Oct 23, 202629 min
This week on Texas Matters: Elon Musk is pumping about $200 million into the election to help Republicans. So then is Musk on the ballot? Also, Governor Abbott said he hit pause on new data centers — but that didn’t...
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Texas Matters
Hosted by David Martin Davies · government · EN
About this Podcast:
Texas is a big state with a growing, diverse population and as the population grows, the issues and challenges facing its residents multiply. Texas Matters is a statewide news program that spends half an hour each week looking at the issues and culture of Texas.
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What is Texas Matters about?
Texas is a big state with a growing, diverse population and as the population grows, the issues and challenges facing its residents multiply. Texas Matters is a statewide news program that spends half an hour each week looking at the issues and culture of Texas.
Who hosts Texas Matters?
Texas Matters is hosted by David Martin Davies. The show has published 20 episodes to date.
What has Texas Matters covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Texas Matters: Is Elon Musk on the ballot? How Abbott's data center pause failed. Who will certify the elections?" (23 October 2026, 29 minutes), "Texas Matters: Blood Work, Inside America’s plasma-for-cash economy" (11 October 2026, 29 minutes), and "Texas Matters: Inside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle and a Texas anthropologist receives a 'genius grant'" (2 October 2026, 29 minutes).
How often does Texas Matters publish?
Texas Matters publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 20 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Texas Matters?
Booking probability for Texas Matters is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Texas Matters requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Texas Matters's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Texas Matters?
The strongest fits for Texas Matters are Government & Politics. Texas Matters has a government audience.
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David Martin Davies hosts Texas Matters, a government podcast with 20 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 11, 202629 min
As a growing number of people are caught in the affordability crisis, they are turning to selling their blood plasma to make ends meet. That plasma is used to make many lifesaving medications but are the donors being...
- Oct 2, 202629 min
This week on Texas Matters: President Trump makes a Texas campaign stop in Texas. Inside Ken Paxton’s jet-setting travels. And a Texas State University anthropologist wins a “genius award."
- Sep 25, 202629 min
This week on Texas Matters — forgotten songs from Texas prisons. Heartfelt tracks written, performed, and recorded by incarcerated men. The resurrected recordings from the '60s, ’70s, and ’80s tell us about crime and...
Sep 18, 202629 minToday on Texas Matters: New polling in Texas shows that the coming election could break a 30-year drought for Democrats. How high diesel prices are impacting truckers and consumers. And after seven indictments for...
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Texas Matters: Ectopic pregnancy deaths rise, maternal mortality report delayed and ICE at polling places
Sep 11, 202629 minThis week on Texas Matters: Ectopic pregnancy deaths are increasing in Texas. Is there a link to abortion bans? The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee is holding back its report until after the...
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Texas Matters: Rep. Goodwin on Texas voter suppression and how the petrochemical industry burdens Gulf Coast cities
Sep 5, 202629 minThis week on Texas Matters: Will it be harder to vote in Texas in the coming midterm elections? We hear from Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor, Vikki Goodwin. And the Texas Gulf Coast is home to the nation’s...
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Texas Matters: Why so many Texas schools are closing and the new 'right to repair' in Texas
Aug 28, 202629 minThis week on Texas Matters: Why are so many Texas public school campuses closing? We hear about the impact of vouchers, charter schools and the underfunding of the public school system. Also, a new law in Texas goes...
- Aug 21, 202629 min
This week on Texas Matters: Is the Republican nominee for Senate, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, exceptionally corrupt? One group is calling out Paxton’s alleged history of abusing his office. And the fight in Texas...
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Texas Matters: Home insurance costs skyrocket and Texas juvenile justice problems persist
Aug 14, 2026—Texas home insurance costs are skyrocketing and becoming a barrier for housing affordability. Rising insurance costs disproportionately burden low- and moderate-income families, erode homeownership stability and weaken...
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Texas Matters: The politics of data centers
Aug 7, 202629 minThis week on Texas Matters— How data centers have become a hot-button issue this political cycle and how that controversy could tip the rural vote in the 2026 midterm election. Quorum Report's Scott Braddock breaks down...
- Jul 31, 202629 min
During his time as mayor of Austin from 2015 through 2023, the capital city grew by 20%, saw homelessness become a crisis and faced off against a Republican state government that threatened to take over the city. In...
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Texas Matters: 'After the Flood' Episode 3 — Investigating the Camp Mystic deaths
Jul 10, 202629 minNearly a year after the July 4, 2025, floods in the Texas Hill Country, the families of children and counselors killed at Camp Mystic are still seeking accountability and pushing for stronger safety standards.
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Texas Matters: 'After The Flood' — Part 2
Jul 2, 202629 minIt has been one year since the tragic flash flood on the upper Guadalupe River that took over 117 lives. Why were local officials caught off guard when the rains came and the flooding hit? The region is called "flash...
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Texas Matters: 'After the Flood' tells the story of the deadly 2025 Hill Country floods
Jun 26, 2026—The Texas Newsroom and FRONTLINE (PBS) are collaborating on a new five-part podcast series, After the Flood, an intimate and deeply reported look at the catastrophic Central Texas flooding that killed more than 130...
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Texas Matters: Canadian mother says Dilley ICE detention center is a 'prison,' not a family facility
Jun 5, 202630 minS0The ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas, is again at the center of a national fight over the detention of migrant families and children. But for Tania Warner, the controversy is not abstract. It is something she says...
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James Talarico and the race for U.S. Senate
May 29, 202630 minS0This week on Texas Matters we hear from the Democratic nominee for Senate — James Talarico. We also hear from Scott Braddock about the race between Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton.
- May 15, 202629 minS0
This week on Texas Matters: Sections of SB4 are blocked — which would have allowed local police to arrest suspected illegal border crossers. And Despite outcry in West Texas the efforts to build the border wall in Big...
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Texas Matters: Pass The Biscuits, Pappy - Part Two
May 12, 202629 minS0“Pass the Politics Pappy” explores the remarkable political rise of W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, a flour salesman who used his popular radio show and catchy slogans to rocket into becoming Texas Governor and then U.S...
- May 11, 202629 minS0
This week on Texas Matters: How the Trump administration is watering down FEMA. The prison system's compassionate release program is called a "failure." The threat to mail access to the abortion pill. And Texas is...
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James Talarico
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Joe Ely
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Edward Ahmed Mitchell
CAIR
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Adrian Gonzales
Uvalde School District
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