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Exclusive: New House Leader’s Vision For Texas

On this week’s Texas Take, the soon-to-be speaker of the Texas House, Senfronia Thompson, sits down with host Jeremy Wallace for her one and only full interview since loc

Nov 12
1 h 03 min

A New Texas

In one night, voters changed everything in Texas. On this episode of the Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace teams up with the Austin American-Statesman’s John Moritz and The

Nov 6
1 h 04 min

Is this the end of Gov. Greg Abbott?

On this episode of Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace digs into how Gov. Greg Abbott’s political future is in question as he faces the toughest reelection of his 30-year pol

Oct 30
1 h 04 min

Why Record Voter Turnout In Texas Is Boon For Talarico

James Talarico couldn’t have asked for a better week as the battle for the U.S. Senate hits the homestretch. On this episode of Texas Take, reporters Casey Murray and Joh

Oct 22
58 min

Republicans Running out of Time to Stop James Talarico in Texas

On this episode of Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace examines the desperation gripping Texas Republicans as Election Day approaches. Houston Chronicle opinion editor Evan M

Oct 16
51 min

Is Trump helping or hurting Ken Paxton?

On this episode of Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace is joined by Gromer Jeffers Jr. of The Dallas Morning News as the state enters the final stretch before early voting. T

Oct 8
1 h 01 min

A Texas Voter Registration Mess at the Worst Time Possible

On this episode of Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace examines a major voter registration backlog with Republican state Sen. Paul Bettencourt and what it could mean with Ele

Oct 1
49 min

How much trouble is Greg Abbott in?

On this episode of Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace looks at Gov. Greg Abbott’s toughest reelection fight yet, as Democrat Gina Hinojosa puts the blame on him for affordab

Sep 25
41 min

Racist Rant Throws Texas GOP Into Crisis

As if the GOP needed another hurdle to overcome this cycle, a statewide GOP candidate turned the Longhorns magical comeback into a litmus test for every party candidate b

Sep 17
58 min

Will Trumpapalooza in Texas help GOP win the midterms?

In this episode of Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace and reporter Casey Murray break down what they saw firsthand at the Republican National Convention in Dallas, an event

Sep 11
39 min

An Exclusive with Ted Cruz: "I'm doing everything humanly possible to help" Ken Paxton.

Is U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz partially responsible for the midterm cycle turning into a potential disaster for Republicans? In this special edition of the Texas Take, host Jerem

Sep 8
41 min

Donald Trump Takes Aim at James Talarico

Democrat James Talarico is about to be tested like never before in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat. In this episode of the Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace and Houston Chro

Sep 3
57 min

Bulldozers in Big Bend & Donald Trump back in Texas

This week on The Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace and Washington correspondent James Osborne break down the backlash over border construction near Big Bend National Park a

Aug 21
44 min

Texas Public Schools Under Fire

In this episode of Texas Take, Gov. Greg Abbott brushes off questions about the 170 public school campuses that have been shuttered or are on the way to closing since 202

Aug 14
49 min

Is Ken Paxton working hard enough to beat James Talarico?

On this episode of the Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace asks Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton about taking a European vacation as conservatives, like TV host Je

Aug 7
51 min

Gunned Down in Houston: Fatal ICE Shooting

On this episode of Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace examines the fatal ICE shooting of an unarmed Houston construction contractor that has reignited debate over immigratio

Jul 16
52 min

How Democrats’ Maine disaster impacts Talarico-Paxton race

On this episode of Texas Take, Jeremy Wallace is joined by Texas Politics Reporter Haajrah Gilani, Chief Politics Reporter John C. Moritz and reporter Isaac Yu to unpack

Jul 10
45 min

James Talarico Becomes the Face of the Texas Democrats

This week on the Texas Take, host Jeremy Wallace is joined by Austin American-Statesman’s John Moritz to break down the Texas Democratic convention in Corpus Christi and

Jul 2
58 min

Texas Republicans bring a religious war - and a circus - to Houston

Can the party the says it believes in freedom of religion also ban people from worshiping how they want? That’s exactly the line Texas Republican Party is trying to walk.

Jun 18
1 h 14 min

Two big breaks for Talarico & a $100 million problem

James Talarico is getting an unexpected boost from shifting political winds in South Texas and Houston as he seeks to become the first Democrat to win statewide in Texas

Jun 11
42 min

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Houston 66 · Nov 2025

A great breakdown of the Texas legislature when in session and overall Texas politics. If any novice wants to learn about the state's political landscape, this is the starting point. Only issue I have is a clicking sound that takes place when Jeremy Wallace offers insight. Still a good show.

dlandry9 · Jul 2023

Way to take the bull by the horns! Excellent interview with Senator Cruz. You pushed back, but not too much. I appreciate the information and look forward to more long form interviews in the future.

Lifeofjen · Jul 2025

Finally a political podcast that shares factual news and opinions. Bipartisan and for both sides of the spectrum.

Paul Revere 2.0 · Feb 2024

It is a pleasure to listen to Scott and Jeremy discuss and explain what is going on in Austin. I wish they could take on more than one pod a week. The circus that is currently in town has to many acts to cover in just one show. As a fourth generation Texan, business owner and resident of the hated, communist Harris county, it is required listening. They are also good twitter follows for news and snark about the great state. My only recommendation for the show would be to drop in some banjo or the Benny Hill music when leading into discussion about any topic related to a state wide office holder. Maybe just the banjo, Benny Hill would be to complimentary.

Kirby Parker · Jun 2023

Updated November 2023: I can barely listen anymore. It’s just out-of-touch, liberal, white, male hosts calling out-of-touch, conservative, white, male politicians racist. Sigh. “A republic, if you can keep it,” indeed. Original Review: I listen to this because it focuses on Texas politics and let’s be honest: Texas politics is niche. Texas politics does not draw the country’s top journalists to cover it on a consistent basis, and Scott and Jeremy do a pretty competent job reporting the important stories in an approachable, conversational way. I give them credit for that. My struggle with this program is the smug, under-informed tone of it. It blatantly (almost gleefully) oversimplifies complex debates, conversations, and problems. And coming from a non-partisan standpoint, it feels anti-conservative. That may simply be because Republicans hold the majority in Texas, (so why would you go after Democrats?), but it gives the show a partisan feel that I’d sooner do without. (I prefer “just the facts.”) Also, Jeremy says “ya know” so frequently it’s distracting. I hate to mention that because I’m sure he’s a nice person, but if he’s paid to speak on the radio, you’d think Scott might bother to give a bit of feedback or offer a few hours of coaching on it. Long story short, these old white guys (surprise, surprise) aren’t bad at their jobs and I listen because it’s what’s available. But if there were competition against this podcast, I’d happily let the competition compete for my listen.

anymom214 · Nov 2023

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