TribCast is a weekly political podcast hosted by Matthew Watkins and Eleanor Klibanoff, and featuring a rotating cast of editors, reporters and other guests. The TribCast is returning as a limited-run weekly series during the 2025 legislative session.
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Signup to Generate a PitchTribCast is a weekly political podcast hosted by Matthew Watkins and Eleanor Klibanoff, and featuring a rotating cast of editors, reporters and other guests. The TribCast is returning as a limited-run weekly series during the 2025 legislative session.
Recent episodes include "TribCast Live: Previewing the 2026 Election" (27 October 2026, 48 minutes), "Houston is a model for school takeovers. Is it sustainable?" (13 October 2026, 41 minutes), and "Are Texas' voter systems ready for a contentious election?" (6 October 2026, 42 minutes).
Texas Tribune TribCast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 42 minutes.
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Texas Tribune TribCast
With one week to go until the election, hosts Matthew Watkins and Eleanor Klibanoff speak with Texas Tribune co-founders Evan Smith and Ross Ramsey. What would success look like for Democrats next week? And ho might the...
Texas Tribune TribCast
As more school districts face state takeover, what can be learned from Houston ISD?
Texas Tribune TribCast
Votebeat's Natalia Contreras joins TribCast to explain the state of our voter rolls one month before election day.
Texas Tribune TribCast
This week, we have a special episode featuring Gina Hinojosa discussing her 2026 campaign to unseat Gov. Greg Abbott. The interview, conducted by Texas Tribune politics reporter Kayla Guo, was recorded live at this...
Texas Tribune TribCast
On this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor speak with Texas Tribune reporters Carls Nogueras Ramos and Alejandro Serrano about the non-Senate elections in Texas. Who has a chance? And why did Republicans stick with Bo...
Texas Tribune TribCast
GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton has been dogged by allegations of personal and professional improprieties throughout his political career. Do voters care?
Texas Tribune TribCast
In this week's episode, Matthew and Eleanor dig into the state's recently approved social studies curriculum standards and the controversy over how Islam is discussed. Their guests are Texas Tribune education reporter...
Texas Tribune TribCast
The data center backlash has been immense. In this week's podcast, we hear from someone who thinks the centers are good for Texas. Matthew speaks with former Public Utilities Commission member Will McAdams, president of...
Texas Tribune TribCast
TribCast is joined by state Sen. César Blanco and politics reporter Alejandro Serrano to discuss the growing bipartisan outrage over building border barriers in Texas' largest national park.
Texas Tribune TribCast
In this week's episode, Matthew speaks with James Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin about the polls showing a tight race for U.S. Senate. Are they reliable? Could...
Texas Tribune TribCast
In this week's episode, the TribCast crew is joined by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and economy reporter Paul Cobler. They discuss the anger in rural Texas over data centers and power lines, and ask Miller...
Texas Tribune TribCast
As Texas police departments build out their network of advanced license plate readers, public outcry over surveillance and safety is growing.
Texas Tribune TribCast
The Dallas-Fort Worth region is growing as fast as anywhere in the country. But the city of Dallas itself lost residents last year. The TribCast crew speaks with urban affairs reporter Joshua Fechter about the...
Texas Tribune TribCast
A little more than a year after catastrophic floods devastated Central Texas, another deluge hit the area. How are residents and the state responding to this new tragedy?
Texas Tribune TribCast
In this week's episode, our hosts speak with Texas Tribune reporters Uriel J. García and Colleen DeGuzman about the unanswered questions and incoming investigations in response to the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Texas Tribune TribCast
Inside the Texas Democrats' convention in a rare hopeful year for party leadership
Texas Tribune TribCast
Texas politics have become deeply engaged in the fight over the future of college football. We discuss the saga of Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, the influence of megadonor Cody Campbell and U.S. Ted Cruz's...
Texas Tribune TribCast
With the midterms fast approaching, Texas' top elections administrator is out the door. Who will be next - and what awaits them in the role?
Texas Tribune TribCast
From elephants to Islam, TribCast recaps the biggest GOP event of the year with reporters Alejandro Serrano and Renzo Downey.
Texas Tribune TribCast
In this week’s episode, the TribCast team talks to Phillip Kaufman, head of Texas A&M’s entomology department, and Josh Winegarner from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association about the arrival of screwworm in Texas.
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