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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.
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Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/17/23: Ken "Dave P" Paxton Affair Details Drop, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Texas House impeachment managers respond to Paxton attempts to dismiss with more tawdry details…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/16/23: Anonymous Planned Parenthood Plaintiff Stands To Rake In $360M, and More
A closer look at the Planned Parenthood lawsuit shows that an anonymous whistleblower working with Ken Paxton stands to take home 20% of any judgement…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/15/23: Texas Launches Broadside Against Planned Parenthood, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Texas launches a lawsuit designed to destroy Planned Parenthood…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/14/23 - CA Governor Rips Abbott's Cruelty To Migrants, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: As a migrant child dies on a Greg Abbott bus to Chicago, California Governor Gavin Newsom calls our…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/11/23: GOP Says River Barriers Are Legal Because Noah's Ark, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Operation Lone Star claims Noah's Ark as their excuse to place deadly barriers in the Rio Grande…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/10/23: UT Harboring White Supremacist Writer, and More
Stories we're following today at Progress Texas: The McCombs Business School at UT Austin has been hosting a radical white supremacist scholar…
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Happy Hour 123: What's Next For Mothers Against Greg Abbott?
During the 2022 election, Mothers Against Greg Abbott grabbed the attention of voters across Texas with their eye-popping and sometimes heartbreaking video…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/9/23: Abbott Warned For Months About Breaking Border Law, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Orange river buoys deployed by Governor Abbott and Operation Lone Star are modified with razor-sharp…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/8/23: Discriminatory Galveston Maps On Trial, and More
Stories we covered on our FIRST Progress Texas Daily Dispatch: Gerrymandering trial starts in packed Galveston courtroom…
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Ep. 122 - The Big Chill: What's Going On At Texas A&M?
A pair of scandals involving political meddling by conservatives at Texas A&M have rocked academia across the state recently - an esteemed journalism professor…
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Ep. 121 - The GOP's Plans To Undermine Elections In Texas
The scene in Texas on the eve of crucial 2024 elections: defiance of Federal elections law in Galveston County. The inexplicable dumping of a solid national…
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Ep. 120 - Cruelty And Death At The Border with Sen. Roland Gutierrez
The entire nation has been shocked by the news of whistleblower allegations of cruel and inhumane treatment of migrants at the Texas border on the orders of…
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Ep. 119 - Celebrating The CROWN Act with Rep. Rhetta Bowers
With so much bad news surrounding the Texas Legislature, we think it's important to celebrate the good news when it comes - and from the otherwise-lamentable…
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Ep. 118 - LIVE In Dallas with Rep. Venton Jones and Kardal Coleman
We love nothing more than occasions to gather in person with our fellow progressives and raise a little hell - and that's exactly what we did at our brand new…
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Ep. 117 - Common Cause and the Fight for Redistricting Justice
If there was one silver lining in the dark clouds hovering over the U.S. Supreme Court last week, it was the ruling that requires Alabama to redraw electoral…
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Ep. 116 - Unified Pride Month Wrap with Pamela Williamson-Wylie and Adri Perez
This last Friday, we joined our friends at Unified for their June monthly meetup, which served as a wrap and summary of Pride Month 2023 with two of Texas'…
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Ep. 115 - The Abortion Rights Fight In The RGV
The second of our two podcast episodes marking the first year beyond the fall of Roe v Wade focuses on efforts in one of Texas' most politically and culturally…
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Ep. 114 - Planned Parenthood Texas Votes LIVE In East Austin
This is the first of two podcasts episodes marking one year since the Dobbs decision, by which the Trump-stacked United States Supreme Court wiped away decades…
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Ep. 113 - AAPI Power In Texas: Rep. Gene Wu and Lily Trieu of Asian Texans for Justice
The Asian American and Pacific Islander community are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States - but in Texas politics, they are ignored at best…
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Ep. 112 - Exploring Juneteenth with Donald Payton and Kardal Coleman
For only the third year, Juneteenth is officially observed across the nation as a Federal holiday this Monday, June 19 - thanks to the tireless work of Black…
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Ep. 111 - Justice For Paxton? TX Rep. John Bryant and Attorney Justin Nelson
The impeachment of long-indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is being seen as a sort of consolation prize for Texas progressives, having been denied ANY…
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Ep. 110 - Inside Pride: James Poindexter Of Pride San Antonio
After the wanton and seemingly inexhaustible ugliness directed towards the LGBTQ+ community during this year's legislative session, there's no better time for…
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Ep. 109 - One Year After Uvalde, Little Has Changed - with Sen. Roland Gutierrez
NOTE - We recommend listener discretion for this episode, which contains graphic details of the crime scene at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. As the grim first…
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Ep. 108 - What The Texas GOP REALLY Has In Mind For Your Public School
Not only has Governor Greg Abbott declared what he calls "school choice" (in reality, the undermining of funding for Texas public schools) a top priority for…
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Ep. 107 - Raise The Age Act: Actual Progress For Gun Safety in Texas
You may have heard that HB 2744, otherwise known as the Raise The Age Act, has become a true rarity - a measure based on sensible, basic gun ownership…
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Ep. 106 - DPS Troopers In Austin: What To Know About Texas' State Police
After a month of the heightened presence of Texas Department of Public Safety troopers in Austin, centered primarily on parts of the city that are home to a…
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Ep. 105 - Humans Against Ted Cruz....And Sid Miller, Too
A double-header this week! For our first segment, we're joined by famed Texas progressive political commentator and consultant Ed Espinoza - until just…
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Ep. 104 - Sen. Roland Gutierrez Fights For The Lives Of Texas Kids
NOTE - We recommend listener discretion for this episode, which contains graphic details of the crime scene at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. Senator Roland…
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Ep. 103 - Texas Vs. Texas Cities: The Struggle Over Local Control
Efforts by Republican legislators at the Capitol to undermine the authority of local elected officials in our major cities - for the most part, Democrats - is…
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Ep. 102 - Alliance For A Clean Texas Lobby Day: April 11
Things move fast at the Texas Legislature - meaning, a lot of bad stuff can happen very quickly if advocates against the conservative agenda are not engaged -…
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Ep. 101 - Inside The Republican War On LGBTQ+ Texans
It's near certain that one of YOUR family members, friends, co-workers or fellow church members is a member of the LGBTQ+ community - and right now, GOP…
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Ep. 100! Celebrating with Steve Adler and James Aldrete
We've come a long way, baby! Hard to believe that we've made the 100 episode mark, and as we've said, we're also proud to say that over that time, we've grown…
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Ep. 99 - The Branch Davidian Tragedy: What Trump Wants In Waco
We're in the midst of the 30th anniversary of one of the darkest moments in our state's recent history: the standoff at the Branch Davidian compount at Mount…
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Ep. 98 - LIVE at Unified Jam 2023!
We were proud to be invited to attend and roll tape on the second annual Unified Jam during SXSW in Austin, and this week's podcast includes portions of two of…
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Ep. 97 - Standing Up For Reproductive Rights with Wendy Davis and Austin Kaplan
The horror stories that were predicted by Texas Democrats - and ignored by Texas Republicans - have become reality. A growing number of Texas women have been…
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Ep. 96 - New GOP Attacks On Young Voters In Texas
If you're like us, you may not have believed your eyes when you first read of a new bill that seeks to ban voting locations on college campuses in Texas…
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Minisode: Support Progress Texas on Amplify Austin Day!
We wanted to take a moment to tell our listeners a bit about ourselves as this year's Amplify Austin Day arrives! It's Central Texas' biggest day of giving for…
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Ep. 95 - The State Of Abortion Care in Texas with AVOW and Jane's Due Process
The Republican assault on the reproductive rights of Texans continues, with a lawsuit in Federal court in Amarillo poised to strike a blow against medication…
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Ep. 94 - Why Texas Cities Need YOU To Run For Office: Steven Monacelli of The Texas Observer
The filing deadline for Texas' May elections is coming up at the end of the day this Friday, February 17 - and this episode is directed at Texas progressives…
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Ep. 93 - The State Of Police Reform, Part 2: San Antonio City Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez
In the second of two episodes focused on police reform in Texas, we're glad to meet and get to know Jalen McKee-Rodriguez of the San Antonio City Council, who…
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Ep. 92 - The State Of Police Reform, Part 1 - John Fullinwider of Mothers Against Police Brutality
The nation, once again, reels in the aftermath of an unjustified and tragic young Black death at the hands of law enforcement in the case of Tyre Nichols. Over…
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Ep. 91 - Mesquite City Council Member Jeff Casper and TX House Rep. Venton Jones
What will become of the historic surplus currently at the fingertips of the Texas Legislature? Given the state of public education, you'd think a big spend on…
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Ep. 90 - Texas Rep. Salman Bhojani and Nicole Golden of Texas Gun Sense
Our first episode of the year features two Texans we plan to follow closely as the Texas Legislature begins another session. First, Tarrant County's State…
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Ep. 89 - What Tops The Holiday Wish List For Texas Progressives?
Our annual holiday party was a blast last night at Antone's in downtown Austin, and as has become tradition, we took the time to interrogate our guests in…
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Ep. 88 - The Five Best (And Worst) Texans of 2022
It's become an annual exercise of catharsis, renewal and forward strategy for us at Progress Texas: every year, we analyze the last year of the battle and pick…
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Ep. 87 - Politics And Social Media: Where To From Here?
At a moment when Elon Musk appears to be doing all he can to destroy his new $44 billion toy, Facebook is largely DOA, the TikTok kids are interested in…
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Ep. 86 - Unpacking The Shellacking: What's Next For Texas Democrats?
Nationally, and also at the city level in the large metros of Texas, Democrats actually had a better than expected night on Tuesday. But at the statewide…
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Ep. 85 - The Top Ten Things We Hate About Governor Greg Abbott
Here we are folks - as we publish this podcast, there's one day of early voting left (Friday November 4), followed by Election Day on Tuesday November 8. In…
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Ep. 84 - We React To Texas Political TV Ads
As early voting gets underway, we gather to take a tour through some of the prominent TV commercials being leveled in various directions by prominent players…
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Ep. 83 - The Home Stretch: Mobilizing Voting Communities with Two Million Texans
Proud to welcome back Lana Hansen, Executive Director of Texas Blue Action, to provide an update on the ongoing Two Million Texans relational organizing effort…
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Ep. 82 - That Texas Republican Candidate Is Probably An Election Denier
We celebrate the birthday of resident pumpkin spice latte enthusiast and IPA Truther Brett Isaacs with an overview of the potentially disastrous impact looming…
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Ep. 81 - Guest Pod: Why Voting Is So Hard In Texas with Go Behind The Ballot
Proud to welcome a guest episode from our friends Nichole Abshire and Claire Campos-O'Neal at the Go Behind The Ballot podcast, which is quite well-timed as…
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Ep. 80 - Recapping The Beto/Abbott Debate, Since You Didn't Watch It
Gotta hand it to Governor Greg Abbott: insisting on a Friday night debate with no audience is a great way to hide from the Texas electorate. Lucky you, the…
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Ep. 79 - Rochelle Garza vs Ken Paxton: 101 Reasons To Vote For A New Attorney General
Adding to his laundry list of career lows this week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made the news for literally running from a process server attempting to…
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Ep. 78 - Hispanic Heritage Month Part 2: Latino, Latinx, Latiné? We Discuss
In this second part of our discussion of Hispanic Heritage Month, Sam Gonzalez again hosts Diana Gomez, Ed Espinoza and special guest Abel Prado of Cambio…
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Ep. 77 - Hispanic Heritage Month Part 1: The Politics of the RGV with Abel Prado of Cambio Texas
September 15 thru October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, and to celebrate we're embarking on a two-part conversation on the complex politics of that…
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Ep. 76 - The Graham Ban: Republicans Show Their Cards On Abortion Rights
In what seemed to us - and likely many of you - as either a joke or a typo, South Carolina U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has proposed a federal ban on abortion…
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Ep. 75 - Empowering Texas Women To Run with Annie's List
Sam Gonzalez hosts a trio of powerhouse progressive Texas women this week: our own Diana Gomez and Brett Isaacs, alongside super special guest Ana Ramon, who…
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Ep. 74 - Polling Leads To (VERY Cautious) Optimism - And The Texas Political Summer In Review
Chris Mosser hosts this week as Ed Espinoza extrapolates what would appear to be some pretty promising recent polling for Texas progressives - that is, if…
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Ep. 73 - Triggered: Texas Formally Bans Abortion
As of today – Thursday, August 25, 2022 – Texas’ so-called trigger ban on abortion, which was set to take effect 30 days beyond the striking down of Roe v Wade…