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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 PodcastsSpecial LIVE Pod: Cities In Defense Of Democracy, with Austin City Council Member Vanessa Fuentes And More
As federal authoritarianism threatens civil rights, immigration, and economic justice, cities are stepping up to defend democracy. If democracy survives this…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/31/26: Paxton And Cornyn Still Sucking Up For Trump Nod, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Ken Paxton has been lobbying hard for the endorsement of Donald Trump, including trips to Mar-A-Lago to…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/30/26: Record-Setting No Kings III Confirms Building Wave Against Trump, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: An estimated 8 million people attended No Kings events on Saturday - a solid indicator that Donald…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial LIVE Pod - Harris County Democratic Party Convention, Part 2: The Speakers
The second pod presentation from last weekend's Harris County Democratic Party Convention is a live take of the panel of featured speakers, who brought…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 270: Claire Reynolds, Democratic Nominee for CD-11
The 11th Congressional District is one of those wildly gerrymandered and gigantic slices of Texas designed to amplify GOP power in rural areas while…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/27/26: Saturday's No Kings Rallies Set To Hit New Records, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Saturday will see over 3,000 No Kings rallies and events held across the country with a new all-time…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: That Old Time Religion Is Causing Hard Times In Texas
Lately, Jesus has taken the wheel of politics at both the state and federal level - from Pete Hegseth's pastor wishing God's lethal wrath upon James Talarico…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/26/26: No, You Still Can't Carry Your Gun Into The Bar, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A Trump-appointed federal judge has upheld a longstanding Texas law forbidding the carrying of guns…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/25/26: Pete Hegseth's Pastor "Wants James Talarico To Die", And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Evangelical Pastor Brooks Potteiger, a close spiritual advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/24/26: Exploding Refineries, Wasted Natural Gas - Just Another Day In Texas Oil, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: That explosion at a Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur comes just as much of the world's supply has…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial LIVE Pod - Harris County Democratic Party Convention, Part 1: The Interviews
We had a blast in Houston over the weekend as media partners of the Harris County Democratic Party Convention! Later this week, watch for a recording of all…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/23/26: ICE Agents Deployed To U.S. Airports, Including Houston - And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: In an escalation against Democratically-led cities, the Trump administration is deploying ICE agents…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Celebrating Democracy At County Conventions, And Reckoning With Cesar Chavez
All of us at Progress Texas are looking forward to seeing a bunch of great friends and making a bunch of brand new ones this weekend at the Harris and Collin…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/20/26: In Corpus Water Panic, Energy Sector Has Advantage Over Residents, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Energy producers around Corpus Christi already consume over half of the area's water - and as supplies…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/19/26: Unlike MAGA With Trump, Progressives Reckon With And Respond To Cesar Chavez Revelations, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Governor Greg Abbott achieves new heights of hypocrisy in his attempt to use sexual abuse revelations…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/18/26: Surprise! Cruz Lies About The SAVE Act, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Arguing in favor of the SAVE America Act as Senate debate began yesterday, Ted Cruz repeated the…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 269: YOUR County Convention Is THIS Weekend!
All across Texas this weekend - Friday March 20 thru Sunday March 21 - county-level conventions are being held by the Texas Democratic Party. It's a terrific…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/17/26: Trump Has Until 5pm Today To Endorse Corynyn Or Paxton, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: 5pm today is the deadline for primary runoff candidates to remove their names from the May ballot…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/16/26: Mostly Guilty Verdicts In D/FW "Antifa" Trial, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The trial of nine "Antifa" defendants in a federal trial held in Fort Worth were largely found guilty…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 268 - Fighting for Texas Workers: Texas AFL-CIO President Leonard Aguilar
Texas is an anti-worker state, and working Texans are tired of being trampled by billionaire-bought politicians and interests. You can see it in support of a…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Trump And Cornyn Are Testing The Fences Around YOUR Right To Vote
A theme has emerged this week: as the Dallas County Democratic Party throws in the towel on a lawsuit over denied voting access on primary Election Night…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/13/26: Desperate Republicans Target Talarico With Deepfakes And Lies, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The Texas Tribune collects a lineup of Talarico-isms currently being distorted and twisted by…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 267: Zach Herbert, Dem Nominee For State House District 112
Among the midterm races that in cycles of yore might have seemed without hope for Democrats - but considering the massive outpouring of primary interest this…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/12/26: A Desperate Cornyn Flip-flops On Filibuster, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Under pressure from both Donald Trump and Ken Paxton - after years of defending the filibuster in the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/11/26: New Polling Shows Cornyn Dead In The Water, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: New polling from Texas Public Opinion Research shows Senator John Cornyn eight points behind Ken Paxton…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/10/26: Gámez-Cuéllar Family Released - But How Many More Are Unjustly Confined? And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The Gámez-Cuéllar family, including their two sons who are members of the acclaimed McAllen High School…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/9/26: DPS Data Dump Does Not Show Justification For Ruben Martinez Killing, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: As we reported Friday morning, Texas DPS released footage related to the federal border…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Unpacking The Primary - And Onward To November
Every week, we marvel at the insanity of the week prior in Texas politics, and the primary election - especially Tuesday's Election Night, complete with…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/6/26: Paxton Mulls Quitting Senate Race, Gonzales Caves To Scandal, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: At the behest of Donald Trump, Ken Paxton is mulling dropping out of the race for the U.S. Senate - on…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/5/26: Breaking Down The Talarico Win, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Following a second night of celebration in Austin for James Talarico, his story, well known in Texas…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/4/26: Talarico, Hinojosa Win Key Texas Democratic Midterm Nominations, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: After an election night that saw chaos unfold in both Dallas and Williamson Counties due to Republican…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/3/26: Happy Election Day! What Comes Next, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Election Day arrives amidst a variety of strong indicators for a strong Democratic performance in the…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 266: Texas Independence Day: The Real Deal, With Jason Stanford
Monday March 2 marks the 190th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico, which kicked off in earnest the Texas…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 3/2/26: Texas Dem Electeds Clamor For Limits On Trump Warmongering, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: A host of Texas U.S. Representatives, including Jasmine Crockett, Lloyd Doggett and Julie Johnson, are…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 265: Tyler Smith, Democratic Nominee for HD 138
State House District 138 in the northwest Houston area has been under GOP control for over 20 years - but in a 2026 seeing very high Democratic confidence…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 264: The Texas Together Campaign, with Kendall Scudder and Katherine Fischer
Early voting is over - so, only Election Day, Tuesday March 3, remains for Texas progressives to make their voice heard in the 2026 primary (runoffs…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 263: The Brewer Storefront
Legendary in Dallas, the Brewer Storefront is the community-service and pro bono arm of the national law firm Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors, established in…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: The Unhinged State of the Union, Justice Denied For Ruben, and More
We always say, it's been a wild week in Texas politics - but between the high of unbelievable Democratic turnout in the primary, and the low of a potential…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/27/26: El Paso Death Ray Deja Vu , And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: You're not experiencing deja vu - the U.S. military has again recklessly deployed their new laser…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 262: How SCOTUS is Trying To Take Away Equal Voting Rights, with Louis Bedford
Texas is at the center of the battle for equal voting rights in America today. As the March primaries continue for the 2026 Midterm elections,we’re here to…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/26/26: Dueling Polls With Different Results in U.S. Senate Races, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Dueling polls late in the 2026 primary season fail to clearly identify a leader in the race for the…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial LIVE Pod: Rep. Greg Casar At People's State Of The Union
MeidasTouch and MoveOn hosted an alternative to the Donald Trump State Of The Union address last night on the National Mall, featuring a lineup of lawmakers…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/25/26: Al Green Poops POTUS Party - Again, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Establishing a new tradition, Houston Congressman Al Green was booted from the Trump State Of The Union…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/24/26: Key Witness In South Padre DHS Shooting Case Dies In Car Crash, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Joshua Orta - the passenger in the car of Ruben Ray Martinez when he was allegedly shot by a federal…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 261: Marcos Vélez, Candidate For Lieutenant Governor
Marcos Vélez of the Houston area is a longtime union leader and Texas AFL/CIO endorsed candidate for Texas Lieutenant Governor - our enlightening talk with…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/23/26: Eye-Popping Dem Primary Turnout Keeps Poppin', and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: With only six voting days remaining, Democratic early voting primary turnout continues far outpacing…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 260: Savant Moore, Candidate For Texas Comptroller
Texas Democrats have put up a bumper crop of quality statewide candidates in the 2026 midterm, and among them, Houston's Savant Moore stands out - Army…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/20/26: Another ICE Killing, In Texas - And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Almost a year ago, a 23 year old U.S. citizen from San Antonio was killed by ICE agent in south Texas -…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Senator Taylor Rehmet! Big Dem Early Vote, and More
Chris managed not to get kicked out of the Senate Gallery at the Texas State Capitol long enough to see Taylor Rehmet become the first Democrat sworn in to…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 259: State House District 50 Candidate Samantha Lopez Resendez
As early voting in the primary gets underway, another Texas candidate running for the Texas State House, in this case for the seat representing HD 50 - the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/19/26: Democratic Primary Voting Skyrockets In Texas - But GOP Still Holds The Total Lead, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The first two days of early voting have seen a near-doubling of the 2022 pace of Democratic primary…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial LIVE Pod: Next Generation Action Network's Democracy And Liberation Panel
On Presidents’ Day in Dallas, Next Generation Action Network kicked off Social Justice Week 2026 with with a powerful conversation on what democracy truly…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/18/26: Texas GOP AG Candidates Spew Hate Against Muslims, Liberals and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Last night's debate between Republicans seeking to replace Ken Paxton as attorney general was an…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/17/26: Trump Tampers With Talarico, Huffines Tangled With Epstein, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: TV host Stephen Colbert defies CBS orders not to discuss their orders to pull an interview with James…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Presidents' Day! Yes, The Apostrophe Is On The Outside
We're taking Presidents' Day off this Monday, but we take a moment to remind you to think about the importance of ALL our hard work this midterm election year…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 258: HD-132 Dem Nominee Sara McGee
Sara McGee is running unopposed as a Democrat in the swingy 132nd Texas House District, inspired by a rude experience with incumbent Republican Mike Schofield…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 257: D/FW Congressional Candidate And PT Endorsee Kevin Burge
The Progress Texas board has begun announcing their endorsements in the 2026 election, and if you don't live in North Texas, one you might be less familiar…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: ICE Attacks Texans While Trump Attacks The Environment, with Vikki Goodwin
Yet another week in the blender to unpack, as Austin State Rep. and new Progress Texas endorsee Vikki Goodwin joins us to announce an initiative to limit the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/13/26: Progress Texas Board Endorses Vikki Goodwin For Lieutenant Governor, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: The board at Progress Texas has issued its endorsement of Austin State Rep. Vikki Goodwin in her run…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 2/12/26: Trump-Pardoned Henry Cuellar Votes Against Dem Agenda - Again, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: Once again voting against the party that put him in power, Laredo Congressman Henry Cuellar was the…