Texas Signal Podcast

Texas Signal Podcast

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Texas Signal Podcast episodes

  • SignalCast — ALL on the Line

    Welcome to a special episode of SignalCast! We are joined today by Austin-native Genevieve Van Cleve, the Texas State Director of ALL on the Line, a national organization and advocacy arm of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. The organization looks at how census data and gerrymandering play into voting rights.

    54 min
  • SignalCast — More new Bills and More Voter Suppression

    Welcome to another episode of SignalCast! Signal's Joe Deshotel and Jessica Montoya-Coggins cover the following topics:

    • Voter suppression — HB 6 moves to the floor, anti-voter suppression presser in Dallas at AT&T and the broader movement to get corporations to oppose restrictions including American Airlines
    • 10 Marijuana bills, Dan Patrick says they are dead he opposes legalization
    • Vax — Texas moves up to 45th past Arkansas
    • GOP healthcare priorities do not include Medicaid expansion
    • Beto... Will he or won’t he?
    • George P. Bush considering a run against Paxton
    • Congress allocated $19 billion in federal stimulus money to Texas public education, but schools have yet to see an extra dime
    • The Texas Legislature’s budget writers have left more than $38 billion in federal COVID-19 relief out of the budgets they’re writing, as they try to sort through the details and the politics attached to that money
    • According to a legislative report, of the 176,000 people who have begun applications for rental assistance, just more than 1,000
      • 42 min
    • SignalCast – Interview With Former TDP Leaders on Recent History and Future of the Party in Texas

      Welcome to a special episode of SignalCast! We are joined this week by Cliff Walker and Manny Garcia, former executive members of the Texas Democratic Party. In conversation with Signal's Joe Deshotel, our guests discuss the 2020 election, the state of the party and the lessons learned while proceeding forward in turning Texas blue.

      • Introduction: Cliff Walker and Manny Garcia — how long have you been involved in Democratic Party politics and what have you been up to since the Election? What has the transition away from the party been like?
      • State of the Party — over the last decade, the 2020 cycle and moving forward...
      • Turning Texas Blue — what will it take? When will it happen?
      • Candidate recruitment — where, how, what
      • Messaging and branding — what have we learned, what are we doing well and not well
      • What’s next for you and how can folks stay in touch?
        • 53 min
      • SignalCast — What's up With Cruz and Cornyn?

        Welcome to another episode of SignalCast, where we look at the week's events. And yes, it was a BUSY week:

        • HB6 — Briscoe Cain Chair and author screws up hearing; and Beto, and 100s of others ready to testify
        • Ken Paxton — won’t release texts and emails related to trip to DC on Jan 6th for Trump rally
        • Greg Abbott — championing alcohol to go; also gun rights in wake of mass shootings
        • Governor’s race: Steve Hotze and Sid Miller sue Dan Patrick over Senate protocols; and Joe Straus doesn’t rule out run...says he voted for Biden
        • Border issue: ? Ted Cruz heading — post-election report with Cambio
        • What’s up with Cornyn? On Appointments
        • COVID-19 updates — all adults 16+ eligible and white Republicans refuse anyway
          • 31 min
        • SignalCast — Greg Abbott Piling on

          Welcome to another weekly roundup with Texas Signal! In this episode, Joe Deshotel and Jessica Montoya-Coggins discuss the following topics:  

          • PUC Chair caught on tape resigns, now zero commissioners remaining  
          • Dan Patrick putting pressure on re: ERCOT appointees and price adjustment 
          • Abbott’s Statewide press tour, regarding Houston for voter suppression bills and Dallas to blame migrant children for COVID 
          • McConaughey criticized mask mandate removal 
          • Ken Paxton and the bill that would expand powers re: abuse of office which is the thing he’s accused of and going through his wife’s committee 
          • Art Acevedo leaves Houston for Miami 
          • Anti-Asian violence; Chip Roy’s recent remarks  — Signal Gubernatorial Bracket
            • 37 min
          • SignalCast — Beto Op-ed and Potential Governor Candidates

            Welcome to another episode of SignalCast. This week Joe Deshotel and Jessica Montoya-Coggins discuss a ton of topics from COVID-19 to Matthew McConaughey, including:

            • Abbott and the removal of the mask mandate
            • Beto's exclusive Signal op-ed about winning Texas
            • Ken Paxton
            • Seeing Twitter and Twitter seeing
            • Suing Austin over a mask mandate
            • Matthew McConaughey — will he or won't he?, and
            • The Eyes of Texas
              • 37 min
            • Signalcast – Abbott Worsening Coronavirus Response

              Signal's Joe Deshotel and Jessica Montoya-Coggins discuss the week's news, including:  

              • Abbott's mask mandate repeal and opening Texas 100 percent
              • ErCOT CEO fired. PUC chair resigned Dan Patrick took credit 
              • Sid Miller attacks Abbott. Is he running for governor? 
              • Ken Paxton in court. Judge trying to dismiss abuse of office suit. Judge Meachum said can proceed. 
              • Dr. Ronny Jackson accused of being an abusive boss and drinking on the job. 
              • HR1 passed / Texas lege targeting all night voting in Harris Co.
                • 28 min

              About Texas Signal Podcast

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              Texas Signal is a progressive, fact-based media company. Our mission is to build a first-of-its-kind media ecosystem in Texas to help get the progressive message out. Think of us a megaphone to finally counterbalance right-wing conservatives who have successfully built their own media empire in the Lone Star State.