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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 8/19/25: Defiant Rep. Nicole Collier, Confined To State House Floor, Gains National Spotlight, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Fort Worth Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night last night on the floor of the Texas House of…
Progress Texas PodcastsBREAKING: Fort Worth Rep. Nicole Collier Live From Confinement On House Floor
We are beyond proud of Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth, who today refused to agree to a Texas DPS tail in order to be allowed to leave the Texas House floor…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/18/25: Expect New Trump Map Quickly As Quorum Break Ends, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The Texas House Democrats who have stopped the Donald Trump-ordered redistricting of Texas for the last…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Trump Map, Ten Commandments All Part Of Christian Nationalist Power Grab
As the first special session ends, and a second begins - all but promising that the new congressional map designed to give Donald Trump a chance to elude the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/15/25: Quorum Breakers Declare Mission Accomplished, Will Return To Austin, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:As day 12 of the Texas House quorum break arrives, those Dems have announced plans to return for the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/14/25: Illinois Judge Declines Paxton Request To Arrest Quorum Breakers, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:An Illinois judge, approached by Ken Paxton under the assumption that he may bend the rules as Texas…
Progress Texas PodcastsQuorum Break Update: Hays County State Rep. Erin Zwiener
As the end of the first special session approaches this week, with another threatened immediately to follow, we continue our talks with House Democrats who…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/13/25: Is The End Of The Texas House Quorum Break Inbound? And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Somewhat shaky reports have emerged that the Texas House Democrats away from the Capitol breaking quorum…
Progress Texas PodcastsQuorum Break Update: Houston State Rep. Christina Morales
Rep. Christina Morales of Houston holds the very special distinction of having secured the most progressive voting record in the entire Texas House during the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/12/25: At Day Nine, Abbott Ups Pressure On Dem Quorum Breakers
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:El Paso State Rep. Claudia Ordaz, theorized to be on her way back to the Capitol, says she is in full…
Progress Texas PodcastsQuorum Break Update: Missouri City State Rep. Ron Reynolds
All of the Texas House Democrats out of the state to stop the Trump power grab are making personal sacrifices - including State Rep. Ron Reynolds, who is…
Progress Texas PodcastsQuorum Break Update: Houston State Rep. Lauren Ashley Simmons
Unlike many of the House Democrats away on this quorum break, Houston's Rep. Lauren Ashley Simmons is doing this for the first time, so her perspective on the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/11/25: Texas Dem "Housebodies" Count Rises To Ten - Two Short Of Quorum - and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:After Friday's Texas House quorum scare - in which one more Democrat, Rep. Mary Gonzales, showed up -…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Will Texas House Make Quorum Today?
We're joined for our weekly complaining session this week by Lana Hansen, Executive Director of Texas Blue Action, just as word comes down from Nancy Thompson…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/8/25: GOP Deadlines For Dem Quorum Breakers Arrive Today, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Republicans in the Texas House plan to convene today at 1pm to try to advance Trump's congressional map…
Progress Texas PodcastsQuorum Break Update: Houston State Rep. Ann Johnson
We've been fans of Rep. Ann Johnson of Houston for a long time, and while we wish our first visit with her were not under such stressful circumstances, we're…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/7/25: GOP Leaders Fail To Condemn Terroristic Threats Against Dems, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Yesterday's bomb threat against the hotel where Texas Democratic quorum breakers were staying - some…
Progress Texas PodcastsQuorum Break Update: Austin State Rep John Bucy III
This next update from afar is the first to come to Progress Texas after the news of a bomb threat that required the evacuation of an Illinois hotel where…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/6/25: Texas GOP In Disarray As Quorum Break Enters Day 3, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:In developments leading into the third day of the Texas House quorum break, Senator John Cornyn has…
Progress Texas PodcastsQuorum Break Update: D/FW Rep. Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos
Our series of updates from Texas House Democrats who have left the state to halt the Republican redistricting effort continues, and just as we were linking up…
Progress Texas PodcastsQuorum Break Update: Austin State Rep. Vikki Goodwin
As the special session has been halted by a Democratic quorum break, we continue our series of updates from the elected officials involved, now shifting to…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/5/25: Abbott Threat To Unseat Quorum Breakers Is Pure Hot Air, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The national fight over partisan redistricting is settling into a direct battle between Texas and…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/4/25: Wheels Up! Texas House Dems Break Quorum Over Trump Map, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:After weeks of warnings, most of the Democratic delegation to the Texas House of Representatives has…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress - Don't Mess With Texas Maps: Interviews at the Texas Capitol Redistricting Hearing
Our weekly gathering happens while the final hearing on the Donald Trump-ordered redistricting of Texas for the sole purpose of protecting him from losing the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 8/1/25: Throngs Converge On Texas Capitol To Oppose Trump Map, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The last hearing by the State Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting on the Donald…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Session Update: San Antonio State Rep. Josey Garcia
For this next special session update, we welcome for the first time State Rep. Josey Garcia, who represents San Antonio's 124th House District and is the first…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/31/25: New GOP Maps Will Leave Thousands Of Urban Texans Voiceless In D.C., and More
The revealing of new congressional maps ordered by Donald Trump show the extend of the damage they threaten against representative democracy - especially in…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/30/25: Details Emerge On Trump-Ordered, GOP-Stacking Congressional Map, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Punchbowl News publishes details on a new congressional district map that Texas Republicans lawmakers…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/29/25: Anti-Redistricting Rage Rises At Arlington Hearing, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:UT Arlington saw yet another huge public turnout in opposition to the Trump-ordered Texas redistricting…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Session Update: San Antonio State Senator Roland Gutierrez
For this next update from the special legislative session, we go to one of our favorite go-to voices and fighters in the upper chamber - State Senator Roland…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/28/25: Wild Weekend Sees Rallies and Hearings As Dems Rage Against Redistricting, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:College Democrats across the state are calling for a quorum break to stop the GOP redistricting scheme…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Live Pod: Austin's "The People Vs. The Power Grab" Rally
As, promised, here's our full capture of Friday night's rally at the Delco Center in northeast Austin, hosted by Powered By People, and featuring in…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: LIVE From "The People Vs. The Power Grab"
This week's kvetch is a rare LIVE kvetch, as the team warmed up to capture Powered By People's rally on Friday night at Austin ISD's Delco Center. As we…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/25/25: CD-18 Candidate Isaiah Martin Tackled And Arrested at Redistricting Hearing, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:At the conclusion of last night's contentious hearing on Texas Republicans' push to redraw our…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 226: Travis County DA José Garza Puts People Over Politics
There's probably no elected Democrat in all of Texas who has been a more frequent target of right wing smear attacks than José Garza, currently in his second…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/24/25: California Lawmakers Weigh Response To Trump Power Grab In Texas, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:When they return from summer recess on August 18, lawmakers in California will immediately faced with…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Session Update: San Antonio State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer
State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer of San Antonio was one of the primary captains of the 2021 Texas Democratic quorum break, staged in resistance against…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/23/25: Gloves Coming Off As Dems Resist Trump Redistricting Power Grab, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:As the Trump-ordered redistricting push continues with the special session, Democrats are weighing…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Session Update: Houston State Senator Molly Cook
State Senator Molly Cook returned to work as an emergency nurse in her hometown of Houston at the conclusion of her freshman session a few weeks ago - only to…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch: Flood Aid Held Hostage Over Trump's New Maps In Special Session, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Day 1 of the special session saw a full court press on redistricting - no movement on flood relief, or…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/21/25: Special Session Begins - How Will Dems Resist Trump Power Grab? And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The scene on the opening day off what could be a contentious and historic special legislation: a massive…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Special Session Preview, Trump's Epstein Dilemma - and Only YOU Can Save Independent Media
As we hit another Friday in the wild wild West of Texas politics, we do so with a wary eye towards Monday - the day that a special legislative session called…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/18/25: A Democratic Quorum Break? Desperate, But Not Unprecendented - and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Will the special session, partly dedicated to a Trump-ordered mid-decade redistricting start on Monday…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/17/25: Will The Dems Ditch The Special? That Would Come With A Cost, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Desperate measures may be called for to opposed mid-decade GOP redistricting, but breaking quorum now…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 225: Joe Jaworski Announces Run For Attorney General
Former Galveston mayor, Houston-area attorney and longtime progressive activist Joe Jaworski joins us to announce his run for Texas Attorney General in…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/16/25: Democrats Consider Ditching Special Session To Stop GOP Power Grab, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Drama building for the special session, as Democrats consider breaking quorum to block a Trump-ordered…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 224: Int'l Heavyweight Champ and Dem Allison Campolo's New Fight—Flipping Tarrant
Progressives across Texas are taking note of the recent return of former Tarrant County Democratic Party Chair Allison Campolo to that important post. As the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/15/25: Texas Food Banks' Flood Response Hobbled By Trump Cuts, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Flood recovery efforts have resumed amidst great uncertainty about how long it will take, or whether…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/14/25: July 4 Flood The Latest Deadly Disaster Texas GOP Failed To Prepare For, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The July 4 flood death toll rose to 132 as new flooding stopped recovery efforts on Sunday…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 223: Bridging the Gap: LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Law Enforcement & the Proud to Be Your Friend Conference
In this episode of the Progress Texas Happy Hour, we’re honored to welcome Michael Wilmore-Crumrine, President of the Lesbian & Gay Peace Officers Association…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: A Parting of Paxtons, Again With Allred - And Our Hearts To The Hill Country
This week's blowing off of the collective steam is especially cathartic, having come at the end of a week in which we watched the horrible situation in Central…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/11/25: Trump In Texas Today For Flood Photo-Op, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:A full week after the fact, Donald Trump is visiting Texas today to observe the flood damage in Kerr…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Live Pod: Talking with Your Rural Neighbors with The 134 PAC
Difficult conversations should take place in all regions of a diverse state like Texas, especially after 30-plus years of one party rule. Beyond placing blame…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/10/25: Abbott Uses Flood Tragedy As Cover For Redistricting Power Grab, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The death toll of the July 4 flood disaster has risen to 120, but is still exceeded by the number of…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/9/25: List Of Texas Flood Missing Rises Exponentially, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The number of missing people in the July 4 floods has jumped dramatically, from about 40 yesterday to…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/8/25: As Kerr County Reels, Local Officials Dodge Questions, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Day five of the recovery effort in Kerr County begins as the July 4 floods become the deadliest…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/7/25: Texas Flood Death Toll A Result Of Long Term Infrastructure And Policy Failures
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The latest on the July 4th floods in Kerr County and across Central Texas, where the death toll has…
Progress Texas PodcastsThe Future is NOW: Conversations from the TYD + TCD 2025 Joint Convention in Austin
Last weekend, Progress Texas Digital Associate Haley Smith visited the welcome social for the Texas Young Democrats and Texas College Democrats Joint…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: This July 4th, What Does Patriotism REALLY Mean?
The news moves fast, y'all - between the time we recorded this on Thursday afternoon and posting time a couple of hours later, the U.S. House has passed what…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 222 - Clean Energy Cuts Are Deeper Than You Might Expect, With German Ibanez
For a time that isn’t typical, we’re not bringing you the typical talking points. German Ibanez has 40 plus years of experience in clean energy. From…