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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
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Happy Hour 126: RuPublicans And Allies Fight Back In Texas
The Instagram account of the AI-assisted artists RuPublicans has been a rallying point for the Texas LGBTQ+ community and its allies, just as several new laws…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 9/1/23: New State Laws and Courts Collide, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A judge temporarily blocks a new Texas law limiting drag shows…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/31/23: Death Star Law Dies...For Now, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The "Death Star" law, designed for state pre-emption of a wide range of local ordinances in Texas…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/30/23: Abbott Border Spies Busted, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A whistleblower report accuses intelligence officers with Operation Lone Star of conducting illegal…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/29/23: Christians Rally Against Abbott Border Policies, and More
Governor Greg Abbott makes highly arguable statements about Texas' "sovereignty" in a national op-ed…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/28/23: A (Very) Small Victory For Pregnant Texans, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A new law will provide very narrow exceptions allowing doctors to provide abortion care to Texans with…
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Happy Hour 125: The Growing Threat of Christian Dominionism
Various Christian religious orders in Texas have begun to merge in worrisome ways: in particular, the growing political goals of the "prosperity gospel"…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/25/23: Will The Friday Night Lights Stay On? and More
ERCOT and the Texas power grid narrowly avoided rolling blackouts last night - what's in store for this hot weekend?…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/24/23: State Errors Cost Pregnant Texans Health Coverage, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A Trump-appointed judge in Victoria will hear arguments over the Biden administration's humanitarian…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/23/23: But His E-Mails! and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Texas journalists seeking access to an encrypted e-mail account owned by Attorney General Ken Paxton…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/22/23: Biden vs. the Border Buoys, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The Biden administration and the government of Mexico face off against Texas in federal court today…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/21/23: 2A Group Fights For Rapid Fire Device, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A Second Amendment group is waging a legal battle to allow the sale of a gun modification device that…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/18/23: Texas Voter Suppression Takes A Hit, and More
Stories we're following this Friday morning at Progress Texas: Parts of SB-1, the 2021 GOP voter suppression law, have been struck down by a federal judge…
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Happy Hour 124: Liz Hanks, Moms Demand Action Chapter Lead of the Year!
We've been fans of Liz Hanks, the Texas Chapter Lead for Moms Demand Action, for a long time - so, we're elated but not surprised that she's been chosen to…
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…