This week on The Ticket: KUT’s Ben Philpott and The Texas Tribune’s Jay Root hear from Tribune reporter Patrick Svitek on what it’s like to cover the Cruzin’ to Caucus bus tour in Iowa.
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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: Elections, Political Women, Stickland’s Mouth
On this first weekly podcast of 2016, Ross, Evan, Emily and Alexa talk about women in politics in Texas, about old online postings that could put Jonathan Stickland into electoral distress, the eight-week race to the March 1 primaries and the state of the presidential nominating contests.
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TribCast: How the Big Three Fared in 2015
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Aman about how Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Joe Straus performed in 2015.
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TribCast: Hot Primary Races and the Cruz-Rubio Faceoff
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Jim and Aman about surprises and fireworks in the Texas primary filings, plus the Ted Cruz-Marco Rubio faceoff over immigration in the GOP presidential debate.
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TribCast: Houston Mayor’s Race and Ted Cruz’s Iowa Surge
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the Houston mayoral runoff, Ted Cruz’s poll numbers in first-test Iowa and Land Commissioner George P. Bush’s “dogcatcher” comments on a fundraising call for his dad.
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TribCast: Cruz Talks Condoms, Abbott Visits Cuba
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about presidential hopeful Ted Cruz’s colorful commentary on the campaign trail, a super PAC that wants Rick Perry back in the race and Gov. Greg Abbott’s travels to Cuba.
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TribCast: Rattlesnakes and Refugees, Planned Parenthood and Ted Cruz
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Edgar about Ag Commissioner Sid Miller’s infamous Facebook post, Ted Cruz’s antics in first-test Iowa and Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit against the state of Texas.
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TribCast: Syrian Refugees, Campus Sexual Assault and the UT/TT Poll
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Alexa and Matthew about Gov. Greg Abbott’s response to Syrian refugees in Texas, an investigation into sexual assault cases at Texas A&M and the latest UT/Texas Tribune poll.
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TribCast: The GOP Debate Stage and Historical Racing
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Patrick about the debate performances of Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush, the legislative drama over the Texas Racing Commission, and the leadership styles of Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
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TribCast: HERO and the Houston Mayoral Race
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Ross and Alexa about Houston’s mayoral race, the defeat of the city’s non-discrimination ordinance and an influential House chairman’s reelection bid.