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Texas Talks

Texas Talks

Texas Talks with Brad Swail, brought to you by the Texas Dispatch, is a weekly podcast that features wide-ranging discussions with the people, organizations, and businesses that shape public policy in Texas. Texas Talks aims to provide listeners with a deeper understanding of the policy debates and reasons and insight into the personalities that shape public policy in Texas.

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153 episodes

  1. Ep. 136 - Texas Could Owe $770M for SNAP — And Food Banks Can’t Fill the Gap | Celia Cole 39:48
  2. Ep. 135 - “Your Texas Miracle Has Become My Texas Nightmare” | Texas 2036 | John Hryhorchuk 47:35
  3. Ep. 134 - AI Data Center Boom Is a Bubble — Texas Can’t Build Power Fast Enough | Dr. Joshua Rhodes 47:04
  4. Ep. 133 - Should Texas Build a Statewide Prosecutor for One County? | Rep. Carl Tepper 19:18
  5. Ep. 132 - The State of Children's Mental Health with Chris Bryan | Live | Part 2 24:43
  6. Ep. 131 - The Real Economics of Texas Hospitals with Allen Harrison | Live | Part 1 26:38
  7. Ep. 130 - Women Pay $350 for a Hormone Men Get for $86 | Katrina Pierson 38:57
  8. Ep. 129 - Why We Pay for Health Insurance - Then Avoid Using It | Patrick Quigley 35:30
  9. Ep. 128 - Why Your Insurance Bill Keeps Going Up in Texas | Ryan Patrick 48:27
  10. Ep. 127 - Government Transparency, Oversight & Accountability in Texas w/Rep. Cody Vasut 42:17
  11. Ep. 126 - Texas Community Colleges Did Too Well — Then the State Ran Out of Money | Rep. Vince Perez 29:45
  12. Ep. 125 - Texas General Aviation: Funding, Workforce & Disaster Response | Armando Martinez 40:02
  13. Ep. 124 - Can Texas Become America’s Regenerative Medicine Capital? | Jack Collier 37:46
  14. Ep. 123 - Texas Tech, Higher Education Reform, & the Future of AI w/Chancellor Brandon Creighton 33:44
  15. Ep. 122 - Texas Healthcare, Education Funding, & Property Taxes w/Rep. Donna Howard 42:10
  16. Ep. 121 - Texas Housing Affordability & the Next Legislative Session w/Chairman Gary Gates 47:48
  17. Ep. 120 - Texas THC Ban, the Housing Fight & MUDs — What's Coming in 2027 17:27
  18. Ep. 119 - Will Data Centers Quadruple Texas Power Demand? Mark Bell, AECT CEO Explains 38:03
  19. Ep. 118 - Data Centers Are Coming to Texas — But Who Pays for the Water & Power? | Sen. Sarah Eckhardt 44:23
  20. Ep. 117 - AI, Transparency & Taxpayer Savings: Lessons from Virginia 43:18
  21. Ep. 116 - New World Screwworm in Texas, The Future of Veterinary Care, and Rural Vet Shortages 42:51
  22. Rural Attorney Shortages, Elder Fraud, and a Texas Statewide Prosecutor w/Rep. Mitch Little 41:24
  23. Uvalde, School Safety & Texas Law Enforcement w/Rep. Don McLaughlin 35:53
  24. The Future of Economic Prosperity 54:29
  25. Texas Policy Update: Summer Camps, AI Deregulation & Prosecutor Power w/Brad Swail 23:06
  26. Policies that Deliver 40:39
  27. Texas Schools, AI & the Future of Public Education w/Chairman Brad Buckley 39:15
  28. Future of Energy 49:00
  29. Austin Economy, Growth Challenges & Texas Business Outlook w/Jeremy Martin 35:35
  30. Future of Healthcare 44:26
  31. Buffalo Bayou: Inside Houston’s Waterway Cleanup & Policy Fight 34:14
  32. The Future of Higher Ed 44:04
  33. The “Silent Infrastructure” Protecting Texas: Public Health & Policy w/Christopher Sparks 34:37
  34. Powering the Next Texas Economy 52:18
  35. Housing Affordability Crisis in Texas: Rates, Supply & Policy w/Sean Dobson 44:08
  36. The Future of Raising a Family 52:38
  37. AI and Public Policy: Transforming Government w/Tanner Jones & Chris Minge 46:01
  38. The Future of Texas' Court System 58:48
  39. Current and Future Justice Reforms in Texas w/ Marc Levin 47:30
  40. The Future of Megaregions 59:04
  41. Future of Work in Texas: Skills, Mobility, Opportunity w/Roy Spence & Renzo Soto (Future of Texas) 1:06:07
  42. Using AI to Improve Transparency w/Charles Blain 43:00
  43. Educating Tomorrow’s Texas: From Classrooms to Careers w/Mike Morath & Mary Lynn Pruneda (Future of Texas) 42:09
  44. Property Taxes, the Texas Liberty Compact, and the Fight for Real Reform w/Jeramy Kitchen 41:39
  45. Innovation Nation: Texas’ Next Economic Boom (Future of Texas) 44:10
  46. The Texas Miracle, Data Centers, and the Future of Business in Texas w/Megan Mauro 40:25
  47. Texas Economy, Education Freedom Accounts, and State Spending Transparency w/Kelly Hancock 35:46
  48. Mandy Drogin on School Choice, ESAs & the Future of Texas Education 42:47
  49. Ep. 101 - Margaret Byfield (Energy Policy) 25:59
  50. Ep. 100 - Jaime Olin (Animal Policy Advocate) 37:32