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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 PodcastsHappy Hour 254: CD34 Primary Challenger Dr. Etienne Rosas
Democratic Congressman Vicente Gonzales - along with fellow South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar - has become known for breaking ranks with his party and…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: A Weekend Of Protest Against ICE And Trump Begins, With Dan Barrios
Starting today with Friday's national shutdown day and continuing through a weekend of rallies and protests scheduled across the country - again - America and…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/30/26: A Weekend Of Protests Against ICE And Trump Begins, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:As a weekend of protest dawns, reports emerge of a Texas DPS crackdown on a group of peaceful protestors…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 253: Trump's Got Your Number - What Now? With ACLU Texas & Democracy Docket
The Texas Secretary of State just turned over every registered voter in Texas’ private voter information (like your birthdate and the last digits of your…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/29/26: Children Victimized By Trump And Texas Immigration Policies, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Texas U.S. Reps Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett toured the ICE immigration detention facility at…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/28/26: A National Wave Of Protest Against ICE Gains Strength, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:A federal judge has ordered that five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, grabbed with his father in Minneapolis…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 252: Dallas And Williamson County Primary Voters Face Election Day Hurdles
An important note: this discussion involves the March primary, NOT the ongoing special election runoffs in Houston's CD 18 and Tarrant County's State Senate…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/27/26: Trump And MAGA Cower As Public Backlash Against ICE Builds, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Donald Trump, Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz and other MAGA leaders are backtracking on their commitment to the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/26/26: Rage Over ICE Killings Builds In Texas And Beyond, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The horrifying murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis has lent a sense of dread to the iced-in situation…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial LIVE Pod: Jaworski vs. Johnson Debate For Texas AG
As our ongoing series of live debates continues, we present a discussion between the Democratic candidates for Texas Attorney General: Dallas State Senator…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial LIVE Pod: The First Crockett/Talarico Debate
U.S. Senate hopefuls and longtime colleagues Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico met in debate for the first time this afternoon as part of the Texas AFL/CIO's…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Texans Bugged By Two Kinds Of Ice - with Michael Lange
As the state heads into another winter storm - ready or not - the crew convenes to discuss our state's tendency to panic when the weather gets bad (who can…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch: Winter Ice and Trump's ICE Are Both Bad For Texas, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The winter storm the state's been preparing for for days has begun affecting the Panhandle region and…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/22/26: A Tone-Deaf Trip For Ted Cruz As Winter Storm Bears Down, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Much of Texas continues preparing for the arrival of a major winter storm…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/21/26: Icy Weather Inbound! Prepare Now, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:A potentially historic ice storm is headed for Texas this weekend…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 251: High Time For Change On Texas' High Courts
Texas is unique in that it is one of only two states in the U.S. (the other is Oklahoma) that operates a bifurcated high court system - instead of having one…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/20/26: Texans, Worried About ICE, Now Also Worry About Ice - And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:A third death in the last two months at the Camp East Montana ICE detention facility at El Paso has…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 250: MLK Day And More With Tarrant County Commissioner Alisa Simmons
There has been intense statewide focus on Tarrant County for weeks lately, and for good reason - the promising performance of Democrat Taylor Rehmet in the…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Paxton Polls Poorly And Tarrant is Turnt for Taylor - with Gabe Rivas
Our weekly meeting of the minds sees the PT debut of Tarrant County political strategist Gabe Rivas, who is currently running for the Precinct 2 seat on the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/16/26: Polling Reveals Vulnerabilities For Ken Paxton Against Democrats, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Polling released this week shows an uphill battle for likely Democratic nominee and State Rep. Gina…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/15/26: Record Democratic Fundraising, New Senate Polling, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The Texas House Democratic Committee reports a record $2.2 million fundraising windfall in 2025, fueled…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 249: A Deep Dive On Venezuela with State Rep. Jon Rosenthal and Bill Burch
The recent Trump move against Venezuela, even at this early stage, is already a model for disastrous geopolitical planning. Did we really need to disrupt a…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/14/26: Tarrant Dems Strike Back Against GOP Candidate Challenges, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The Tarrant County Democratic Party, following Republican administrative challenges against 7 of its…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 248 - Voting Time, Cowtown! An Update With Taylor Rehmet
With the eyes of Texas progressives across the state focused on the March primary and the November midterm general election in November, voters in parts of…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/13/26: What Are Your Rights In An ICE Confrontation? And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:As more and more confrontations between regular citizens and ICE pop up on our screens, it's important…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/12/26: ICE Protests Escalate, Police Crack Down In Austin, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Protests spurred by the ICE killing of Renee Good last week continued to grow across the country over…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Renee Good, Venezuela, and More with Zeeshan Hafeez
Another insane, and incredibly dark first full week of 2026 - let's hope it's not setting a permanent tone. Regardless, we plow forward into this crucial…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/9/26: Protests Against Renee Good Killing Rise Across Texas, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Protests have begun across Texas in reaction to the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on…
Progress Texas PodcastsGuest Pod: Progress Texas Profiled On KPFT/Houston's "The Midterms"
We couldn't be more excited about Progress Texas' new effort to partner with great community radio stations across Texas, which has started with the legendary…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/8/26 - Say Her Name: Renee Nicole Macklin Good
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The brutal killing of 37-year-old mom Renee Nicole Macklin Good yesterday by a masked ICE agent in…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 247 - Texas AFT President Zeph Capo On Defending Teachers' First Amendment Rights
One of the big early stories of 2026 is a lawsuit filed against the Texas Education Agency or TEA and its commissioner Mike Morath by the Texas chapter of the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/7/26: Texas Teachers Union Pushes Back Against TEA Charlie Kirk Probe, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Education…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 246: Attorney General Candidate Tony Box
Our first Happy Hour of the crucial midterm year features our first conversation with veteran and Dallas attorney Tony Box, whose experience in the military…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/6/26: Texas Parents Urged To Listen To Doctors - Not RFK Jr. - On Childhood Vaccines, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Dr. Peter Hotez, Texas' top medical hero, recommends that parents ignore nonsensical new childhood…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 1/5/25: Venezuela, Maduro, And The View From Texas
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The reactions from elected leaders regarding the plucking of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro from…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: What Are YOUR Political New Year's Resolutions?
On this very first episode of our weekly roundtable session, we try to get positive for once - this time we go around the horn and talk about the ways in which…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/30/25: New Laws Landing Thursday, Our Top Five 2025 Pods, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:As of New Year's Day on Thursday, SB-8 takes effect, requiring Texas sheriff's offices with jails to…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/29: Reviewing Local Rights, Immigration And Religion As 2026 Approaches, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Chris returns from a Christmas trip to New Orleans hoping to host Mayor-Elect Helena Moreno sometime…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: The Five Best - And Five Worst - Texans of 2025!
'Twas a year of high highs and low lows for Texas progressive types, and as we roll through the holidays and steel ourselves for what looks like exciting…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/23/25: Efforts Underway To Exclude Muslim And Chinese Schools From Voucher Program, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock is asking Attorney General Ken Paxton for legal cover to exclude…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/22/25: Surveying The Damage Done As 2026 Approaches, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:New Quinnipiac University polling paints a dismal picture for Donald Trump - but also dissatisfaction…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: The Real Lessons Of The Christmas Story, And More
As we wind down another wild week, we recap the news and prepare for the upcoming holiday break. In an era when conservative Christians are weaponizing…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/19/25: Texas House Dems United On ACA, But Not On Protecting Trans Kids - And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The U.S. House of Representatives closes down for the holiday after passing a Republican healthcare bill…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/18/25: Hinojosa In Strong Lead For Dem Nomination For Governor, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:That list of over two thousand "potential noncitizens" flagged as being possible illegally registered…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial LIVE Pod: Our Dallas Holiday Party!
What a terrific time at BOTH of our 2025 holiday parties! The second, in Dallas, went down at the awesome People's Last Stand in Mockingbird Station on Monday…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/17/25: Full Statewide Dem Slate An All-Time First For Either Party In Texas, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The Texas Democratic Party's effort to fill every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot represents…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/16/25: THANK YOU For Your Holiday Fundraiser Support! And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Fort Worth Congressman Marc Veasey has withdrawn his run for Tarrant County Judge, leaving Tarrant…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 245: Former Congressman Colin Allred
Former Dallas Congressman Colin Allred's pivot from a second run for the U.S. Senate is only one of the results of the late-breaking announcement of a Senate…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/15/25: Dummymander After All? Trump Map Expected To Underperform, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The likelihood of a major swing back away from the Donald Trump GOP in Texas, especially among Latino…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Who's Ready For "Jasarico"?
We say this every week...but, what a week! The crew gathers for our weekly offload session at the end of the week following the 2026 filing deadline to discuss…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/12/25: Stylistic Contrast Between Crockett And Talarico Sets Tone For Democratic Primary, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Analysis of the contrast between the approaches of Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and State Rep. James…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/11/25: Texas Dems Enter Primary Season With First Full Slate In 50 Years, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:For the first time in half a century, Democrats are on the ballot in every single state, federal and…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/10/25: Did Republicans Manipulate Polling To Encourage Crockett Senate Run? And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The Democratic primary contest between Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and State Rep. James Talarico for…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial LIVE Pod: Our Austin 2025 Holiday Party!
Terrific time on Monday night at the first of our two 2025 holiday parties - Antone's in downtown Austin has become a bit of an HQ for us and we're proud to…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/9/25: Filing Ends, Setting Final Primary Picture For 2026, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:As the filing deadline expires, the full picture of the primaries in the 2026 elections are set…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/8/25: Filing Monday Sees Allred, Eckhardt Campaign Pivots, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:On the final day of election filing, presumed Senate candidate Colin Allred has announced a pivot to a…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: The Scotus Map Call, The Cuellar Pardon - and What Will Jasmine Crockett Say On Monday?
Never a dull week in Texas, but we've managed to narrow yet another crazy Texas political news cycle down to three items: the 100% partisan decision by the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/5/25: Surprising Nobody, SCOTUS Allows Trump-Ordered Texas Gerrymander, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:As expected, the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed the 2-1 lower court decision to block the racial…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 12/4/25: A Trump Pardon For Laredo's Henry Cuellar, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Donald Trump's pardon of Henry Cuellar on conspiracy and bribery charges is curious in that it…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 244: Meet Four Rural Texas Democrats Running For Office!
Rural Texas used to have a robust Democratic presence, and thus its fair share of Democratic officeholders - of course, that hasn't been the case for decades…