Party Politics
Hosted by Jeronimo Cortina and Brandon Rottinghaus · Houston Public Media
4.8from 85 ratings
- 372
- Episodes
- 18
- Transcribed
- 85
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 18M
- YouTube views
About Party Politics
Overwhelmed by the political news cycle every week? We get it — that’s why we’re ‘keeping the fun but losing all the drama’ of politics! Party Politics podcast is hosted by Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina, two smart and sassy University of Houston political science professors, who deliver a friendly, funny, and casually informative recap of the week's biggest political news stories. Join the conversation on Twitter @HPMPolitics (https://twitter.com/hpmpolitics); use #PartyPoliticsPod to ask Brandon and Jeronimo questions; or email us at Party Politics (mailto:partypoliticspod@houstonpublicmedia.org).
- Publisher
- Houston Public Media
- Category
- government · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Mar 2017
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
18 of 372 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026
Trump, the Supreme Court & Texas’ Midterm Power Struggle
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Road to the Texas Midterms
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mail-in ballots and 7 Million eggs: Just another day in Texas politics
Inside a recent episode
The Road to the Texas Midterms
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So we're seeing essentially, you know, Republicans treat Texas not as an insurance policy anymore, but as a real Republican priority. They also, I think, are trying to nationalize the race. So the Republicans' theory of this election is that they can rally Republicans in red states. So the president's going to be basically visiting red states. And the goal is to be able to boost Republican turnout because their thinking is that if they increase Republican turnout, then that's going to be enough to be able to carry them over in states like Iowa, Alaska, Maine, Texas. But obviously that depends on whether or not people are going to buy it. […]
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- YouTube views
- 18,257,164
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 68 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 17 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 78
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 51
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Who hosts Party Politics?
Jeronimo Cortina and Brandon Rottinghaus host the show. Published by Houston Public Media.
How often do new episodes come out?
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