Pod Bless Texas

By Kendall Scudder

Pod Bless Texas with Kendall Scudder delivers honest, engaging conversations about Texas politics, culture, and the people shaping the Lone Star State.... more

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How many episodes does Pod Bless Texas have?

The podcast currently has 133 episodes available.

Pod Bless Texas episodes:

August 19, 2026 Jim Hightower on Rebuilding Texas Politics
Pod Bless Texas is back, and Kendall Scudder begins this new chapter with one of Texas's most recognizable populist voices.

Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker, New York Times best-selling author, and two-term Texas Agriculture Commissioner. For five decades, he has advocated for consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and everyday Americans. Jim brings a direct perspective and his trademark Texas humor to every conversation.

In this episode, Kendall goes beyond Jim's public career to explore the experiences and values behind his progressive populism. Their candid conversation offers a personal look at public service, community, and the role everyday people play in shaping Texas politics.

Subscribe to Pod Bless Texas for more conversations with the people working to move Texas forward.

Pod Bless Texas: www.podblesstexas.com Follow Kendall Scudder: @kendallscudder Jim Hightower: https://jimhightower.com Jim's Substack: https://jimhightower.substack.com
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49min
November 01, 2023 Prop 8 (ft. Dr. Kelty Garbee)
Show Notes:
Pod Bless Texas host Kendall Scudder is joined by Dr. Kelty Garbee of Texas Rural Funders The team discusses the constitutional election that is currently underway, particularly the work Dr. Garbee and her organziation have been doing on Proposition 8, the prop. aiming to expand high speed internet access in Texas.
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Sponsored by:Represent Texas is the official political action committee of Pod Bless Texas. To help candidates on our show, friends of the podcast, or solid Democratic candidates that are throwing down in tough districts, visit www.representtexaspac.org and chip in to help the team.
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Follow us and our guests online!Submit news stories, questions, or topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to [email protected].Website: www.podblesstexas.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PodBlessTexas
Instagram: @podblesstexas
Threads: @podblesstexas
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/podblesstexas
Twitter (or X?): @podblesstexas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podblesstexas
Mail: PO Box 140981, Dallas, TX 75214Follow Kendall Scudder online:
website: www.kendallscudder.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kendallscudder
instagram: @KendallScudder
Threads: @KendallScudder
Twitter (or X?): @KendallScudderFollow Dr. Kelty Garbee and Texas Rural Funders online:
Website: www.texasruralfunders.org
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25min
October 18, 2023 2023 Propositions (ft. Kathleen Thompson)
Show Notes:
Pod Bless Texas host Kendall Scudder is joined by cohost Kathleen Thompson of Progress Texas. The team discusses the upcoming constitutional election the propositions on the ballot, and the political happenings of the week.
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Sponsored by:
Represent Texas is the official political action committee of Pod Bless Texas. To help candidates on our show, friends of the podcast, or solid Democratic candidates that are throwing down in tough districts, visit www.representtexaspac.org and chip in to help the team.
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Things we talked about:
Progress Texas voter guide: https://progresstexas.org/2023-texas-statewide-ballot-guide

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Follow us and our guests online!
Submit news stories, questions, or topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to [email protected].Website: www.podblesstexas.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PodBlessTexas
Instagram: @podblesstexas
Threads: @podblesstexas
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/podblesstexas
Twitter (or X?): @podblesstexas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podblesstexas
Mail: PO Box 140981, Dallas, TX 75214
Follow Kendall Scudder online:
website: www.kendallscudder.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kendallscudder
instagram: @KendallScudder
Threads: @KendallScudder
Twitter (or X?): @KendallScudder
Follow Kathleen Thompson and Progress Texas online:
Website: www.progresstexas.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/progresstexas
Instagram: @progress_texas or @kathleenthompson
Twitter (or X?): @progresstx or @ktnote
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54min
October 07, 2023 Greg Abbott: We Don’t Need No Education (ft. Rena Honea, Gwenn Burud)
Show Notes:
Pod Bless Texas host Kendall Scudder is joined by cohost Gwenn Burud of Texans Defending Democracy and this week's guest, Alliance AFT President arena Honea. The team discusses the upcoming special session on school vouchers, the dangers vouchers pose to our public school system, and the political happenings of the week.
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Sponsored by :Represent Texas is the official political action committee of Pod Bless Texas. To help candidates on our show, friends of the podcast, or solid Democratic candidates that are throwing down in tough districts, visit www.representtexaspac.org and chip in to help the team.
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Things we talked about:
Here is Greg Abbott’s agenda as Lawmakers return for third special session: https://www.kvue.com/amp/article/news/politics/texas-legislature/texas-lege-third-special-session-agenda-governor-greg-abbott/269-9cca9f2f-d4ac-45be-bb9c-5bc9d02156e8
Say No to Vouchers in Texas: https://riograndeguardian.com/hinojosa-say-no-to-school-vouchers-in-texas/
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins at odds with Fellow Democrats over Vouchers: https://www.expressnews.com/columnist/gilbert-garcia/article/texas-school-vouchers-gervin-hawkins-democrats-18404024.php
Tarrant County Rejects Funding for Girls Inc. Citing its support for LGBT, Abortion rights: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/10/04/tarrant-county-drops-funding-for-girls-inc-citing-its-support-for-lgbt-abortion-rights/?outputType=amp
Takeaways from the historic ousting of Kevin McCarthy: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1203462629/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-matt-gaetz-congress-vote
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Follow us and our guests online!Submit news stories, questions, or topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to [email protected].Website: www.podblesstexas.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PodBlessTexas
Instagram: @podblesstexas
Threads: @podblesstexas
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/podblesstexas
Twitter (or X?): @podblesstexas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podblesstexas
Mail: PO Box 140981, Dallas, TX 75214
Follow Kendall Scudder online:
website: www.kendallscudder.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kendallscudder
instagram: @KendallScudder
Threads: @KendallScudder
Twitter (or X?): @KendallScudder
Follow Gwenn Burud and Texans Defending Democracy online:
Website: www.texansdefendingdemocracy.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/burud4texas
Instagram: @Gwennburud
Twitter (or X?): @BurudForTexas
Follow Rena Honea/ Alliance AFT online:
Website: http://www.texasaft.org/local/alliance/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AllianceAFT
Instagram: @allianceaft
Twitter (or X?): @allianceaft
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48min
September 21, 2023 A New/Familiar Sheriff in Town (ft. Luper Valdez)
Show Notes:
Pod Bless Texas host Kendall Scudder is joined by cohost Lorenzo Buttram Hubbard and this week's guest, former Dallas County Sheriff and 2018 Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee Lupe Valdez. The team discusses Lupe's 2018 gubernatorial run, her return to the Dallas County political scene, and the political happenings of the week.
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Sponsored by:Represent Texas is the official political action committee of Pod Bless Texas. To help candidates on our show, friends of the podcast, or solid Democratic candidates that are throwing down in tough districts, visit www.representtexaspac.org and chip in to help the team.
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Things we talked about:
City of Chandler Rejects ban on Highway Travel for Abortion: https://www.kltv.com/2023/09/11/city-chandler-prepares-ordinance-outlawing-abortion-trafficking/Dallas County Jail Again Fails Annual Inspection: https://www.keranews.org/government/2022-03-10/dallas-county-jail-again-fails-annual-state-inspectionDoes Tim Scott's Girlfriend Actually Exist?: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/09/does-tim-scotts-girlfriend-actually-exist-maybe.html
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Follow us and our guests online!Submit news stories, questions, or topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to [email protected].Website: www.podblesstexas.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PodBlessTexas
Instagram: @podblesstexas
Threads: @podblesstexas
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/podblesstexas
Twitter (or X?): @podblesstexas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podblesstexas
Mail: PO Box 140981, Dallas, TX 75214Follow Kendall Scudder online:
website: www.kendallscudder.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kendallscudder
instagram: @KendallScudder
Threads: @KendallScudder
Twitter (or X?): @KendallScudderFollow Lorenzo Buttram Hubbard online:
Website: www.lawrencehubbarddesigns.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lorenzo.hubbard
Instagram: @lorenzobuttramhubbardFollow Lupe Valdez online:
Website: www.lupevaldez.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lupefortexas
Instagram: @lupeforsheriff
Twitter (or X?): @LupeValdez
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September 08, 2023 Progressive Backbone (ft. Rep. John Bryant)
Pod Bless Texas host Kendall Scudder is joined by cohost Alison Grinter-Allen and this week's guest, State Representative John Bryant (HD114). The team discusses timidity in the Democratic legislative caucuses, the pending special session, and the Paxton trial. Also, can we punch Nazi's again?
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Sponsored by:Represent Texas is the official political action committee of Pod Bless Texas. To help candidates on our show, friends of the podcast, or solid Democratic candidates that are throwing down in tough districts, visit www.representtexaspac.org and chip in to help the team.
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Things we talked about:
John Bryant Can't Believe How Bad Things Are: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/john-bryant-texas-lege-return/Paxton Impeachment: https://www.texastribune.org/series/ken-paxton-impeachment-texas-attorney-general/James Madison Biography by Ralph Ketchum: https://www.amazon.com/James-Madison-Biography-Ralph-Ketcham/dp/0813912652Insurrectionist crying at sentencing: https://www.tiktok.com/@cbsmornings/video/7273842684635221291
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Follow us and our guests online!Submit news stories, questions, or topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to [email protected].Website: www.podblesstexas.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PodBlessTexas
Instagram: @podblesstexas
Threads: @podblesstexas
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/podblesstexas
Twitter (or X?): @podblesstexas
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/podblesstexas
Mail: PO Box 140981, Dallas, TX 75214Follow Kendall Scudder online:
website: www.kendallscudder.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kendallscudder
instagram: @KendallScudder
Threads: @KendallScudder
Twitter (or X?): @KendallScudderFollow Alison Grinter-Allen online:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alisongrinter
Instagram: @alisongrinter
Threads: @alisongrinter
Twitter (or X?): @alisongrinterFollow Rep. John Bryant online:
Website: www.johnbryantfortexas.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/johnbryantfortexas
Instagram: @johnbryantfortexas
Threads: @johnbryantfortexas
Twitter (or X?): @johnbryantfortx
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43min
August 31, 2023 MAGA Mug Shots/MAGA Movement (ft. Nancy Thompson)
Pod Bless Texas host Kendall Scudder is joined by Nancy Thompson, the founder of Mother's Against Greg Abbott (MAGA). Kendall and Nancy discuss the creation of MAGA, the Paxton Impeachment, the Trump arrest, and the latest viral (orchestrated) hit, Rich Men North of Richmond.
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48min
August 23, 2023 The girls are fighting, y’all!
Pod Bless Texas host Kendall Scudder is joined by State Representative Mihaela Plesa, the first Democrat to represent Collin County in over 35 years. Kendall and Mihaela discuss her first legislative session as a member, her legislative accomplishments, and growing up Romanian in North Texas.
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Sponsored by:
Represent Texas is the official political action committee of Pod Bless Texas. To help candidates on our show, friends of the podcast, or solid Democratic candidates that are throwing down in tough districts, visit www.representtexaspac.org and chip in to help the team.
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Follow us and our guests online!
Submit news stories, questions, or topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to [email protected].
Website: www.podblesstexas.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PodBlessTexas
Instagram: @podblesstexas
Threads: @podblesstexas
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/podblesstexas
Twitter (or X?): @podblesstexas
Mail: PO Box 140981, Dallas, TX 75214
Follow Kendall Scudder online:
website: www.kendallscudder.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kendallscudder
instagram: @KendallScudder
Threads: @KendallScudder
Twitter (or X?): @KendallScudder
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42min
August 16, 2023 Did you miss us?
Pod Bless Texas is back and ready to cover Texas politics! Join Kendall Scudder as he adjusts to being a lone ranger and welcomes in our first surprise guest of the season!

SPOILER: It's your old pal, bureaucrat Lillian Salerno, the Texas State Director for United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development.Kendall and Lillian discuss Lil's new role at USDA, what that means for Rural Texas, and limited discussion on actual politics because Lillian can't do that anymore. Whomp whomp. They also decide to bring back everyone's favorite segment, Obsessed!
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Things we mentioned:
Texas Monthly article featuring Rep. John Bryant:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/john-bryant-texas-lege-return/
90 Day Fiance: The Other Way:
https://go.tlc.com/show/90-day-fiance-the-other-way-tlc-atve-us
Chicago Annual Duck Derby:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/thousands-rubber-ducks-float-chicago-river-annual-duck-102208562
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Sponsored by:
Represent Texas is the official political action committee of Pod Bless Texas. To help candidates on our show, friends of the podcast, or solid Democratic candidates that are throwing down in tough districts, visit www.representtexaspac.org and chip in to help the team.
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Follow us and our guests online!
Submit news stories, questions, or topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to [email protected].
Website: www.podblesstexas.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PodBlessTexas
Instagram: @podblesstexas
Threads: @podblesstexas
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/podblesstexas
Twitter (or X?): @podblesstexas
Mail: PO Box 140981, Dallas, TX 75214
Follow Kendall Scudder online:
website: www.kendallscudder.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kendallscudder
instagram: @KendallScudder
Threads: @KendallScudder
Twitter (or X?): @KendallScudder
Apparently, you follow Lillian Salerno at usda.gov ? (she's an enigma)
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46min
October 01, 2021 Pod Bless Texas (ft. Sen. Al Franken)
Kendall and Lil try to come to terms with the terrible state of Texas politics over Pokemon Oreos. Sen. Al Franken stops by to pitch his ideas on filibuster reform and to talk about his upcoming comedy tour with stops in Dallas and Austin.
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FAQs about Pod Bless Texas:

How many episodes does Pod Bless Texas have?

The podcast currently has 133 episodes available.