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ENside Politics episodes

December 14, 2020 Episode 124: Legislative Preview
Trey Martinez Fischer breaks down the 2021 legislative session with metro columnist Gilbert Garcia and investigative reporter Brian Chasnoff.

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29 min
December 07, 2020 Episode 123: Devil in the Details
Express-News columnist Gilbert Garcia, reporter Joshua Fechter, and business editor Greg Jefferson look at the thorny implementation of the city's workforce development program.

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28 min
November 30, 2020 Episode 122: Covid Curfew
Express-News reporters Brian Chasnoff, Greg Jefferson, Joshua Fechter, and host Gilbert Garcia talk COVID restrictions, upcoming council races as well as the local GOP response to Trump's fraud allegations.

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32 min
November 16, 2020 Episode 121: County Commissioner-elect Rebeca Clay-Flores
With a single campaign, Rebeca Clay-Flores shattered several barriers.

The Princeton grad became the first person to defeat a sitting Bexar County commissioner in 16 years when she knocked off Precinct 1 Commissioner Sergio “Chico” Rodriguez in a July primary runoff. Clay-Flores, who is Black and Mexican American, will be the first woman of color ever on the Commissioners Court.

Clay-Flores’ discusses her improbable campaign (and her hopes for Precinct 1).

Read more: Clay-Flores wouldn’t be denied in Commissioners Court race

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34 min
November 04, 2020 Episode 120: The Bumpy Road to 270
A flood of mail ballots across the country added drama to an already tense presidential contest.
With the COVID-19 pandemic prompting more people than ever to vote by mail, and with the crucial battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin obligated to wait until Election Day to start counting those ballots, this year’s election had the potential, all along, to be an epic cliffhanger.
Express-News reporters talk about our wild election night and how we could have seen this coming.
Read more: The surprising predictability of our election cliffhanger
26 min
October 30, 2020 Episode 119: Previewing an unprecedented election night
16 min
October 26, 2020 Episode 118: Rocking the Vote
Express-News reporters talk naked sushi, ticket-splitting in 78209 and what to look for on election night.
31 min
October 19, 2020 Episode 117: The Joleen Garcia interview
S.A. activist talks workforce development, police reform and paid sick leave.
28 min
October 12, 2020 Episode 116: Early Voting Preview
Express-News reporters break down what's on the ballot.
28 min
October 05, 2020 Episode 115: Celina Montoya on the latest allegations against Ken Paxton
The Texas House hopeful talks about trying to turn Joe Straus's old district blue.

Read more: Texas House hopeful weighs in on Paxton allegations
28 min

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A weekly podcast that breaks down how politics works, and often doesn't work, in San Antonio. Metro Editor Greg Jefferson and Express-News reporters question politicians and other newsmakers about…