Texas Tribune TribCast show

Texas Tribune TribCast

Summary: The Texas Tribune's weekly political podcast features CEO Evan Smith, Managing Editor Ross Ramsey and KUT-FM's Ben Philpott, who's covering campaigns for the Tribune. It's a provocative weekly skirmish over the latest in Texas politics, policy and pop culture. Timely talk with distinctly Texas flavor.

Podcasts:

 TribCast: Presidential Politics at the Cactus Cafe | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:43

Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben sit down for a special live TribCast taping at the Cactus Cafe in Austin feauring talk of Ted Cruz, the presidential race and tax returns. Plus: a celebrity intro you have to hear to believe!

 TribCast: Post-Runoff Revelations | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:38

Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben recap the results of the July 31 runoff and look ahead to what they mean for the upcoming legislative session in 2013.

 TribCast: Runoff Politics and Paying for Public Ed | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:20

Ben, Ross, Morgan and Evan raise the curtain on Tuesday's runoffs — with special attention to the U.S. Senate race — and the consider the disappearance of $300 million in public education funding.

 TribCast: Tax Returns, Senate Debates and Misconduct | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 35:03

Reeve, Brandi, Jay and Jim parse Gov. Rick Perry's comments on Mitt Romney's tax returns, review the U.S. Senate debate and discuss the issue of prosecutorial misconduct.

 TribCast: Medicaid, Mexico and Missing Speeches | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:31

Reeve, Emily, Julián and Jay discuss Gov. Rick Perry's decision to reject key tenets of federal health care reform, the results of the Mexican elections and the latest developments in the U.S. Senate runoff.

 TribCast: Health Care, Water and a Runoff | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:13

Evan, Ross, Reeve and Kate review the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's health care decision, ponder the state's precarious water situation and check in on the runoff in the U.S. Senate race.

 TribCast: U.S. Senate Squabbles and Higher Ed Hijinks | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:28

Evan, Ross, Reeve and Emily review the Republican and Democratic U.S. Senate debates and speculate about what the turmoil at University of Virginia means for Texas.

 TribCast: Immigration, Education and the U.S. Senate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:41

Reeve, Ben, Julian and Aman talk about President Obama's new immigration policy, the changing narrative of the U.S. Senate race, and the rigor of the STAAR test.

 TribCast: The Post-Convention Wrap | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:02

Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben talk about what happened at the Republican and Democratic state conventions and what it will mean going forward.

 TribCast: Open Government and the Upcoming Conventions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:55

Evan, Reeve, Ben and Ryan rant about legislators' refusal to post personal financial disclosures online and look ahead to the upcoming conventions of the state's political parties.

 The Weekly Tribcast: Episode 134 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:45

Ross, Emily, Reeve and Jay review the winners and losers of Tuesday's primary elections, look ahead to the upcoming runoffs, and consider what it all means for next session.

 The Weekly TribCast: Episode 133 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:52

Ross, Reeve, Ben and Jim break down the numbers from the latest UT/TT poll and consider the tenor of the state's legislative races as election day approaches.

 The Weekly TribCast: Episode 132 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:14

Evan, Ross, Reeve and Ben try their hands at determining which U.S. Senate candidate is the Deb Fischer of Texas and separating facts and rumors from the latest brouhaha at the University of Texas.

 The Weekly TribCast: Episode 131 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:47

This week Evan, Ross, Emily and Ben take a look at the real — and fake — ways that candidates are trying to gain advantages before the May 29th primaries, along with an update on the GOP race for the U.S. Senate nomination.

 The Weekly TribCast: Episode 130 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:23

On this week's podcast, Ross, Emily, Morgan and Ben weigh the recent resignation of Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott and the back-and-forth court rulings on Planned Parenthood and the Women's Health Program.

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