agnes about our first-ever downtown Texas Tribune Festival, Tuesday night’s San Antonio special election upset and the latest U.S. Senate polling.
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TribCast: San Antonio gears up for another special election
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the SD-19 special election match-up, Ted Cruz’s likability as a factor in his U.S. Senate race and the latest entrants to the Texas House Speaker’s race. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker intros, with a special message for his Texas colleague John Cornyn.
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TribCast: Trump vows to stump for Cruz in Texas
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about Donald Trump’s vow to stump for Ted Cruz, the Cruz campaign’s attacks on Beto O’Rourke and the most competitive congressional races in November.
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TribCast: It’s all Beto all the time
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross, Shannon and Emma about the national spotlight on the Ted Cruz/Beto O’Rourke race, the new chancellor of the University of Texas System and the Austin man selling 3D printed gun blueprints online.
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TribCast: A new name in the speaker’s race, an ouster at Texas Tech
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Dave about Travis Clardy’s addition to the House Speaker’s race, the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, Chancellor Robert Duncan’s surprise ouster from the Texas Tech University System and the Tribune’s latest coverage of families divided at the border.
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TribCast: Slow family reunifications, Cruz-O’Rourke TV ads
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Marissa and Emma about moldy, rat-infested state office buildings, family reunifications at the border, TV ads in the U.S. Senate race and a Republican state lawmaker’s tough words for the Texas governor.
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TribCast: Sir Winston, Cruz’s call to arms, a new UT chancellor
On this week’s TribCast, Ross talks with Evan, Matthew and Patrick about Gov. Greg Abbott’s fake Winston Churchill quote, the U.S. Senate race, the chancellor-to-be at the University of Texas System and guns.