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Texas Take — 248 episodes

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1

The 5 Hottest Runoff Battles on the Texas Ballot

2

Is Trump is making Democrats more competitive in South Texas?

3

James Talarico's Bid To Win Black Voters

4

Sex, Guns and Politics

5

The Incredible Shrinking NRA?

6

Challenging THC Regulations in Texas

7

An Exclusive With the National Republican Party Chairman Gruters

8

Monster, Snubs and Japanese Anime

9

Why are would-be presidential candidates making a beeline for Texas

10

The Long Wait for Trump’s Texas Senate Endorsement

11

Wild 2026 Texas Primary: What Happened and Why

12

Closing Arguments

13

Shocker after Shocker in Texas Primaries

14

Traitor, Backstabbers and Puppets

15

Warning Bells for Republicans In Texas

16

Time for a Recalibration?

17

An Exclusive with Beto O'Rourke: "We will live in a fascist country"

18

What is Beto O’Rourke up to now?

19

Will Donald Trump Ever Endorse John Cornyn?

20

No Boots on the Ground

21

Who won Texas Politics in 2025

22

Jasmine Crockett on Latino voters and Israel

23

Shaking It All Up

24

So Much Uncertainty in Texas Politics

25

Disaster for Texas Republicans

26

Two Governors, One Big Texas City

27

Gavin Newsom Answers Greg Abbott

28

A Battle That Never Ends

29

An Exclusive with Wesley Hunt

30

Greg Abbott’s $90 million gamble

31

Battling the Billionaires

32

Marching on Chicago

33

Shutdowns and Showdowns

34

Revenge and Retribution

35

The Hottest Political Races Budding in Texas

36

Rage Against the Colleges

37

Who won the summer in Texas politics?

38

An Exclusive with Texas House Democratic Leader Gene Wu

39

Making Blood Boil in Texas Politics

40

An Exclusive with John Cornyn

41

On The Run

42

Special Edition: Rare 1990 Reagan Recording

43

No Prisoners

44

Backs Against the Wall

45

An Exclusive with Ted Cruz

46

Responding to Tragedy.

47

So, What's Different This Time? Anything?

48

F-Bombs Away!

49

Drawin' Those Battle Lines

50

Crazy and Stupid

51

Master of the House

52

Acquiescence

53

Going Way Too Far

54

"Political Poison"

55

Excuses, Excuses

56

Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud

57

You Can't Win Em All

58

It's Not Alright, Alright, Alright

59

What are the Democrats Doing? No, Seriously.

60

Fix It Already

61

Sleep Deprived

62

Outbreak!

63

Bonus Edition: Jeremy Reports from San Antonio

64

Staging an Intervention

65

Being Asked to Leave the Casino

66

Say it to My Face

67

The Chaos is on Purpose

68

Technical Difficulties

69

They're Off to the Races

70

Ready Or Not, Here They Come

71

Let's Make a Deal

72

'Tis the Season...for Screaming

73

A Speaker Showdown or a Setup?

74

Trump Says he Loves Texas. But the Proof is In the Puddin'

75

When Trump Says Jump, Texas Republicans Say "How High?"

76

On to the Next Chapter

77

Texas Celebrities Makin' the Closing Arguments in 2024

78

Joe Rogan vs Beyoncé

79

Texas Republicans Help Halt an Execution. Wait, What?

80

Well, That's the Ballgame. Or Is It?

81

Wait, Ted Cruz Could Lose? Maybe.

82

Well, Look at That: It's the Consequences of our Actions

83

They're Eating What? Oh, Come On

84

Ready, Set, Run!

85

This Ain't Texas

86

Special Edition: Wargaming 2024 in Texas

87

Back to School and Back to War

88

A Race About Race?

89

Democrats in Array

90

So, About That Whole Unity Thing...

91

Abandonment

92

The Freakout is Real

93

A Full Meltdown

94

The Texas Take Meets Texas Talk

95

There's Always a Distraction

96

Rules? There Are No Rules

97

Shoulda Seen it Comin'

98

Let's Play the Blame Game

99

Another Month of This?

100

Civil Unrest

101

Awkwardly Bipartisan

102

Abortion Explodes: Déjà vu in Texas

103

Nothin' Sticks to This Guy

104

Back to Work

105

"On to the Playoffs!"

106

Be Careful What You Ask For

107

"This is a War"

108

Frauds and Liars

109

Rubber Meet Road

110

How About a Do-Over?

111

A Complete Picture of Total Failure

112

PTSD

113

New Year, Same Old Fights

114

How Far Will They Go?

115

Doin' it the Hard Way

116

Slamming the Door Shut

117

Light at the End of the Tunnel?

118

Shredding the Constitution

119

Crashin' and Burnin'

120

Shut Up and Sit Down

121

A "Serious Blunder"

122

If At First You Don't Succeed, Change the Subject

123

If at First You Don't Succeed, Threaten Everyone

124

All Out War

125

The People's Court?

126

Law And Order

127

Here Comes MAGA

128

Burner Phones and a Fake Uber Account

129

Unsettled and Unsettling

130

"Un-American"

131

The White House Strikes Back at Texas Over the Border

132

A Perfect Day for the Legislature to Go Away

133

Forget Iowa. Texas is Becoming the First Stop for the GOP Nomination

134

A Big Nothingburger

135

Ten Times Worse Than You've Heard

136

Where There's Smoke...

137

A Top Texas Republican Says Trump's Time Has Passed

138

A Mass Shooting Every Week

139

Threats Real and Imagined

140

Dissenting Voices

141

Dolla Dolla Bills, Y'all

142

Texas Gov. Tucker Carlson?

143

Darker Than American Carnage

144

A Threat to Friday Night Lights

145

Steamrolling the Minority

146

"Where Woke Goes to Die." Really?

147

It's All About Priorities

148

Oh, So Vouchers Will Just Mean Fewer Teachers? Cool, Cool.

149

Time to Get to Work

150

Fake Outrage

151

A New Year and New Beginnings

152

Immigration Deal Fizzles as 2022 Comes to an End

153

Why So Nasty?

154

Legalized Gambling in Texas? Don't Bet On It

155

It is Mercifully Over

156

The Finish Line is in Sight

157

Closing Arguments

158

Ready, Set, Vote!

159

Neck and Neck

160

Ad Wars

161

Throwdown in The Valley

162

Didn't They Fix Property Taxes in Texas? Stop Laughing.

163

A Helping Hand or Political Theater?

164

It Should Keep You Up At Night

165

Having Second Thoughts?

166

Women Are Angry

167

It's Not About the F-Bomb

168

Talkin' Right Past Each Other

169

Calls for New Gun Laws Falling on Deaf Ears in Texas

170

Keri Blakinger: She Was a Prisoner, Now She Reports on Prisons

171

Where is Gov. Abbott?

172

A Tight Governor's Race? Well, It's Only July

173

Oh, There's Always More They Can Do

174

Roe Falls as The Texas GOP Turns on Its Elder Statesman

175

Indecision and Delay

176

The Fear It Will Happen Again and That Nothing Will Change

177

Distractions, Investigations, and Accusations of a Coverup

178

How Could Anyone Shoot Those Kids? How Could You Do Nothing About It?

179

Sure, We Can Keep the Lights On. But What About Air Conditioners?

180

If You Like Your Public School, You Can Keep Your Public School

181

The Fall of Roe?

182

The Only Covid Restriction Republicans Support

183

Cutting Off Our Nose to Spite Our Face

184

Abbott’s Border “Stunt”

185

"Midland not Moscow" but maybe renewable energy is okay, too

186

"Jackassery"

187

Completely Detached from Reality

188

On To the Runoffs

189

It's Do or Die Time in the Texas Primary

190

With Voting Underway in Texas, More Confusion About How to Do It

191

Texans Start Voting Now

192

The Storm Passes

193

The Trump Show Returns to Texas

194

A School Voucher Fight? Don't Get Scared Now.

195

Texas Primaries in Full Swing

196

Sen. Cruz Stands Against Domestic Terrorists Until He Doesn't

197

'The Texas Model' Has a Whole New Meaning

198

It's Put Up or Shut Up Time

199

Abbott Guarantees the Texas Electricity Grid Won't Collapse

200

Y'all Happy Now? There's Finally a Democrat Running for Texas Governor

201

The Far Right Starts to Turn on Ken Paxton

202

The United States Vs Texas

203

Politically Lost in Translation

204

It is Mercifully Over. Now What?

205

The Consequences of Our Actions

206

Thoughts, Prayers, and Good Luck

207

It's Never Enough for Trump

208

Ain't Nobody Happy About the Border

209

The Outlines of Campaign Season

210

Roe vs ...Who Knows?

211

Don't Say That

212

Gov. Abbott Gets Covid While Fighting School Districts for Fighting Covid

213

Open Revolt in Texas

214

Get Out of the Way

215

Masks, Voting Rights, The Border, and More

216

Covid Cases Rising, Complicating Things for Texas House Democrats and Gov. Abbott

217

Stalemate

218

Miller Lite and Voting Rights

219

Bring It. The Special Session Starts Now.

220

Build the Wall or Fix the Damn Grid?

221

National Democrats Countering Trump in Texas

222

We Will Build a Wall and Texans Will Pay For It

223

He Likes Me! He Really Likes Me!

224

"Pretty Goofy"

225

Legislative Endgame

226

The 2022 GOP Primary Begins

227

Legislative Combat and Betrayal

228

A Voting Meltdown Over Voting Rights

229

Does Gov. Abbott Support Permitless Carry of Firearms or Not?

230

From Laser Focused to Scattershot

231

Read the Damn Bill! Sure, Okay

232

Kickin' the Bear

233

Unscrambling the Eggs

234

Neanderthal Thinking

235

The Sound and Fury After the Storm

236

The Texas Ice Storm Blame Game

237

Republicans Take Ken Paxton to the Woodshed

238

"Normalcy" Returning to Texas?

239

Is Texit a Serious Thing? No. And Beto for Governor? Maybe.

240

The Democratic President Already Clashing with Texas Republicans

241

President Trump Impeached Again as he Heads to Texas

242

Texans at the Center of an Insurrection

243

What Kind of Year Has it Been?

244

If Ken Paxton Rushes to Trump's Rescue, Will Trump Rush to His?

245

Texas Reloaded, Except in Georgia

246

The Ninth Inning of Covid?

247

The Stages of Political Grief

248

Texas has spoken — what now?