Second Reading Podcast

This week, Jim and Josh talk about public education attitudes captured in the latest UT/Texas Politics Project Poll in the context of recent school board elections and Gov. Greg Abbott’s signals about private school vouchers. This Episode was Mixed and Mastered by Karoline Pfiel

This week, Jim Henson, Josh Blank and Daron Shaw discuss results from the newly-released University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll, including attitudes toward banning abortion in Texas, border security, the economy, and more. This Episode was Mixed and Mastered by Clayton Faries and Will Shute

This week, Jim Henson and Josh Blank talk about at the structural context of the politics of border security and immigration in Texas, from the complexity of immigration as a policy issue to the cultural politics driving the continued salience of the issue among Republican voters. Mixed and Mastered by Clayton Faries and Will Shute

Jim and Ross Ramsey talk about the range of issues in Ross’s last four Texas Tribune columns – public education, broadband internet to areas of Texas in need, abortion, and gerrymandering in redistricting.

Jim Henson and Josh Blank discuss the collision of COVID-19 and border security politics in Washington D.C. and Texas, and implication for the Texas gubernatorial race between Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke. This Episode was Mixed and Mastered by Clayton Faries and Will Shute

Jim and Josh discuss Texas governor Greg Abbot’s renewal of the disaster declarations for COVID-19 and border security, as well as the changing public views of the pandemic in Texas. This Episode was Mixed and Mastered by Clayton Faries and Will Shute

Journalists Perla Trevizo of The Texas Tribune and ProPublica and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón of the Marshall Project join Jim to discuss their joint investigation of Greg Abbott’s border initiative, Operation Lone Star.

This week, Jim talks with Robert Vitalis, the author of Oilcraft: The Myths of Scarcity and Security That Haunt U.S. Energy Policy and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, about the reemergence of misconceptions and myths about oil and geopolitics in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This Episode was […]

This week, Jim Henson talks with Lauren McGaughy of the Dallas Morning News to discuss the recent developments in the heated politics around gender affirmative care for transgender kids in Texas.

Jim and Josh discuss early results of the 2022 Texas Primaries and the likely upcoming attorney general runoff election.

Jim and Josh discuss the attempted GOP reboot of public education as an issue in Texas, with a look at recent UT/Texas Politics Project polling results on removing books from libraries, parental influence, and teaching about racism.

Jim Henson, Josh Blank, and Daron Shaw discuss the results of the just-released University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll.

In a new Second Reading Podcast, Jim Henson and Josh Blank take a close look Latino voting patterns in Texas  – and what common media narratives miss about the subject.

Jim talks with Harvey Kronberg of Quorum Report about the 2022 primary elections and the forces at work in Texas politics.

Jim Henson and Gromer Jeffers, Jr., of the Dallas Morning News discuss the Republican primary contest in Texas for Attorney General and other legislative and congressional primary races in the North Texas region.

Jim and Ross Ramsey of The Texas Tribune discuss the politics of voting laws, the implications of the lopsided balance of power between the two parties in Texas, and the prospects for political change.

Jim and Josh kick off the new year by taking a cut at the agendas likely to dominate Republican and Democrat midterm elections at the top of the ticket.

In this week’s episode of Second Reading Podcast, Jim and Josh wrap up the year by discussing how negative partisan works and Texas’s political trajectory. This week’s episode of Second Reading Podcast was mixed and mastered by Karoline Pfeil and Will Shute.

In this week’s episode of Second Reading Podcast, Jim and Josh discuss the upcoming Texas Elections as 2021 comes to a close. This week’s episode of Second Reading Podcast was mixed and mastered by Amanda Willis and Will Shute.

In this week’s episode of Second Reading Podcast, Jim and Josh discuss Beto O’Rourke’s recent campaign announcement for Texas governor. This week’s episode of Second Reading Podcast was mixed and mastered by Clayton Faries and Ean Herrera.

In this week’s episode of Second Reading Podcast, Jim and Josh discuss the October 2021 UT Texas Tribune poll results. This week’s episode of Second Reading Podcast was mixed and mastered by Clayton Faries and Ean Herrera.

Jim and Josh discuss the fallout from Texas State Rep. Matt Krause’s letter to Texas school districts seeking information about books on race, gender identity, and sexuality in their libraries and classrooms. This week’s episode of Second Reading Podcast was mixed and mastered by Clayton Faries and Ean Herrera.

With the third special session of the 87th Texas Legislature adjourned sine die, Jim and Josh review the output and implications of the long session.

Jim Henson and Joshua Blank discuss the Governor Abbott’s latest executive order prohibiting vaccine mandates by private businesses, and adding the subject to the agenda of the third special session of the 87th Texas Legislature. . This week’s episode of Second Reading Podcast was mixed and mastered by Alejandra Arrazola.

Jim and Josh discuss the policy output of the 87th Legislature and the Texas Republican Party’s lean towards appeasing the more conservative sides of their base, and ask the question hovering over Texas politics: How far to the right is too far? This week’s episode of Second Reading Podcast was mixed and mastered by Ean […]