Second Reading Podcast

By Second Reading Podcast

Analysis of Texas Politics by Jim and Josh from the Texas Politics Project.

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Second Reading Podcast episodes:

November 08, 2023 November 8th, 2023 – Texas voters affirm most of the Legislature’s constitutional amendments, while GOP disagreements simmer in another special session
Jim Henson and Joshua Blank look at results from the off-year election in Texas and the U.S., and ponder legislative politics as yet another special session gets underway.
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55min
October 31, 2023 October 31st, 2023 – Texas Public Opinion Toward Vouchers and Ken Paxton in the Latest UT/Texas Politics Project Poll
Jim Henson and Joshua Blank look at Texans’ views of vouchers as the legislature remains at an impasse on the issue, and discuss what the latest UT/Texas Politics Project Poll reveals about views of Ken Paxton as his securities fraud trial begins in Houston.
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45min
October 25, 2023 October 25th, 2023 – 2024 Election Soundings in The New UT/Texas Politics Project Poll
The UT/Texas Politics Project polling team – Jim Henson, Daron Shaw, and Josh Blank – discuss results related to the 2024 election in Texas from the just-released October UT/Texas Politics Project Poll.
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51min
October 19, 2023 October 19th, 2023 – The Kaleidoscope of Republican Politics
Jim Henson and Josh Blank discuss how intraparty fights among Republicans in the US Congress and the Texas Legislature reveals the multiple axes of conflict in the GOP, and the shifting ideological terrain of the party both nationally and in Texas.
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54min
October 10, 2023 October 10th, 2023 – Texas public opinion and Gov. Abbott’s special session agenda
Jim Henson and Joshua Blank discuss how Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s special session agenda taps into the GOP primary electorate, and look at the latest hostilities between Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker of the House Dade Phelan.
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47min
October 05, 2023 October 5th, 2023 – GOP politics in the Texas Legislature as another special session nears
Jim and Josh look at the internecine politics of the Texas GOP and the calculations of the Big Three with the legislature set to begin the long-awaited “voucher session” – and consider the GOP meltdown in the US House as context for the #txlege.
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58min
September 28, 2023 September 28th, 2023 – One Issue to Bind Them All
Jim Henson and Joshua Blank talk about Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s signal on Fox News that he would add border security to his impending call for another special session of the legislature.
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50min
September 19, 2023 September 19th, 2023 – Digging into the Texas Senate’s Vote to Reinstate Ken Paxton as Attorney General
Jim Henson & Josh Blank look at the multiple factors that shaped the decision of (most) Republicans in the Texas Senate’s to reject the House’s impeachment charges against Ken Paxton – and the fallout.
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58min
September 13, 2023 September 13th, 2023 – Talking 2024 with the UT/Texas Politics Project Poll Team
Jim Henson, Joshua Blank & Daron Shaw talk over results from the latest UT/Texas Politics Project Poll related to the 2024 election.
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52min
September 08, 2023 September 8th, 2023 – What we learned from week 1 of the Paxton trial + a new UT/Texas Politics Project Poll
Jim and Josh try to figure out what we might have learned from the first week of Ken Paxton’s trial in the Texas Senate, and look at interesting results on Texas’ border buoys and public education.
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47min

FAQs about Second Reading Podcast:

How many episodes does Second Reading Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 256 episodes available.