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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 PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/3/25: On Verge Of 4th Of July, Trump's Big B.S. Bill On Verge Of Passing House, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The U.S. House appears preparing to vote on Donald Trump's Big Bullshit Bill…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 221 - Only YOU Can Save Our National Parks, with Cristóbal López
As part of our larger “Progress Texas Summer Vacation" series, we reviewed the threats to our national parks with Cristóbal López, the National Parks…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/2/25: OBBB Heads For House, Where Chip Roy Wants Even Deeper Cuts, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Trump's Big Bullshit Bill, passed by the Senate, now heads for the House, where part of the opposition…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 7/1/25: Cornyn, Cruz And Senate GOP Fighting Hard For Trump's B.S. Bill, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, naturally, are all in for Donald Trump's deeply unpopular Big…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/30/25: GOP Attacks On Working Class Give Texas Dems Hope For '26, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Donald Trump's continued press to establish an authoritarian regime, supported by his stacked Supreme…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: A Mamdani Tsunami? What A Huge Progressive Win In NYC Means For Texas
On this week's download of frustration and triumph and frustration, the crew celebrates the win of Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral primary - which…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/27/25: Who Will Take On Paxton For Senate? Top Dems Disagree, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Current and former aides to Attorney General Ken Paxton are in an all-out and tawdry legal battle over…
Progress Texas PodcastsGuest Pod: Joe Jaworski's "Midterms" Show from KPFT-FM in Houston, with Beto O'Rourke
The second time we've run Joe Jaworski's "Midterms" political talk show hosted by KPFT-FM in Houston, where it runs every Tuesday morning, features a talk with…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/26/25: Trump, Abbott, Paxton, Cornyn, and Cruz All Down In New Poll, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:New bi-monthy polling in Texas finds negativity growing against Republican leadership and policies, from…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Live Pod: Congressman Adam Kinzinger And The "Roadmap To Winning" In Dallas
Former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger has become an influential player in Texas politics since moving his family to the Houston area after leaving the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/25/25: Is Mamdani NYC Primary Win A Progressive Preview? And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The primary win of young Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamadani in the New York City mayoral election is…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 220 - Inside The Texas State Board Of Education
Today marks the beginning of a three day conference of the Texas State Board of Education in Austin. The quarterly meet ups set policies and standards for…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/24/25: Not So Cool After All - Abbott Vetoes Funding For Low Income Kids' Meals, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:In the only budget item from the 89th Legislature he vetoed, Governor Abbott has nixed Texas'…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/23/25: Texas Dems Oppose Iran Attack, Abbott Vetoes THC Ban, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Latest on Donald Trump's attack on nuclear facilities in Iran…
Progress Texas PodcastsTHANK YOU To Our 15th Anniversary Party Attendees and Donors!
Hard to believe that our 15th Anniversary shindig in Dallas was just under two weeks ago - so much is happening, and so quickly, that time is really flying by…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 219 - Clayton Tucker Announces Run For Agriculture Commissioner!
We’re excited to be one of the first to bring to you a discussion with newly-announced Democratic candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Clayton Tucker…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: No Kings, New Movies, and Ted Vs. Tucker
Our weekly blowing off of the proverbial steam covers the afterglow of the glorious No Kings weekend, Governor Abbott's deadline to sign legislation or get off…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/20/25: Will Governor Abbott Destroy The Texas THC Industry This Weekend? And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Despite the risks, opposition within his party, and terrible optics, it's looking like Governor Greg…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/19/25: Happy Juneteenth! Texas Lawmakers Weigh In On Middle East Conflict, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:This Juneteenth, we renew our commitment to the liberation of and equity for our neighbors, regardless…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/18/25: Elon Musk And Alex Jones Defend Minnesota Murderer, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Tucker Carlson appears to goad Senator Ted Cruz into prematurely revealing Trump administration military…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 218 - The Fight for Pride: How Community Keeps Us Going
Happy Pride Month! Digital Associate Haley Smith is joined by Avery Belyeu of the Montrose Center and Miriam Laeky of Equality Texas for a Pride Month…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/17/25: "Texas Miracle" Is A Disaster For Working Texans And Immigrants, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Amid the business and population boom of Texas, it now takes $90k per year for individual workers and…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/16/25: Progressives Across Texas And America Celebrate Success Of No Kings Weekend, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:After great worry about how the No Kings events would go on Saturday, there's relief and celebration on…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: No Kings Protests, The View From Cali...And Greg Abbott Killed Arthur!
What a week - and what a weekend it's likely to be. Everyone be safe if you're attending protests - again, keep it safe and legal. We're gonna have a lot to…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 217 - Recapping The 89th Lege With Austin State Senator Sarah Eckhardt
We enjoyed a visit with one of our favorite regulars, Austin State Senator Sarah Eckhardt, to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly (not necessarily in…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/13/25: Texas Braces For Mass Protests Amid Greg Abbott's Militaristic "Surge", And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Over 5,000 Texas National Guard troops and 2,000 Texas DPS officers, including special agents and Texas…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/12/25: As Protests Build, Abbott Greenlights Broader Police Use Of "Less Lethal" Weapons
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Governor Abbott promises a militaristic response to protests in Texas, including those on Saturday…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/11/25: Governor Abbott Activates National Guard Ahead Of No Kings Protests, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Governor Greg Abbott has activated the National Guard to establish a presence countering the anti-ICE…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/10/25: Ahead Of Midterms, Republicans Plot To Redraw Election Maps, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Much like the recent GOP power grab at the Tarrant County Commissioners Court, the Texas Republican…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/9/25: Trump's L.A. Crackdown Will Inspire Greater Resistance At Saturday's No Kings Rallies, and More
The Trump regime cracks down on anti-ICE protestors in Los Angeles: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj93d3r0zz0o...California Governor Gavin Newsome: "This…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Big Bull In Cowtown As MAGA Rewrites The Rules, and More
We're joined on our weekly airing of the grievances by Progress Texas board member Jason Smith, who's also a Fort Worth civil rights attorney who has had a…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/6/25: Musk/Trump Spat Shows Why Billionaires And Politics Don't Mix, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The very public breakup of Donald Trump and Elon Musk is a great example of the dangers our country…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Live Pod: Kerrville Town Hall with Kendall Scudder!
We were invited to join newly-elected Texas Democratic Party Chairman Kendall Scudder earlier this week in beautiful Kerrville for a town hall with the Kerr…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/5/25: Texas School Funding Is Too Little, Too Late - And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Governor Abbott signs HB2, the public school funding bill, into law - but it falls well short of really…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/4/25: More Texas Police Abusing License Plate Tracking System, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:On the heels of the Johnson County Sheriff's Department's abuse of ALPR license plate tracking systems…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/3/25: The 89th Legislature Was A Right Wing Playground, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The end of the 89th Texas Legislature represents the beginning of the analysis of the damage done. From…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 6/2/25: As Sine Die Arrives, Progressives Start To Survey The Damage, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:An impressive takedown of Texas GOP Senators goes viral…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 216 - Rise, Rural Progressives! Meet The 134 PAC
The 134 PAC, an organized group of progressives and Democrats from the vast expanse of rural, Republican-dominated Texas, has a plan to convert those folks…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Dan's Ban, Dead Bills, Musk Dips, and Sine Die
The weekly kvetching session comes as the last days of the 89th session play out like a slow-motion train wreck. Dan Patrick makes massive ass at a truly…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/30/25: Federal Data Shows Trump Regime Lied About Venezuelan Deportees, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:A Texas Tribune/Propublica investigation reveals that the Trump administration lied repeatedly about the…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 215 - Progressive Wave Continues Into Runoff Elections
A pattern emerged this May Election season for D/FW, Houston, Austin, and more: voters turned out for progressive candidates and issues, to stomp out bigotry…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/29/25: Abbott Politicizes The Tragic Death Of A Texas Teen, And More
Governor Abbott weighs in on a tragic accidental death at Grapevine Lake, calling for the death penalty against the Venezuelan national alleged to have caused…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/28/25: Texas Dems In D.C. Ready To Take On Trump, And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Dallas U.S. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett promises a counter to Donald Trump should Democrats retake…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/27/25 - Texas GOP Breaks Sabbath To Force 10 Commandments Into Classrooms, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Austin Rep. James Talarico scored the viral moment of the holiday weekend at the Lege, with a gotcha on…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 214: Your Right To Vote In 2026 Is Under Threat Now
Advocacy Manager Reagan Stone reviews two bills that threaten your voting rights: the Texas version of the SAVE Act and the “Use it or lose it” bills! Joined…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: No Weed For Thee After Dan's Ban, While GOP Shortchanges The Kids...Again
Our weekly decompression session comes in the closing days of the Texas Legislature - when all the bad stuff we've fought against for months tends to happen…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/23/25: School Funding - And School Prayer - Both Pass At The Capitol, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:As the line against the Trump agenda falls in the U.S. House, do Democrats have an age problem?…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/22/25: GOP Uses Dem Death Disadvantage To Pass Massive Trump Fleecing Of America, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:After a contentious all-night fight, Republicans in the U.S. House have passed Donald Trump's "big…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial Live Pod: Beto O'Rourke's Town Hall In Garland!
Former Congressman Beto O'Rourke has lately been staging live town hall events in cities and towns across Texas, in both blue and red counties, raising funds…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/21/25: Measles Infecting More Adults Than Kids In El Paso, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Latest on the Trump bill Rep. Julie Johnson commented on this morning…
Progress Texas PodcastsHappy Hour 213: Austin Rep. Vikki Goodwin Announces Run For Lieutenant Governor!
We're super proud to be the first to bring you a talk with freshly-announced Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Austin State Rep. Vikki Goodwin!Dan…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/20/25: Trump Targets Celebrities Over Houston Harris Rally, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Donald Trump's fixation on celebrity rejection has drawn his attention to Kamala Harris' October 2024…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/19/25: Texas Leaders Express Support For President Biden, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:President Joe Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis should be seen as a reminder of the importance of…
Progress Texas PodcastsIn Progress: Child Marriage In Texas (In 2025!), GOP Vs. Green Energy, The Lessons Of Andor...And Where Are The Dem Senate Candidates?
Our weekly airing of the grievances is perhaps a little spicy this time because frankly, we're sweating our butts off. Lucky for Texas, renewable energy has…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/16/25: House Bill Deadline Arrives - What's Dead, And What's Still In Play? And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The deadline for the Texas House to act on bills filed by its own members arrived at midnight last night…
Progress Texas PodcastsSpecial LIVE Pod: Cheers To The Chair, With The FEDDs!
Progress Texas Executive Director Kathleen Thompson took part in a terrific celebration and fundraising event for the Texas Democratic Party hosted by the…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/15/25: Public School Finance Bill Emerges With Major GOP Cuts, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The long-languishing HB 2, the promised "historic" public school finance proposal purported to offset…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/14/25: Solar Is Saving Texas - Will GOP Undercut Renewables Anyway? And More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:The ERCOT dashboard shows that solar power was the primary source for Texas energy throughout the first…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/13/25: As Heat Wave Arrives, Doubts About Grid Reliance Surface, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:All-time temperature records look likely to fall for both San Antonio and Austin as a dangerous and…
Progress Texas PodcastsDaily Dispatch 5/12/25: Added Solar Storage Should Keep ERCOT Afloat During Heat Wave, and More
Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:This week's mid-May heat wave is expected to shatter daily high temperature records - parts of Texas…