Hudson Barrow

States of the Union

Government EN ↓ 2 episodes

Politics is complicated. Politicians want to keep it that way. This show doesn't. The States of the Union is a podcast about the fights over power happening right now across America — redistricting battles, court cases, and the maps that decide who gets a voice in Washington. Made by a teenager, for teenagers. No jargon, no spin, just the story of how the system actually works — and who's trying to change it. Season one follows the redistricting wars leading into the 2026 midterms: from Texas to California, from the statehouse to the Supreme Court. Because the decisions being made right now wi...

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Hudson Barrow

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EP 02 The Starting Gun 25.06.2026 11:20

Episode 02: The Starting Gun What does it take to stop a vote you know you're going to lose? This episode follows the Texas redistricting fight from the inside — from the moment more than 50 Democratic lawmakers boarded charter buses out of state to deny Republicans a quorum, through the fines, the police, the pressure, and the inevitable end. In this episode: The quorum break explained — why leav...

EP 1 The Texas redistricting fight 07.06.2026 13:59

The Texas Redistricting Fight What if politicians could choose their own voters instead of the other way around? That's the story at the heart of this episode — and in the summer of 2025, it exploded into one of the wildest political showdowns in recent memory. It started with a word that sounds about as exciting as a zoning board meeting: redistricting. But when the U.S. Department of Justice sen...