Second Reading Podcast
Hosted by James Henson and Joshua Blank · Second Reading Podcast
4.8from 8 ratings
- 263
- Episodes
- 89
- Transcribed
- 8
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About Second Reading Podcast
Analysis of Texas Politics by Jim and Josh from the Texas Politics Project. Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin.
- Publisher
- Second Reading Podcast
- Category
- government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Apr 2018
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
89 of 263 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What we can and can’t know about the 2026 election today
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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What we can and can’t know about the 2026 election today
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But we've been talking about for a long time up until this point. We're at Labor Day or past Labor Day. Right. Is does the environment and the candidates expand that gap and give them a bigger advantage or does it contract that gap? And if it contracts it, how much? And at this point, we know the gap is contracting. Exactly. We can say all we want, you know, but the fact is whatever the Republican advantages in the state, it's not as big as it usually is, whether national environments, candidates, specific strategic choices. And really right now, I mean, if you're looking at the trend on kind of the longer arc here, it's, you know, evidence is kind of pointing towards the fact that it's still contracting. […]
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- Josh Blank
- Bayliss Wagner
- Robert D Moser
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 4 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 4 ratings
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- 88
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 92
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