Texas Talks

Mark Nemir is the owner of Dirty Martin's, a hamburger joint near UT campus, and Bill Aleshire is a local attorney representing Mark and four other plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the City of Austin. Their lawsuit regards the City's Project Connect plans, how it was sold to the public, what it has become, and how it is being paid for. https://www.savedirtys.com/ https://twitter.com/AleshireLaw Wat...

Representative Salman Bhojani of House District 92, immigrated to Texas as a teenager, and worked several minimum wage jobs to help support his family. He went on to become a business owner, an attorney, a Euless city councilman, and one of the first Muslims and South Asians to be elected to the Texas State House. Bhojani on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SalmanBhojaniTX Bhojani on Facebook: https:/...

Arjun Sharda, a 12-year-old student, is the founder of the nonprofit organization, TLEEM. The acronym stands for Technology, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Engineering, and Mathematics. TLEEM's purpose is to help his peers and beyond to better their skills in those areas. TLEEM's Website: https://www.tleem.org/ Arjun's Website: https://www.arjunsharda.com/about.html Watch Full-Length Interviews: ht...

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Mark Teixeira is a former professional baseball first baseman who played 14 seasons in the MLB for the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Anaheim Angels, and New York Yankees. One of the most prolific switch hitters in MLB history, leading the American League in home runs and RBI's while finishing second in the MVP balloting. Teixeira was a three-time All-Star, won five Gold Glove Awards and three Sil...

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Jaeson Jones is an internationally renowned border intelligence expert. He has led investigations targeting Mexican cartel leadership and collaborated closely with the US intelligence community to help save lives throughout Mexico and the USA. Watch Full-Length Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/@TexasTalks   Follow us on social media X: @Texas_Dispatch Instagram: thetexasdispatch LinkedIn: The T...

Dick Lavine is a Senior Fiscal Analyst at Every Texan, a Texas-based organization that advocates for policies that enable Texans of all backgrounds to thrive. In this episode, Dick and Brad speak about property taxes in Texas, including alternatives to the property tax, the school financing system, and economic development programs such as the Chapter 313 program and the recently passed House Bill...

Vance Ginn, Ph. D., is a free-market economist who extensively evaluates policies to let people prosper while equipping lawmakers and leaders nationwide with frameworks for practical solutions to modern problems. Dr. Ginn is the founder and president of Ginn Economic Consulting and host of his Let People Prosper Show podcast. He is a senior fellow at Americans for Tax Reform, associate research fe...

Paul Bettencourt is an American politician and businessman based out of Houston, Texas, who serves as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 7. On January 13, 2015, he succeeded state Senator Dan Patrick of Houston, who successfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of Texas. Watch Full-Length Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/@TexasTalks   Follow us on social media X: @Texas_Disp...

On the first episode of Texas Talks, Brad speaks with Russel Boening. Russel is a full-time farmer and rancher from Wilson County. He grows feed grains, cotton and wheat, as well as operates a dairy and a beef cattle operation with his brother near Floresville. The fourth-generation farmer was elected president of Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) and Affiliated Companies in December 2014. He was first elec...