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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 6/28/24: Debate Debacle Should Renew Progressive Resolve, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Last night's debate between President Biden and Donald Trump was a failure...but this election is about…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/27/24: Texas Appeals Court Blocks Daniel Perry Pardon Challenge, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The Texas Criminal Court of Appeals has denied, without explanation, a request from Travis County DA…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/26/24: Infant Mortality Stats Indicate Cruelty of Texas Abortion Ban, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The spike in infant mortality relative to abortion restrictions in Texas lays bare the cruelty of…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/25/24: Abortion Ban Leads To Spike In Infant Deaths In Texas, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Vice President Kamala Harris, in a talk with Sheryl Lee Ralph, calls out the barbarity of Texas'…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 159: The State Of Texas Pride with Ricardo Martinez and Jeff Strater
Pride Month 2024 sees an incredible expansion of Pride celebrations and activism across the state - much of that in rural and small-town Texas, which until…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/24/24: Fresh Horror Stories On 2nd Dobbs Anniversary, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The second anniversary of the 2022 Dobbs decision at SCOTUS sees the almost-complete eradication of…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/21/24: Gateway Leaders Found Morris Resignation "Difficult", And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Audio captured during a Gateway Church staff meeting, called to announce the resignation of Pastor…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/20/24: Turmoil At Maternal Morbidity Committee Over New Anti-Choice Member, and More
Stories we're following this morning: Members of the state's Maternal Morbidity Review Committee express concern that the addition of a vocal anti-choice…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/19/24: Happy Juneteenth, Texas! And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: For the fourth year, today sees Juneteenth celebrated nationwide as a federal holiday…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/18: Southlake Pastor Out Over Past Sexual Abuse of a Child, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Robert Morris, pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, is out after the public revelation that he…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 158: Activating And Inspiring Young Progressive Voters In Texas
Young voters - those under 25 - represent a huge percentage of the electorate in Texas, large enough to make decisive differences in electoral outcomes in…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/17/24: Austin Gun Activist Wins At SCOTUS, Bump Stock Ban Overturned, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Austin gun store owner Michael Cargill's lawsuit opposing the federal ban on bump stock devices that…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/14/24: Kacsmaryk-Approved Mifepristone Lawsuit Fails At SCOTUS, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A lawsuit against the FDA approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, having found favor in the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/13/24: Dumb Ted Cruz IVF Bill Blocked By Dems, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Zurawski v Texas plaintiff Lauren Miller testified before Congress this week…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/12/24: Paxton Attempts To Block Trans Texans From Care, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Ken Paxton's lawsuit today against the Biden administration is over a new rule extending Medicaid…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/11/24: National Dems Helping Texas With Turnout, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The Democratic National Committee has dedicated an additional $140,000 to turning our Texas Democrats…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/10/24: Texas Dems Emerge From Convention Ready To Rock, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The Texas Democratic Convention wrapped with solid messages of progressive solidarty against…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 157: Abortion On The Ballot, Part 3 - LIVE From The Texas Democratic Convention
Right off the bat - literally, immediately after the Progress Texas team touched down in El Paso on Thursday - we hosted a special live podcast recording to…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/7/24: Texas Dem Convention Underway, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The 2024 Texas Democratic Party Convention is underway in El Paso, where abortion rights, border…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/6/24: Texas Democratic Convention - See Y'all In El Paso! And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The PT crew is headed west to El Paso today for the Texas Democratic Convention!…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/5/24: Biden Border Order Pleases Almost Nobody, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: President Biden's executive order limiting asylum requests at the border raises almost universal…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/4/24: Biden To Announce Border Policy Move Today, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A significant announcement about border policy, likely placing limits on daily asylum requests, is…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/3/24: Texas Supreme Court Decision Must Galvanize Pro-Choice Texans, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Friday's decision not to protect pregnant Texans and their doctors by the Texas Supreme Court should…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 156: Abortion On The Ballot, Part 2
The conversation on abortion rights and reproductive freedom in Texas has been freshly reinvigorated by the Texas Supreme Court's abject failure to protect…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Update And Analysis: The Texas Supreme Court Zurawski Decision
Today, the Texas Supreme Court did what we all thought they would do: they left pregnant Texans and their doctors at the mercy of Ken Paxton and our state's…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/31/24: Trump GUILTY - And Texas Bootlickers Are Outraged, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The conviction of former President Donald Trump on 34 felony counts yesterday brings out Republican…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/30/24: Calls For Feds To Probe Daniel Perry Pardon, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A large group of state attorneys general is calling on the U.S. Justice Department to probe the murder…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/29/24: Runoff Results Bring Good News, And Bad News, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The Trump and Paxton-backed hard-right challenge to Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan fails by a very…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/28/24: Primary Runoff Election TODAY, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Today is ELECTION DAY for the Texas primary runoffs! If you haven't voted yet and have questions…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/24/24: Memorial Heat Wave Presents Early ERCOT Test, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Texas will see 100-degree temps over the Memorial Day weekend - ERCOT says they're ready…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 155: Two Years Later, Is There Healing For Uvalde? With Senator Roland Gutierrez
Today - May 24, 2024 - is the second anniversary of the horrific mass shooting incident at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, an instance of mass murder…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/23/24: Uvalde Families Announce City Settlement and Lawsuits, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The families of the Robb Elementary shooting victims have announced a $2 million settlement with the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/22/24: Yet Another Pregnant Texan Denied Needed Abortion Care, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Another pregnant Texan in a traumatic miscarraige situation is denied care by doctors, eventually…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/21/24: Texas Medical Board Forum On Abortion Rules Solves Nothing, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The anticipated public forum held by the Texas Medical Board seeking to clarify rules governing…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/20/24: NRA Clowns On Parade In Dallas, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The NRA Convention in Dallas saw heavy emphasis on voter activation among firearms enthusiasts…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/17/24: Abbott Pardon Of Right Wing Murderer Declares Open Season On Protestors, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: In a stunning conservative undermining of our state's criminal justice system, Governor Abbott has…
Progress Texas PodcastsBurning Issues: A Climate Justice Town Hall
Last week, Progress Texas hosted our first ever Climate Justice Town Hall, where we discussed liquified natural gas (LNG) operations in Texas and the major…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/15/24: Dan Patrick Preaches Christian Control Over Texas, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Speaking at a tax-exempt (and thus presumably politically neutral) Houston church, Lt. Governor Dan…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/14/24: Abbott Unmoved As Public Schools Starve, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Even as school districts across Texas are forced to cut jobs and close campuses under budget…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/13/24: Dan Patrick Wants Theocracy In Texas, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Lt. Governor Dan Patrick told a Christian talk show this weekend that he thinks Christian theology…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/10/24: Hot Seat For Cuellar Gets Hotter, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Two former consultants for Laredo U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar appear ready to testify against him and his…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/9/24: Abbott Orders Texas Universities To Break Federal Law, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Governor Greg Abbott has extended his orders to the TEA to defy new Federal guidelines on Title IX…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/8/24: New Anti-Abortion Tactics Increase Legal Risks Of Consensual Sex, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: New legal tactics allowing people who have sought abortion care out of state to be dragged into court…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/7/24: New Anti-Abortion Scare Tactics In Texas, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A new attempt to legally target a Texas woman who sought abortion care in Colorado represents a new…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/6/24: Progressives Come Through In Tax Appraisal Elections, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Democratically-backed candidates for newly-created oversight positions with county tax appraisal did…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/3/24: Property Taxes And Pot On Municipal Ballots - VOTE Saturday! And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Tomorrow, Saturday May 4, is Election Day for important municipal ballot items: Our bigger cities and…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/2/24: Paxton Challenges New ATF Gun Show Loophole Rule, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: That new ATF rule requiring more background checks for gun purchases has been targeted by the state in…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 154 - Abortion On The Ballot In Texas, Part 1
Welcome to the first of a monthly series of six discussions of reproductive freedom in Texas - the Republican trampling of that freedom, the dire threat that…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/1/24: Biggest Protests Yet At UT Expected Today, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: 15 pro-Palestinian organizations have called for another protest today at UT Austin - could be the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/30/24: Police Violence Escalates In Second Day Of UT Protest Arrests, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Law enforcement ratcheted up the rough treatment of protestors being arrested at UT Austin on Monday…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/29/24: Toxic Produced Water To Be Dumped In Texas Rivers, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Austin Rep. Gina Hinojosa on WFAA's Inside Texas Politics…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/26/24: Abbott Seeks To Cast Anti-War Protest As Anti-Semitism, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Travis County Attorney Delia Garza's office will not prosecute any of the 46 trespassing cases…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 153 - What A Week! Campus Clashes And GOP Attacks On Local Control
The week started badly enough - with small-town Republicans taking advantage of a newly-modified state law that allowed them to threaten to replace popular…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/25/24: Abbott Orders Violent Police Crackdown On UT Protest, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Developments continue in the aftermath of the violent police stampout of a pro-Palestinian protest at…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/24/24: All Texas DA's Vulnerable Under New State Law, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The new law that has allowed an attempt by rural Republicans to oust Travis County District Attorney…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/23/24: Texas Dems Rally To DA Garza's Side, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Elected Democratic leaders are decrying Republican efforts to remove Travis County DA Jose Garza…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/22/24: Travis County DA Under Threat Of Removal By Small Town Republicans, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Texas mom and reproductive rights activist Amanda Zurawski is on the trail with the Biden/Harris…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/19/24: Happy 4-20 Weekend To Dan Patrick, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: This 4-20, we recognize that while over half of the United States now enjoys either legal recreational…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/18/24: Ken Paxton Calls SCOTUS Loss a Win, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: After a 9-0 unanimous loss at SCOTUS in a property rights dispute for Texas, Ken Paxton curiously…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 4/17/24: New Poll Shows Texas Senate Race a Toss-Up, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A new poll shows Ted Cruz leading Colin Allred by less than the percentage of undecided voters…