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Progress Texas Podcasts
Progress Texas amplifies progressive values, leaders, and actions. Our top 2% globally rated podcast network meets the moment of the podcast boom, featuring three shows hosted by Chris Mosser: the Daily Dispatch, the Happy Hour, and In Progress. We reach millions online with this content, sharing pro-democracy, pro-justice, pro-gressive messaging 24/7, by Texans for Texans.
Episodes
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/1/25: Taxation Without Representation In Houston, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Acting Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee is threatening to sue Governor Greg Abbott if he…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/31/25: Abbott Slow-Walking Election To Replace Sylvester Turner, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The Texas Democratic Party has a new leader, as Kendall Scudder was elected its new Chairman this…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Pod: Kendall Scudder Elected New Texas Democratic Party Chair
Kendall Scudder was elected to succeed Gilberto Hinojosa as the first new Chair of the Texas Democratic Party since the latter's election in 2012 on Saturday…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/28/25: Debate Rages Over Abortion Clarification Bills, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Concern about possible "Trojan horse" language in two bills ostensibly designed to provide clarity and…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 201: Clarifying The Abortion Clarification Bills with Rep. Donna Howard
Two bills are making their way through the Texas Legislature right now that are ostensibly designed to offer doctors legal protection against prosecution under…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/27/25: Elon Musk And RFK Jr. Are Making The Measles Outbreak Worse, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Texan John Ratcliffe is at the center of what's becoming known as "Signalgate" - and also "the dumbest…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/26/25: GOP and Musk Preparing All Out Assault On Social Security, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Republican Texas U.S. Congressman Pat Fallon told a town hall crowd that today's young people won't…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/25/25: Cornyn And MAGA Scramble Over Group Chat Security Failure, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Senator John Cornyn was a big cheerleader for Trump Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who now finds…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/24/25: GOP Continues Attacks On Education From Kindergarten Thru College, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The Texas Senate has approved SB-12, a bill that will expand its ban on DEI efforts to our K-12 public…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 200: SpaceX and Privatized Pollution in the Rio Grande Valley, with Dr. Christopher Basaldú
Our 200th Happy Hour! Elon Musk is everyone’s problem—from Brownsville, Texas, to the Caribbean, to the White House. As his SpaceX operations continue to fail…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/21/25: Texas Republicans Cheer As Trump Destroys Department of Education, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton were all present and cheering yesterday at the White House as…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/20/25: Bills To Clarify Texas Abortion Ban Exceptions In Play At The Lege, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: An anonymous tip in January led to a weeks-long investigation of the clinics in the Houston area…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/19/25: A Third Arrest In Houston Abortion Case, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A third arrest, that of a nurse practitioner, has been reported in the case of Houston-area clinics run…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 199: Lessons For The Trump Era From The Red Scare, With Clay Risen
Study of the McCarthy period during the Cold War provides essential historical perspective for those of us struggling to chart the path forward through Trump…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/18/25: Houston Sees First Provider Arrests Under Abortion Ban, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: In a first under Texas' abortion ban, and what's believed to be a first nationally since the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/17/25: Abbott Backs Bogus "Furries" Bill In Voucher Push, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Governor Abbott backs that bill to ban "furries" from public schools in his push for private school…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/14/24: Texas Could Run Out Of Water In Five Years, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: New reporting by the Texas Tribune shows that a severe shortage of cooking, cleaning and drinking water…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 198: The San Antonio Mayoral Race with Gina Ortiz Jones
Aside from the daily drama at the Capitol, the race to succeed Ron Nirenberg as the next mayor of San Antonio is one of the top political stories in Texas, as…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/13/25: Texas Grants Millions To SpaceX, While Musk And DOGE Gut Food Banks, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Governor Abbott has announced a grant of over $17 million to SpaceX for semiconductor research and…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Pod: Bill Undermining Rights Of Renters Moving Through Texas House, Right Now
Urgent action is warranted TODAY, if you happen to be one of the over half of adult Texans who rent their home from a landlord or property owner: HB-32…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/12/25: Heated Debate Over Vouchers At The Capitol, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Discussion of HB3, the Texas House GOP's attempt to establish a billion-dollar private school voucher…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/11/25: Major Voucher Hearing Today - Will Private School Vouchers Pass? And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A huge day at the Texas State Capitol today, as House Bill 3, which would establish a private school…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 197 - Why Private School Vouchers Are A Terrible Idea For Texas
The battle over private school vouchers sees a major milestone on Tuesday, as House Bill 3 - the GOP-controlled House's latest scheme to redirect money…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/10/25: Key Hearing On Private School Vouchers Coming Tuesday, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: House Bill 3, a Republican proposal to establish a private school voucher program in Texas, is set to…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Pod: Austin Rally LIVE With Sen. Elizabeth Warren and More!
Great fun and a huge turnout for today's rally at the Texas State Capitol! Thanks to Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Rep. Greg Casar and their teams for allowing us to…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/7/25: Abbott And Musk Celebrate Firing Of State Employee Over Pronouns, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: In an amazingly classless punching-down display, both Governor Abbott and Elon Musk have celebrated the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/6/25: Houston Congressman Sylvester Turner Dies At 70, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Houston U.S. Congressman, just two months into his first term succeeding the late Congresswoman Sheila…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/5/25: Al Green Stands Up - But Most Dem Defiance At Trump Speech Falls Flat, and More
Stories we're following at Progress Texas: Huge shoutout to Houston Congressman Al Green, who defied Donald Trump to his face before being ejected from last…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 196 - Resistance Is NOT Futile: A Talk With Irving State Rep. Terry Meza
Progress Texas Advocacy Manager Reagan Stone had an opportunity to sit down at the Capitol with Representative Terry Meza, who has represented her native…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/4/25: Texas Braces For Economic Pain As Trump Tariffs Arrive, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: 25% Trump tariffs on all goods from Mexico and Canada are in place as of midnight…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/3/25: Rural Texans Push Back On Private School Voucher Scam, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Surprised at a tsunami of boos and jeers, Republican State Reps Cody Harris and Brad Buckley fled the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/28/25: Texas GOP Dodges Blame And Responsible Response For Measles Outbreak
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Republican officials from Governor Abbott on down have been generally silent when it comes to…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/27/25: Unvaccinated Texas Child Dies Amid Measles Outbreak, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A child died Tuesday night of measles at a Lubbock hospital - the first American measles death since…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/26/25: Amidst Texas Measles Outbreak, Anti-Vax Movement Is Unmoved, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Anti-vax "experts" are blaming the Texas measles outbreak on the measles outbreak itself - and are…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/25/25: State Case Against Maternal Protections Threatens Legal Nightmare, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A lawsuit filed by the state in an attempt to escape enforcing a new law protecting workers in the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/24/25: Measles Scare Spreads To San Antonio Area, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The West Texas measles outbreak had grown to almost 100 cases by Friday…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/21/25: Texas Has Been Hiding Massive Jump In Pregnancy Complications Since Abortion Ban, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A ProPublica analysis reveals that unnecessary cases of sepsis resulting from second-trimester failed…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/20/25: Texas GOP Mostly Silent On Trump Threats To Abandon Ukraine and NATO, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Texas Republican lawmakers in D.C. are mostly silent as Donald Trump threatens to abandon Ukraine and…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/19/25: On Private School Tour, Abbott Trashes Public School Teachers, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A Senate bill aimed at teacher pay raises will only benefit those who stick around through years of the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/18/25: GOP And Musk Targeting Social Security And Medicaid, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Elon Musk and his team of hackers are zeroing in on Social Security…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/17/25: This Presidents' Day, Trump Ranked Worst Ever, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Presidents' Day is about noting ALL of the Presidents - not just the current one, who falls at the very…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 195: Austin FC's Brad Stuver On Courageous Activism
In Texas, being an outspoken progressive person comes with risks. In a state overrun by MAGA, wearing your belief in equality, compassion and kindness on your…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/14/25: Russians Seek USAID Intel From Elon Musk, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Spurred by Elon Musk's commentary that USAID is a "criminal organization", Russian officials who have…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/13/25: Casar And Crockett Rage Against "Rogue Actor" Elon Musk
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Congressional Democrats are railing against the abdication by the Congress of their control of federal…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/12/25: Musk Humiliates Trump In Oval Office Presser, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: In a bizarre moment, Elon Musk casually towered over Donald Trump in the Oval Office during a press…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/11/25: Measles Outbreak Gains Steam, Concerning State Health Officials, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The measles outbreak in Gaines County appears to be gaining momentum, spreading concern across the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/10/25: Kanye West Says Elon Musk "Stole My Nazi Swag", And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Kanye West, as part of a long, unhinged tirade in several topical directions, cites Texas transplant…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 194: Progress And Trade In 2025 with Rep. Gene Wu and Clayton Tucker
Houston State Rep. Gene Wu, Chair of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, has long been one of our favorite fighters for progress in the Lone Star State. And…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/7/25: Opposition To Musk Grows, But Damage Is Already Done - and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Lawsuits against technical moves made by Elon Musk and his team of hackers that have exposed sensitive…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/6/25: Texas Senate Passes Private School Voucher Scam, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: No surprise that the Texas Senate has fast-tracked approval of SB2, Governor Abbott's private school…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/5/25: Crockett And Congressional Dems Push Back On Musk Treasury Takeover, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Dallas Rep. Jasmine Crockett was a prominent voice yesterday as lawmakers and civilian protestors…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/4/25: Protests Against Trump and Abbott Immigration Policies Spread, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Protests against Donald Trump and Greg Abbott's immigration policies and deportation efforts have begun…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 193: The Winning Playbook of Ground Game Texas
Engaged progressives across the Lone Star State know Ground Game Texas as our state's most active advocacy organization in the realm of marijuana…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/3/25: Elon Musk and DOGE Begin Assault On Federal Institutions, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Elon Musk and DOGE have been granted access to the highly-sensitive payments system at the heart of the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/31/25: Start Watching Avocado Prices - Trump Tariffs On Mexico Start Sunday, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Donald Trump says he plans to follow through with applying a 25% tariff to all goods imported from…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/30/25: 13 Texas GOP U.S. Reps Co-Sponsor National Abortion Ban, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: 13 U.S. House Republicans from Texas - more than any other state - are among the 67 members of their…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/29/25: How A Trump Federal Funding Freeze Would Eff Up Texas, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Hard to know where to start in evaluating the devastating impacts on Texas that Donald Trump's freeze…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/28/25: Why Is Governor Abbott Wasting More Troops (And Money) On Operation Lone Star? And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: In spite of renewed federal border control efforts, a very low current flow of migrant traffic at the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/27/25: Deportation Raids Ramp Up Across Texas, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A variety of federal agencies began "enhanced targeting operations" against, so they claim…
Progress Texas PodcastsTexas Democratic Party Chair Candidate Forum Post-Game!
The Progress Texas staff were pleased to be a part of today's forum of five of the candidates to become the new Chair of the Texas Democratic Party in March…